Canoeing at the 1984 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 1984 Summer Olympics program.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ulrich Eicke (FRG)	Larry Cain (CAN)	Henning Lynge Jakobsen (DEN)

Results

Heats

Eleven competitors were entered with one disqualification. Held on 7 August, the top three finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Ulrich Eicke	West Germany	4:10.10	QF
2.	Larry Cain	Canada	4:20.10	QF
3.	Timo Grönlund	Finland	4:20.39	QF
4.	Stephen Train	Great Britain	4:21.71	QS
5.	Francisco López	Spain	4:34.94	QS
-	Philippe Renaud	France	DISQ

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Henning Lynge Jakobsen	Denmark	4:14.59	QF
2.	Costică Olaru	Romania	4:15.36	QF
3.	Bruce Merritt	United States	4:22.59	QF
4.	Kiyoto Inoue	Japan	4:28.05	QS
5.	Göran Backlund	Sweden	4:28.31	QS

Semifinal

Taking place on 9 August, the top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1.	Stephen Train	Great Britain	4:23.15	QF
2.	Kiyoto Inoue	Japan	4:23.73	QF
3.	Francisco López	Spain	4:29.50	QF
4.	Göran Backlund	Sweden	4:31.04

Final

The final took place on 11 August.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
	Ulrich Eicke	West Germany	4:06.32
	Larry Cain	Canada	4:08.67
	Henning Lynge Jakobsen	Denmark	4:09.51
4.	Timo Grönlund	Finland	4:15.58
5.	Costică Olaru	Romania	4:16.39
6.	Stephen Train	Great Britain	4:16.64
7.	Bruce Merritt	United States	4:18.17
8.	Kiyoto Inoue	Japan	4:18.72
9.	Francisco López	Spain	4:23.92