The men's C-1 1000 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 1996 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...

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Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

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

Heat 1
1.		4:19.918	QF
2.		4:21.114	QF
3.		4:24.678	QS
4.		4:25.678	QS
5.		4:30.258	QS
6.		4:33.618	QS
7.		4:33.810	QS
8.		4:40.842	QS
9.		4:43.562	QS
Heat 2
1.		4:23.399	QF
2.		4:26.555	QF
3.		4:28.375	QS
4.		4:32.095	QS
5.		4:34.071	QS
6.		4:36.971	QS
7.		4:39.839	QS
8.		4:42.715	QS
9.		4:45.467	QS

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		4:13.901	QF
2.		4:14.333	QF
3.		4:14.573
4.		4:22.773
5.		4:26.251
6.		4:27.721
7.		4:39.949
Semifinal 2
1.		4:10.455	QF
2.		4:11.483	QF
3.		4:14.415	QF
4.		4:15.939
5.		4:16.639
6.		4:19.151
7.		4:31.199

Final

The final took place on August 3.

		3:54.418
		3:54.954
		3:56.366
4.		3:57.778
5.		3:59.014
6.		3:59.858
7.		4:02.078
8.		4:04.066
9.		4:13.034

Doktor led from start to finish.