Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ulrich Eicke (FRG)	Larry Cain (CAN)	Henning Lynge Jakobsen (DEN)

Results

Heats

Eleven competitors were entered with one disqualification. Held on August 7, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.	Ulrich Eicke (FRG)	4:10.10	QF
2.	Larry Cain (CAN)	4:20.10	QF
3.	Timo Grönlund (FIN)	4:20.39	QF
4.	Stephen Train (GBR)	4:21.71	QS
5.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:34.94	QS
-	Philippe Renaud (FRA)	DISQ
Heat 2
1.	Henning Lynge Jakobsen (DEN)	4:14.59	QF
2.	Costică Olaru (ROU)	4:15.36	QF
3.	Bruce Merritt (USA)	4:22.59	QF
4.	Kiyoto Inoue (JPN)	4:28.05	QS
5.	Göran Backlund (SWE)	4:28.31	QS

Semifinal

Taking place on August 9, the top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal
1.	Stephen Train (GBR)	4:23.15	QF
2.	Kiyoto Inoue (JPN)	4:23.73	QF
3.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:29.50	QF
4.	Göran Backlund (SWE)	4:31.04

Final

The final took place on August 11.

	Ulrich Eicke (FRG)	4:06.32
	Larry Cain (CAN)	4:08.67
	Henning Lynge Jakobsen (DEN)	4:09.51
4.	Timo Grönlund (FIN)	4:15.58
5.	Costică Olaru (ROU)	4:16.39
6.	Stephen Train (GBR)	4:16.64
7.	Bruce Merritt (USA)	4:18.17
8.	Kiyoto Inoue (JPN)	4:18.72
9.	Francisco López (ESP)	4:23.92

References

• 1984 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. p. 370. (in English and French)
• Sports-reference.com 1984 C-1 1000 m results.