Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

Canoeing at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Contents

Medallists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Andreas Dittmer, Germany Ledis Balceiro, Cuba Stephen Giles, Canada

Results

Heats

18 competitors were entered on September 26. The top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final. Fourth through seventh-place finishers from each heat and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semifinal

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Ledis Balceiro Cuba 3:55.120 QF
2 Stephen Giles Canada 3:55.396 QF
3 Peter Páleš Slovakia 3:58.036 QF
4 Efims Klementjevs Latvia 3:58.840 QS
5 Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria 3:59.092 QS
6 Maxim Opalev Russia 4:00.568 QS
7 György Zala Hungary 4:00.754 QS
8 Kaysar Nurmaganbetov Kazakhstan 4:01.438 QS
9 Nikica Ljubek Croatia 4:10.954
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Andreas Dittmer Germany 3:53.962 QF
2 Martin Doktor Czech Republic 3:55.216 QF
3 Christian Frederiksen Norway 3:55.378 QF
4 Éric le Leuch France 3:55.726 QS
5 Florin Huidu Romania 3:56.770 QS
6 Andreas Kilingaridis Greece 4:01.042 QS
7 José Manuel Crespo Spain 4:04.628 QS
8 Jordan Malloch United States 4:05.440
9 Daniel Jędraszko Poland 4:25.726

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Andreas Dittmer Germany 2 1 3:53.962 QF
2 Ledis Balceiro Cuba 1 1 3:55.120 QF
3 Martin Doktor Czech Republic 2 2 3:55.216 QF
4 Christian Frederiksen Norway 2 3 3:55.378 QF
5 Stephen Giles Canada 1 2 3:55.396 QF
6 Éric le Leuch France 2 4 3:55.726 QS
7 Florin Huidu Romania 2 5 3:56.770 QS
8 Peter Páleš Slovakia 1 3 3:58.036 QF
9 Efims Klementjevs Latvia 1 4 3:58.840 QS
10 Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria 1 5 3:59.092 QS
11 Maxim Opalev Russia 1 6 4:00.568 QS
12 György Zala Hungary 1 7 4:00.754 QS
13 Andreas Kilingaridis Greece 2 6 4:01.042 QS
14 Kaysar Nurmaganbetov Kazakhstan 1 8 4:01.438 QS
15 José Manuel Crespo Spain 2 7 4:04.628 QS
16 Jordan Malloch United States 2 8 4:05.440
17 Nikica Ljubek Croatia 1 9 4:10.954
18 Daniel Jędraszko Poland 2 9 4:25.726

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal
Date: Thursday 28 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Maxim Opalev Russia 4:01.222 QF
2 Efims Klementjevs Latvia 4:01.300 QF
3 Éric le Leuch France 4:02.038 QF
4 György Zala Hungary 4:03.226
5 Florin Huidu Romania 4:03.910
6 José Manuel Crespo Spain 4:04.042
7 Kaysar Nurmagambetov Kazakhstan 4:05.206
8 Nikolay Bukhalov Bulgaria 4:05.236
Andreas Kilingaridis Greece DISQ

Kilingaridis's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

Final

Final
Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Andreas Dittmer Germany 3:54.379
2 Ledis Balceiro Cuba 3:56.071
3 Stephen Giles Canada 3:56.437
4 Éric le Leuch France 3:57.217
5 Christian Frederiksen Norway 3:58.159
6 Maxim Opalev Russia 4:04.042
7 Efims Klementjevs Latvia 4:00.931
8 Martin Doktor Czech Republic 4:02.335
9 Peter Páleš Slovakia 4:03.091

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