The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoe

Canoe

A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...

 program. This event debutted at these games.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on July 28, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.		2:09.32	QS
2.		2:11.79	QS
3.		2:14.40	QS
4.		2:14.55	QR
5.		2:16.44	QR
6.		2:16.60	QR
7.		4:56.70	QR
Heat 2
1.		2:10.16	QS
2.		2:10.82	QS
3.		2:12.16	QS
4.		2:12.60	QR
5.		2:12.77	QR
6.		2:14.82	QR
7.		2:15.35	QR
8.		2:20.85	QR

Repechages

Held on July 28, the top three finishers in each repechage moved on to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.		2:03.01	QS
2.		2:04.70	QS
3.		2:08.06	QS
4.		2:11.66
Repechage 2
1.		2:04.90	QS
2.		2:06.47	QS
3.		2:07.81	QS
4.		2:10.84
5.		2:12.92

Semifinals

Three semifinals were held on July 30 with the top three finishers in each semifinal advancing to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		2:07.00	QF
2.		2:09.91	QF
3.		2:11.23	QF
4.		2:12.71
Semifinal 2
1.		2:06.83	QF
2.		2:07.99	QF
3.		2:10.18	QF
4.		2:17.39
Semifinal 3
1.		2:07.50	QF
2.		2:09.34	QF
3.		2:11.05	QF
4.		2:13.83

Final

The final took place on July 30.

		1:59.29
		1:59.58
		1:59.60
4.		1:59.92
5.		2:00.54
6.		2:01.12
7.		2:01.40
8.		2:02.30
9.		2:04.27

Wood jumped out to an early lead to the delight of the Canadian

Canada

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crowd of 5000 leading from start to the last few strokes when he was passed by the favorite Rogov.