Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| 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 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heat times were given in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were given in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.
Medallists[edit]
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Tibor Tatai (HUN)
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 Detlef Lewe (FRG)
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 Vitaly Galkov (URS)
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Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
Twelve competitors were entered, but eleven took part. Held on October 22, the top three in each heat move on to final with the others relegated to the semifinal.
Heat 1[edit]
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ivan Patzaichin |  Romania |
4:28.3 | QF |
| 2. | Ove Emanuelsson |  Sweden |
4:32.4 | QF |
| 3. | Christopher Hook |  Canada |
4:34.9 | QF |
| 4. | Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:35.4 | QS |
| 5. | Boris Lyubenov |  Bulgaria |
4:36.2 | QS |
| 6. | Félipe Ojeda |  Mexico |
4:47.3 | QS |
Heat 2[edit]
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Detlef Lewe | West Germany |
4:24.5 | QF |
| 2. | Tibor Tatai | Hungary |
4:25.5 | QF |
| 3. | Jiří Čtvrtečka |  Czechoslovakia |
4:28.3 | QF |
| 4. | Andreas Weigand |  United States |
4:30.0 | QS |
| 5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi |  Japan |
4:33.3 | QS |
| - | Jürgen Harpke | East Germany |
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In the official report, Emanuelsson's first name is listed as Sten.
Semifinal[edit]
Only the five canoeists who did not advance from the first round competed in the semifinal. Taking place on October 24, the top three finishers advanced to the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1. | Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:34.17 | QF |
| 2. | Boris Lyubenov | Bulgaria |
4:35.82 | QF |
| 3. | Andreas Weigand | United States |
4:37.11 | QF |
| 4. | Félipe Ojeda | Mexico |
4:43.20 | |
| 5. | Tetsumasa Yamaguchi | Japan |
4:54.61 |
Final[edit]
The final took place on October 25.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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Tibor Tatai | Hungary |
4:36.14 | |
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Detlef Lewe | West Germany |
4:38.31 | |
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Vitaly Galkov | Soviet Union |
4:40.42 | |
| 4. | Jiří Čtvrtečka | Czechoslovakia |
4:40.74 | |
| 5. | Boris Lyubenov | Bulgaria |
4:43.43 | |
| 6. | Ove Emanuelsson | Sweden |
4:45.80 | |
| 7. | Ivan Patzaichin | Romania |
4:49.32 | |
| 8. | Andreas Weigand | United States |
4:50.42 | |
| 9. | Christopher Hook | Canada |
4:55.88 |
Tatai qualified as a reserve for the Hungarian team, but won decisively after driving the other finalists to exhaustion.
References[edit]
- 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. p. 616. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1968 C-1 1000 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 480.
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