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

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

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| David Cal (ESP) | Andreas Dittmer (GER) | Attila Vajda (HUN) |

## Results
### 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 23.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andreas Dittmer | Germany | 3:52.922 | QF |
| 2 | Stanimir Atanasov | Bulgaria | 3:55.590 | QS |
| 3 | Marián Ostrčil | Slovakia | 3:56.962 | QS |
| 4 | Dagnis Vinogradovs | Latvia | 3:57.070 | QS |
| 5 | Jonnathan Tafra | Chile | 4:04.402 | QS |
| 6 | Jing Ying | China | 4:05.874 | QS |
| 7 | Emanuel Horvaticek | Croatia | 4:27.662 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Cal | Spain | 3:50.091 | QF |
| 2 | Stephen Giles | Canada | 3:52.451 | QS |
| 3 | Andreas Kiligkaridis | Greece | 3:53.723 | QS |
| 4 | Mitică Pricop | Romania | 4:00.559 | QS |
| 5 | Aliaksandr Zhukouski | Belarus | 4:02.159 | QS |
| 6 | Darwin Correa | Uruguay | 4:27.115 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Konstantin Fomichev | Russia | 3.48.690 | QF |
| 2 | Martin Doktor | Czech Republic | 3:49.029 | QS |
| 3 | Karel Aguilar Chacon | Cuba | 3:54.250 | QS |
| 4 | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 3:57.290 | QS |
| 5 | Kaissar Nurmaganbetov | Kazakhstan | 4:00.486 | QS |
| 6 | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | 4:00.637 | QS |

### Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals advanced to the finals, joining the three canoers who had moved directly from the heats. All other canoers were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 25.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Martin Doktor | Czech Republic | 3:51.812 | QF |
| 2. | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 3:52.236 | QF |
| 3. | Marián Ostrčil | Slovakia | 3:53.820 | QF |
| 4. | Andreas Kiligkaridis | Greece | 3:55.608 | |
| 5. | Mitică Pricop | Romania | 3:59.640 | |
| 6. | Jing Ying | China | 4:00.684 | |
| 7. | Darwin Correa | Uruguay | 4:22.096 | |
| 8. | Jonnathan Tafra | Chile | 4:22.644 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Stephen Giles | Canada | 3:51.720 | QF |
| 2. | Karel Aguilar Chacon | Cuba | 3:52.260 | QF |
| 3. | Dagnis Vinogradovs | Latvia | 3:53.656 | QF |
| 4. | Aliaksandr Zhukouski | Belarus | 3:55.456 | |
| 5. | Kaissar Nurmaganbetov | Kazakhstan | 3:57.804 | |
| 6. | Stanimir Atanasov | Bulgaria | 4:05.664 | |
| 7. | Emanuel Horvaticek | Croatia | 4:24.604 | |
| 8. | Yuriy Cheban | Ukraine | DSQ |
Cheban was disqualified for not appearing in boat control after the race.

#### Final

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | David Cal | Spain | 3:46.201 |
| | Andreas Dittmer | Germany | 3:46.721 |
| | Attila Vajda | Hungary | 3:49.025 |
| 4. | Martin Doktor | Czech Republic | 3:50.405 |
| 5. | Stephen Giles | Canada | 3:51.457 |
| 6. | Dagnis Vinogradovs | Latvia | 3:53.537 |
| 7. | Marián Ostrčil | Slovakia | 3:54.629 |
| 8. | Karel Aguilar Chacon | Cuba | 3:54.957 |
| 9. | Konstantin Fomichev | Russia | 3:55.773 |
Dittmer got off to a quick lead, but Cal took the lead in an early surge to open a one-second gap at the 500 meter mark. The German tried to close the gap to the Spaniard, but Cal held on to win the gold. Also, the top four finishers of this event would win gold in this event between 1996 and 2008 (Cal - this event, Dittmer - 2000, Doktor - 1996, and Vajda - 2008).