# Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres

These are the results of the men's C-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-1 event is raced by single-man sprint canoes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Andreas Dittmer (GER) | David Cal (ESP) | Maxim Opalev (RUS) |

## Heats

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats. The first-place finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 16 canoers moved on to the two semifinal races. The heats were raced on August 24.
| Heat | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Andreas Dittmer | Germany | 1:49.146 | QF |
| 1 | 2 | Martin Marinov | Australia | 1:49.698 | QS |
| 1 | 3 | Aldo Pruna Diaz | Cuba | 1:50.246 | QS |
| 1 | 4 | Aliaksandr Zhukouski | Belarus | 1:50.378 | QS |
| 1 | 5 | Andreas Kiligkaridis | Greece | 1:53.662 | QS |
| 1 | 6 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 2:00.238 | QS |
| 1 | 7 | Darwin Correa | Uruguay | 2:02.014 | QS |
| 2 | 1 | Maxim Opalev | Russia | 1:48.144 | QF |
| 2 | 2 | Dagnis Vinogradovs | Latvia | 1:50.776 | QS |
| 2 | 3 | Florin Georgian Mironcic | Romania | 1:51.568 | QS |
| 2 | 4 | Wang Bing | China | 1:51.920 | QS |
| 2 | 5 | Emanuel Horvaticek | Croatia | 1:55.528 | QS |
| 2 | 6 | Kaissar Nurmaganbetov | Kazakhstan | 1:55.636 | QS |
| 3 | 1 | David Cal | Spain | 1:48.397 | QF |
| 3 | 2 | Martin Doktor | Czech Republic | 1:49.557 | QS |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Dalton | Canada | 1:50.005 | QS |
| 3 | 4 | Márton Joób | Hungary | 1:51.025 | QS |
| 3 | 5 | Stanimir Atanasov | Bulgaria | 1:52.917 | QS |
| 3 | 6 | Marián Ostrčil | Slovakia | 1:58.357 | QS |

## Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final, joining the three first-place finishers from the initial heats. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.
Semifinal 1 :
| 1. | Martin Doktor (CZE) | 1:50.253 | QF |
| 2. | Márton Joób (HUN) | 1:50.813 | QF |
| 3. | Wang Bing (CHN) | 1:51.649 | QF |
| 4. | Aldo Pruna Diaz (CUB) | 1:53.229 |
| 5. | Kaissar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ) | 1:53.333 |
| 6. | Yuriy Cheban (UKR) | 1:53.385 |
| 7. | Andreas Kiligkaridis (GRE) | 1:53.793 |
| 8. | Florin Georgian Mironcic (ROU) | 1:53.957 |
| Semifinal 2 ||||
| 1. | Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) | 1:50.563 | QF |
| 2. | Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) | 1:50.631 | QF |
| 3. | Richard Dalton (CAN) | 1:51.027 | QF |
| 4. | Martin Marinov (AUS) | 1:51.219 |
| 5. | Dagnis Vinogradovs (LAT) | 1:52.511 |
| 6. | Marián Ostrčil (SVK) | 1:52.871 |
| 7. | Darwin Correa (URU) | 1:58.727 |
| 8. | Emanuel Horvaticek (CRO) | 2:06.347 |

## Final

The final was raced on August 28.
| | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | 1:46.383 |
| | David Cal (ESP) | 1:46.723 |
| | Maxim Opalev (RUS) | 1:47.767 |
| 4. | Aliaksandr Zhukouski (BLR) | 1:47.903 |
| 5. | Martin Doktor (CZE) | 1:47.999 |
| 6. | Richard Dalton (CAN) | 1:48.103 |
| 7. | Márton Joób (HUN) | 1:48.195 |
| 8. | Stanimir Atanasov (BUL) | 1:49.759 |
| 9. | Wang Bing (CHN) | 1:49.903 |
Dittmar learned his lesson from the previous day in letting Cal get out to far ahead in the C-1 1000 m event by staying close to the Spaniard through the entire race before winning his third Olympic gold medal.