# Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

These are the results of the men's K-1 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-man canoe sprint kayaks.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) | Ben Fouhy (NZL) | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) |

## 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 was the World's fastest until 2011.
| Heat | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ben Fouhy | New Zealand | 3:26.064 | QF |
| 1 | 2 | Roland Kökény | Hungary | 3:27.904 | QS |
| 1 | 3 | Adam Seroczyński | Poland | 3:28.464 | QS |
| 1 | 4 | Javier Correa | Argentina | 3:28.492 | QS |
| 1 | 5 | Róbert Erban | Slovakia | 3:30.576 | QS |
| 1 | 6 | Alan van Coller | South Africa | 3:32.516 | QS |
| 1 | 7 | Jernej Zupancic Regent | Slovenia | 3:32.552 | QS |
| 1 | 8 | Apostolos Papandreou | Greece | 3:41.664 |
| 1 | 9 | Tony Lespoir | Seychelles | 4:17.128 |
| 2 | 1 | Tim Brabants | Great Britain | 3:24.412 | QF |
| 2 | 2 | Adam van Koeverden | Canada | 3:24.984 | QS |
| 2 | 3 | Roei Yellin | Israel | 3:34.036 | QS |
| 2 | 4 | Andrey Shkiotov | Russia | 3:35.708 | QS |
| 2 | 5 | Andrea Facchin | Italy | 3:36.492 | QS |
| 2 | 6 | Simon Faeh | Switzerland | 3:41.392 | QS |
| 2 | 7 | Benjamin Lewis | United States | 3:43.052 | QS |
| 2 | 8 | Danila Turchin | Uzbekistan | 3:48.140 |
| 3 | 1 | Eirik Verås Larsen | Norway | 3:25.150 | QF |
| 3 | 2 | Nathan Baggaley | Australia | 3:29.414 | QS |
| 3 | 3 | Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 3:29.854 | QS |
| 3 | 4 | Björn Goldschmidt | Germany | 3:31.310 | QS |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Cuattrin | Brazil | 3:36.506 | QS |
| 3 | 6 | Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb | France | 3:36.882 | QS |
| 3 | 7 | Romas Petrukanecas | Lithuania | 3:37.758 | QS |
| 3 | 8 | Liu Haitao | China | 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. | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 3:28.417 | QF |
| 2. | Björn Goldschmidt (GER) | 3:29.561 | QF |
| 3. | Roei Yellin (ISR) | 3:30.005 | QF |
| 4. | Adam Seroczyński (POL) | 3:30.201 |
| 5. | Alan van Coller (RSA) | 3:32.893 |
| 6. | Róbert Erban (SVK) | 3:33.481 |
| 7. | Andrey Shkiotov (RUS) | 3:35.349 |
| 8. | Simon Faeh (SUI) | 3:37.569 |
| 9. | Romas Petrukanecas (LTU) | 3:39.493 |
| Semifinal 2 ||||
| 1. | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 3:27.502 | QF |
| 2. | Roland Kökény (HUN) | 3:29.134 | QF |
| 3. | Emanuel Silva (POR) | 3:29.942 | QF |
| 4. | Javier Correa (ARG) | 3:31.934 |
| 5. | Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA) | 3:32.582 |
| 6. | Jernej Zupancic Regent (SLO) | 3:35.050 |
| 7. | Sebastian Cuattrin (BRA) | 3:37.682 |
| 8. | Andrea Facchin (ITA) | 3:39.510 |
| 9. | Benjamin Lewis (USA) | 3:47.426 |

## Final

The final was raced on August 27.
| | Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR) | 3:25.897 |
| | Ben Fouhy (NZL) | 3:27.413 |
| | Adam van Koeverden (CAN) | 3:28.218 |
| 4. | Nathan Baggaley (AUS) | 3:28.310 |
| 5. | Tim Brabants (GBR) | 3:30.552 |
| 6. | Roland Kökény (HUN) | 3:31.121 |
| 7. | Emanuel Silva (POR) | 3:33.862 |
| 8. | Björn Goldschmidt (GER) | 3:34.381 |
| 9. | Roei Yellin (ISR) | 3:43.485 |