Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Martin Doktor (CZE)  Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)  Imre Pulai (HUN)

Results

Heats

17 competitors were entered. The top two finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 1
1. Martin Doktor (CZE)1:52.907QF
2. Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)1:52.971QF
3. Steve Giles (CAN)1:53.803QS
4. Michał Śliwiński (UKR)1:54.283QS
5. Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)1:54.727QS
6. Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ)1:55.859QS
7. Jim Terrell (USA)1:57.295QS
8. José Manuel Crespo (ESP)1:57.915QS
9. Andrei Placinta (MDA)1:59.423QS
Heat 2
1. Thomas Zereske (GER)1:53.840QF
2. Imre Pulai (HUN)1:54.244QF
3. Éric le Leuch (FRA)1:54.544QS
4. Christian Frederiksen (DEN)1:55.056QS
5. Florin Huidu (ROU)1:58.140QS
6. Dražen Funtak (CRO)2:00.076QS
7. Silvestre Pereira (POR)2:01.576QS
8. Yevgeny Astanin (UZB)2:02.532QS

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held with the top two finishers of each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advancing to the final.

Semifinal 1
1. Michał Śliwiński (UKR)1:52.093QF
2. Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ)1:52.423QF
3. Éric le Leuch (FRA)1:53.305
4. José Manuel Crespo (ESP)1:54.121
5. Florin Huidu (ROU)1:56.733
6. Andrei Placinta (MDA)1:57.457
7. Silvestre Pereira (POR)1:57.949
Semifinal 2
1. Steve Giles (CAN)1:51.614QF
2. Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)1:51.914QF
3. Christian Frederiksen (DEN)1:52.174QF
4. Jim Terrell (USA)1:54.086
5. Dražen Funtak (CRO)1:58.570
6. Yevgeny Astanin (UZB)1:59.042

Final

The final took place on August 4.

 Martin Doktor (CZE)1:49.934
 Slavomír Kňazovický (SVK)1:50.510
 Imre Pulai (HUN)1:50.758
4. Michał Śliwiński (UKR)1:51.714
5. Thomas Zereske (GER)1:52.358
6. Christian Frederiksen (DEN)1:52.846
7. Konstantin Negodyayev (KAZ)1:53.158
8. Steve Giles (CAN)1:53.326
- Nikolay Bukhalov (BUL)DISQ

Doktor won his second gold medal by making his move at the 350 meter mark. Defending Olympic champion Bukhalov's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

References

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