The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

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took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium. The medals were presented by Tony Estanguet,

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, France and

István Vaskuti István Vaskuti (born December 4, 1955 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the C-2 500 m event in Moscow in 1980. Vaskuti also w ...

, First Vice President of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advances to the "A" final, and the remaining boats advance to the semifinals. The top two boats in each semifinal and the next overall best boat advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC-03:00)

Results

Heats

First boat progresses to A final and the remaining boats are qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Semifinals

The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal, and the overall next best time qualify for the 'A' final. The next four canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Finals

Final B

Final A

Serghei Tarnovschi Serghei Tarnovschi (born 24 June 1997) is a Moldovan-Ukrainian canoeist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's C-1 1000 m, winning a bronze medal. Career Tarnovschi represented Moldova at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was awa ...

finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.

References

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