# Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano.

## Competition format

The competition was held over four rounds: heats, repechages, semifinals, and a final. Nobody was eliminated in the heats; the top three canoeists in each of the two heats advanced to the semifinals while all others who competed moved to the repechages. With only 13 competitors entering, this put seven canoeists in the repechages. There were two repechage heats, with the top three in each heat advancing to the semifinals—and only one canoeist eliminated. The semifinals consisted of three heats of four boats each, with the top three in each advancing to the final and only the fourth-place finisher eliminated. Thus, the first three rounds of competition narrowed the field only from 13 to nine boats.

## Results
### Heats

Fifteen competitors were entered, but only 13 competed on August 26. The top three finishers in both heats advanced in the semifinals while the others went to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Silayev | Soviet Union | 4:41.81 | Q |
| 2 | Bogdan Ivanov | Bulgaria | 4:47.65 | Q |
| 3 | Erik Christensen | Denmark | 4:50.71 | Q |
| 4 | Olavi Ojanperä | Finland | 4:54.37 | R |
| 5 | Danilo Tognon | Italy | 4:56.58 | R |
| 6 | Adrian Powell | Australia | 5:00.54 | R |
| 7 | Frank Havens | United States | 5:19.40 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | János Parti | Hungary | 4:36.80 | Q |
| 2 | Ove Emanuelsson | Sweden | 4:36.92 | Q |
| 3 | Tibor Polakovič | Czechoslovakia | 4:38.25 | Q |
| 4 | Leon Rotman | Romania | 4:39.36 | R |
| 5 | Detlef Lewe | United Team of Germany | 4:43.07 | R |
| 6 | Donald Stringer | Canada | 4:44.55 | R |
| – | Kurt Liebhart | Austria | DNS | |
| – | Michel Picard | France | DNS | |

### Repechages

Competed on August 26, the top three finishers in each of the two heats move to the semifinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Detlef Lewe | United Team of Germany | 4:46.99 | Q |
| 2 | Adrian Powell | Australia | 4:55.24 | Q |
| 3 | Olavi Ojanperä | Finland | 5:00.92 | Q |

#### Repechage 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Donald Stringer | Canada | 4:44.36 | Q |
| 2 | Leon Rotman | Romania | 5:03.98 | Q |
| 3 | Danilo Tognon | Italy | 5:06.86 | Q |
| 4 | Frank Havens | United States | 5:13.34 | |

### Semifinals

Twelve canoers competed in the semifinals on August 27. The top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Silayev | Soviet Union | 4:36.89 | Q |
| 2 | Tibor Polakovič | Czechoslovakia | 4:37.94 | Q |
| 3 | Donald Stringer | Canada | 4:41.35 | Q |
| 4 | Olavi Ojanperä | Finland | 5:00.88 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | János Parti | Hungary | 4:40.50 | Q |
| 2 | Leon Rotman | Romania | 4:43.66 | Q |
| 3 | Erik Christensen | Denmark | 4:48.18 | Q |
| 4 | Adrian Powell | Australia | 4:59.81 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ove Emanuelsson | Sweden | 4:44.68 | Q |
| 2 | Bogdan Ivanov | Bulgaria | 4:44.93 | Q |
| 3 | Detlef Lewe | United Team of Germany | 4:47.06 | Q |
| 4 | Danilo Tognon | Italy | 5:04.82 | |

### Final

The final took place on August 29. Parti won using a canoe of his own design.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | János Parti | Hungary | 4:33.03 |
| | Aleksandr Silayev | Soviet Union | 4:34.41 |
| | Leon Rotman | Romania | 4:35.87 |
| 4 | Ove Emanuelsson | Sweden | 4:36.46 |
| 5 | Tibor Polakovič | Czechoslovakia | 4:39.72 |
| 6 | Detlef Lewe | United Team of Germany | 4:39.72 |
| 7 | Donald Stringer | Canada | 4:40.65 |
| 8 | Bogdan Ivanov | Bulgaria | 4:42.52 |
| 9 | Erik Christensen | Denmark | 4:49.63 |