These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Heats

The 25 competitors first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and the next six finishers in each heat moved to the semifinals. The heats were raced on August 23.
Tim Brabants' time of 3:24.412 is still the World's fastest as of December 2009.

Heat 1
1.		3:26.064	QF
2.		3:27.904	QS
3.		3:28.464	QS
4.		3:28.492	QS
5.		3:30.576	QS
6.		3:32.516	QS
7.		3:32.552	QS
8.		3:41.664
9.		4:17.128
Heat 2
1.		3:24.412	QF
2.		3:24.984	QS
3.		3:34.036	QS
4.		3:35.708	QS
5.		3:36.492	QS
6.		3:41.392	QS
7.		3:43.052	QS
8.		3:48.140
Heat 3
1.		3:25.150	QF
2.		3:29.414	QS
3.		3:29.854	QS
4.		3:31.310	QS
5.		3:36.506	QS
6.		3:36.882	QS
7.		3:37.758	QS
8.		3:38.522

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 25.

Semifinal 1
1.		3:28.417	QF
2.		3:29.561	QF
3.		3:30.005	QF
4.		3:30.201
5.		3:32.893
6.		3:33.481
7.		3:35.349
8.		3:37.569
9.		3:39.493
Semifinal 2
1.		3:27.502	QF
2.		3:29.134	QF
3.		3:29.942	QF
4.		3:31.934
5.		3:32.582
6.		3:35.050
7.		3:37.682
8.		3:39.510
9.		3:47.426

Final

The final was raced on August 27.

		3:25.897
		3:27.413
		3:28.218
4.		3:28.310
5.		3:30.552
6.		3:31.121
7.		3:33.862
8.		3:34.381
9.		3:43.485