# Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint C-1 1000 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium. The medals were presented by Tony Estanguet, IOC member, France and István Vaskuti, First Vice President of the ICF.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advance 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 Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 15 August 2016 | 8:00 10:30 | Heats Semifinals |
| Tuesday, 16 August 2016 | 9:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 3:58.044 | FA |
| 2 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:59.928 | SF |
| 3 | Henrik Vasbányai | Hungary | 4:01.953 | SF |
| 4 | Dagnis Iljins | Latvia | 4:11.766 | SF |
| 5 | Vincent Farkas | Slovakia | 4:12.295 | SF |
| 6 | Martin Marinov | Australia | 4:33.166 | SF |
| 7 | Mussa Chamaune | Mozambique | 5:00.454 | SF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 3:59.615 | FA |
| 2 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 4:01.492 | SF |
| 3 | Ilia Shtokalov | Russia | 4:02.626 | SF |
| 4 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 4:04.697 | SF |
| 5 | Adrien Bart | France | 4:10.043 | SF |
| 6 | Buly Da Conceição Triste | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4:54.516 | SF |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 4:05.193 | FA |
| 2 | Gerasim Kochnev | Uzbekistan | 4:08.127 | SF |
| 3 | Mark Oldershaw | Canada | 4:13.600 | SF |
| 4 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 4:19.361 | SF |
| 5 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 4:27.904 | SF |
| 6 | Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 5:30.030 | SF |

### 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

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ilia Shtokalov | Russia | 3:58.259 | FA |
| 2 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 3:58.574 | FA |
| 3 | Gerasim Kochnev | Uzbekistan | 3:59.489 | FA |
| 4 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:59.836 | FB |
| 5 | Adrien Bart | France | 4:08.593 | FB |
| 6 | Dagnis Iljins | Latvia | 4:20.181 | FB |
| 7 | Martin Marinov | Australia | 4:24.723 | FB |
| 8 | Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 5:33.919 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 4:01.793 | FA |
| 2 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 4:02.461 | FA |
| 3 | Henrik Vasbányai | Hungary | 4:03.113 | FB |
| 4 | Mark Oldershaw | Canada | 4:03.493 | FB |
| 5 | Vincent Farkas | Slovakia | 4:19.084 | FB |
| 6 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 4:30.574 | FB |
| 7 | Buly Da Conceição Triste | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4:46.396 | |
| 8 | Mussa Chamaune | Mozambique | 5:07.281 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:59.350 |
| 2 | Adrien Bart | France | 4:00.911 |
| 3 | Vincent Farkas | Slovakia | 4:04.013 |
| 4 | Mark Oldershaw | Canada | 4:06.972 |
| 5 | Dagnis Iljins | Latvia | 4:10.084 |
| 6 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 4:10.102 |
| 7 | Martin Marinov | Australia | 4:15.524 |
| | Henrik Vasbányai | Hungary | DSQ |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 3:56.926 |
| | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 3:58.529 |
| | Ilia Shtokalov | Russia | 4:00.963 |
| 4 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 4:01.587 |
| 5 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 4:03.322 |
| 6 | Gerasim Kochnev | Uzbekistan | 4:04.205 |
| 7 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 4:15.368 |
| | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 4:00.852 (DSQ)* |
* Serghei Tarnovschi finished third, but was suspended and stripped of his bronze medal due to a failed doping test.