Canoeing at the 1968 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 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heat times were given in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were given in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.

Medallists

Final

The final took place on October 25.

Tatai qualified as a reserve for the Hungarian team, but won decisively after driving the other finalists to exhaustion.

References

* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3pt2.pdf 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2.] p. 616. en icon & fr icon
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/CAN/mens-canadian-singles-1000-metres.html Sports-reference.com 1968 C-1 1000 m results.]
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In "The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition". London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 480.