# Canoeing at the 1976 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 1976 Summer Olympics program.

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Matija Ljubek (YUG) | Vasyl Yurchenko (URS) | Tamás Wichmann (HUN) |

## Results
### Heats

Fifteen competitors were entered. Held on July 29, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinals with the others relegated to the repechages.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Ivan Patzaichin | Romania | 4:13.09 | QS |
| 2. | Tamás Wichmann | Hungary | 4:14.87 | QS |
| 3. | Matija Ljubek | Yugoslavia | 4:15.14 | QS |
| 4. | Roland Iche | France | 4:20.13 | QR |
| 5. | Ulrich Eicke | West Germany | 4:28.66 | QR |
| 6. | Pietro Bruschi | Italy | 4:33.38 | QR |
| 7. | William Reichenstein | Great Britain | 4:49.20 | QR |
| 8. | Mitsuo Nakanishi | Japan | 4:52.59 | QR |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Vasyl Yurchenko | Soviet Union | 4:20.44 | QS |
| 2. | Wilfried Stephan | East Germany | 4:25.23 | QS |
| 3. | Borislav Ananiev | Bulgaria | 4:28.18 | QS |
| 4. | Göran Backlund | Sweden | 4:29.36 | QR |
| 5. | Timo Grönlund | Finland | 4:30.93 | QR |
| 6. | John Edwards | Canada | 4:32.67 | QR |
| 7. | Angus Morrison | United States | 4:35.77 | QR |

### Repechages

Held on July 29, the top three finisher in each repechage advanced to the semifinals.

#### Repechage 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Roland Iche | France | 4:15.51 | QS |
| 2. | Angus Morrison | United States | 4:18.11 | QS |
| 3. | Pietro Bruschi | Italy | 4:19.11 | QS |
| 4. | Timo Grönlund | Finland | 4:19.71 | |
| 5. | Mitsuo Nakanishi | Japan | 4:40.96 | |

#### Repechage2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Ulrich Eicke | West Germany | 4:12.00 | QS |
| 2. | John Edwards | Canada | 4:14.47 | QS |
| 3. | Göran Backlund | Sweden | 4:28.18 | QS |
| 4. | William Reichenstein | Great Britain | 4:37.47 | |

### Semifinals

Taking place on July 31, the top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Borislav Ananiev | Bulgaria | 4:13.39 | QF |
| 2. | Ivan Patzaichin | Romania | 4:15.21 | QF |
| 3. | Ulrich Eicke | West Germany | 4:16.69 | QF |
| 4. | Pietro Bruschi | Italy | 4:21.88 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Vasyl Yurchenko | Soviet Union | 4:12.00 | QF |
| 2. | Matija Ljubek | Yugoslavia | 4:19.99 | QF |
| 3. | John Edwards | Canada | 4:21.89 | QF |
| 4. | Angus Morrison | United States | 4:25.83 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1. | Tamás Wichmann | Hungary | 4:17.32 | QF |
| 2. | Roland Iche | France | 4:18.30 | QF |
| 3. | Wilfried Stephan | East Germany | 4:18.99 | QF |
| 4. | Göran Backlund | Sweden | 4:20.93 | |

### Final

The final took place on July 31.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Matija Ljubek | Yugoslavia | 4:09.51 |
| | Vasyl Yurchenko | Soviet Union | 4:12.57 |
| | Tamás Wichmann | Hungary | 4:14.11 |
| 4. | Borislav Ananiev | Bulgaria | 4:14.41 |
| 5. | Ivan Patzaichin | Romania | 4:15.08 |
| 6. | Roland Iche | France | 4:18.23 |
| 7. | Wilfried Stephan | East Germany | 4:22.43 |
| 8. | Ulrich Eicke | West Germany | 4:22.77 |
| 9. | John Edwards | Canada | 4:30.55 |
Ljubek, fourth at the halfway mark, was the only finalist to paddle the second half of the race faster than the first.