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Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date29 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin olympique, Île Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec
Participants15 from 15 countries

Ivan Patzaichin of Romania was, among other titles, the 1972 Olympic and 1973 World Champion, the 1975 World runner-up, and the 1974 World bronze medalist in the C-1 1000, but he would have to contend with Vasyl Yurchenko of the Soviet Union, winner at the last two World Championships, at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Hungary’s Tamás Wichmann, meanwhile, was the 1972 Olympic runner-up and the 1973 and 1975 World bronze medalist. Patzaichin posted the fastest time in the opening round, defeating Wichmann in the process, while Yurchenko captured the other heat. In the semi-finals, however, Patzaichin was bested by Borislav Ananiev of Bulgaria, while Yurchenko and Wichmann took the other heats. In the final, Yugoslavian Matija Ljubek, who had won bronze in the C-1 500 the previous day, put forth an outstanding effort and captured the gold medal over three seconds ahead of Yurchenko, who settled for silver. Wichmann and Ananiev, meanwhile, raced for bronze, with the former crossing the finish line first, albeit by only 0.3 seconds. This was Ananiev’s second disappointment of the Games, as he had also come in fourth in the C-1 500. As for Patzaichin, he could not keep up to the front runners and placed fifth.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1RepSFFinal
1233Matija LjubekYUG4:15.14 (3 h1)4:19.99 (2 h2)4:09.51 (1)Gold
2210Vasily YurchenkoURS4:20.44 (1 h2)4:12.36 (1 h2)4:12.57 (2)Silver
3114Tamás WichmannHUN4:14.87 (2 h1)4:17.32 (1 h3)4:14.11 (3)Bronze
417Borislav AnanievBUL4:28.18 (3 h2)4:13.39 (1 h1)4:14.41 (4)
5172Ivan PatzaichinROU4:13.09 (1 h1)4:15.21 (2 h1)4:15.08 (5)
657Roland IcheFRA4:20.13 (4 h1)4:15.51 (1 h1)4:18.30 (2 h3)4:18.23 (6)
781Wilfried StephanGDR4:25.23 (2 h2)4:18.99 (3 h3)4:22.43 (7)
887Ulli EickeFRG4:28.66 (5 h1)4:12.00 (1 h2)4:16.69 (3 h1)4:22.77 (8)
932John EdwardsCAN4:32.67 (6 h2)4:14.47 (2 h2)4:21.89 (3 h2)4:30.55 (9)
4 h1 r3/4121Pietro BruschiITA4:33.38 (6 h1)4:19.11 (3 h1)4:21.88 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/4220Angus MorrisonUSA4:35.77 (7 h2)4:18.11 (2 h1)4:25.83 (4 h2)
4 h3 r3/4183Göran BacklundSWE4:29.36 (4 h2)4:16.29 (3 h2)4:20.93 (4 h3)
4 h1 r2/4231Timo GrönlundFIN4:30.93 (5 h2)4:19.71 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/468Willie ReichensteinGBR4:49.20 (7 h1)4:37.47 (4 h2)
5 h1 r2/4132Mitsuo NakanishiJPN4:52.59 (8 h1)4:40.96 (5 h1)

Round One

Date29 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
16Ivan PatzaichinROU4:13.0959.98 (1)2:03.53 (1)3:07.73 (1)1:03.55 (2)1:04.20 (1)1:05.36 (3)Q
29Tamás WichmannHUN4:14.8759.99 (2)2:05.73 (3)3:10.78 (2)1:05.74 (3)1:05.05 (3)1:04.09 (2)Q
35Matija LjubekYUG4:15.141:01.75 (5)2:04.97 (2)3:11.10 (3)1:03.22 (1)1:06.13 (4)1:04.04 (1)Q
47Roland IcheFRA4:20.131:01.07 (3)2:07.40 (4)3:11.99 (4)1:06.33 (4)1:04.59 (2)1:08.14 (4)
52Ulli EickeFRG4:28.661:01.46 (4)2:08.34 (5)3:16.37 (5)1:06.88 (5)1:08.03 (5)1:12.29 (6)
61Pietro BruschiITA4:33.381:02.08 (6)2:11.70 (6)3:22.01 (6)1:09.62 (6)1:10.31 (6)1:11.37 (5)
78Willie ReichensteinGBR4:49.201:02.84 (7)2:21.07 (7)3:35.84 (7)1:18.23 (8)1:14.77 (8)1:13.36 (7)
83Mitsuo NakanishiJPN4:52.591:05.11 (8)2:22.01 (8)3:36.22 (8)1:16.90 (7)1:14.21 (7)1:16.37 (8)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
18Vasily YurchenkoURS4:20.441:02.04 (2)2:06.61 (1)3:13.93 (1)1:04.57 (1)1:07.32 (1)1:06.51 (1)Q
27Wilfried StephanGDR4:25.231:01.46 (1)2:07.40 (2)3:15.83 (2)1:05.94 (2)1:08.43 (2)1:09.40 (6)Q
35Borislav AnanievBUL4:28.181:02.23 (3)2:09.79 (3)3:19.61 (3)1:07.56 (4)1:09.82 (4)1:08.57 (3)Q
44Göran BacklundSWE4:29.361:04.49 (5)2:11.87 (5)3:20.67 (4)1:07.38 (3)1:08.80 (3)1:08.69 (4)
51Timo GrönlundFIN4:30.931:04.90 (6)2:12.98 (6)3:23.62 (6)1:08.08 (5)1:10.64 (6)1:07.31 (2)
62John EdwardsCAN4:32.671:02.71 (4)2:11.04 (4)3:22.53 (5)1:08.33 (6)1:11.49 (7)1:10.14 (7)
76Angus MorrisonUSA4:35.771:06.85 (7)2:16.40 (7)3:26.44 (7)1:09.55 (7)1:10.04 (5)1:09.33 (5)

Repêchage

Date29 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time16:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Roland IcheFRA4:15.5159.29 (1)2:03.56 (1)3:09.17 (1)1:04.27 (1)1:05.61 (2)1:06.34 (3)Q
25Angus MorrisonUSA4:18.111:03.62 (5)2:08.07 (3)3:13.56 (3)1:04.45 (2)1:05.49 (1)1:04.55 (2)Q
33Pietro BruschiITA4:19.111:00.68 (2)2:05.34 (2)3:11.76 (2)1:04.66 (3)1:06.42 (3)1:07.35 (4)Q
41Timo GrönlundFIN4:19.711:02.46 (3)2:08.47 (4)3:15.23 (4)1:06.01 (4)1:06.76 (4)1:04.48 (1)
52Mitsuo NakanishiJPN4:40.961:03.10 (4)2:12.53 (5)3:26.49 (5)1:09.43 (5)1:13.96 (5)1:14.47 (5)

Heat #2

Time16:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Ulli EickeFRG4:12.0058.03 (1)2:00.95 (1)3:05.62 (1)1:02.92 (1)1:04.67 (1)1:06.38 (3)Q
23John EdwardsCAN4:14.4758.96 (2)2:02.85 (2)3:08.11 (2)1:03.89 (2)1:05.26 (2)1:06.36 (2)Q
31Göran BacklundSWE4:16.291:00.35 (3)2:04.65 (3)3:10.57 (3)1:04.30 (3)1:05.92 (3)1:05.72 (1)Q
42Willie ReichensteinGBR4:37.471:02.86 (4)2:14.55 (4)3:26.53 (4)1:11.69 (4)1:11.98 (4)1:10.94 (4)

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Borislav AnanievBUL4:13.3957.96 (1)2:01.05 (1)3:04.96 (1)1:03.09 (4)1:03.91 (1)1:08.43 (=2)Q
21Ivan PatzaichinROU4:15.2158.82 (2)2:01.30 (2)3:06.78 (2)1:02.48 (2)1:05.48 (3)1:08.43 (=2)Q
32Ulli EickeFRG4:16.6959.66 (3)2:01.99 (3)3:07.39 (3)1:02.33 (1)1:05.40 (2)1:09.30 (4)Q
43Pietro BruschiITA4:21.881:00.40 (4)2:03.46 (4)3:14.08 (4)1:03.06 (3)1:10.62 (4)1:07.80 (1)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
11Vasily YurchenkoURS4:12.3659.44 (1)2:02.70 (1)3:07.74 (1)1:03.26 (1)1:05.04 (1)1:04.62 (1)Q
22Matija LjubekYUG4:19.991:00.09 (2)2:04.34 (2)3:11.46 (2)1:04.25 (2)1:07.12 (3)1:08.53 (4)Q
33John EdwardsCAN4:21.891:01.12 (3)2:06.24 (3)3:13.49 (3)1:05.12 (3)1:07.25 (4)1:08.40 (3)Q
44Angus MorrisonUSA4:25.831:03.14 (4)2:11.17 (4)3:18.13 (4)1:08.03 (4)1:06.96 (2)1:07.70 (2)

Heat #3

Time10:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Tamás WichmannHUN4:17.3258.63 (1)2:01.57 (1)3:08.45 (1)1:02.94 (1)1:06.88 (2)1:08.87 (3)Q
21Roland IcheFRA4:18.3059.33 (3)2:02.62 (3)3:09.39 (2)1:03.29 (2)1:06.77 (1)1:08.91 (4)Q
32Wilfried StephanGDR4:18.9958.97 (2)2:02.33 (2)3:10.47 (3)1:03.36 (3)1:08.14 (4)1:08.52 (2)Q
43Göran BacklundSWE4:20.931:01.34 (4)2:06.67 (4)3:13.77 (4)1:05.33 (4)1:07.10 (3)1:07.16 (1)

Final Round

Date31 July 1976 — 16:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
12Matija LjubekYUG4:09.511:01.61 (=6)2:06.17 (4)3:06.98 (1)1:04.56 (4)1:00.81 (1)1:02.53 (2)
28Vasily YurchenkoURS4:12.571:00.13 (1)2:03.67 (1)3:08.26 (2)1:03.54 (2)1:04.59 (3)1:04.31 (5)
35Tamás WichmannHUN4:14.111:00.96 (4)2:04.32 (2)3:10.19 (3)1:03.36 (1)1:05.87 (7)1:03.92 (3)
41Borislav AnanievBUL4:14.411:00.66 (=2)2:06.70 (5)3:12.35 (6)1:06.04 (7)1:05.65 (6)1:02.06 (1)
54Ivan PatzaichinROU4:15.081:01.22 (5)2:05.68 (3)3:10.97 (4)1:04.46 (3)1:05.29 (4)1:04.11 (4)
66Roland IcheFRA4:18.231:02.39 (9)2:09.06 (9)3:12.07 (5)1:06.67 (8)1:03.01 (2)1:06.16 (6)
73Wilfried StephanGDR4:22.431:00.66 (=2)2:08.51 (8)3:14.11 (8)1:07.85 (9)1:05.60 (5)1:08.32 (7)
89Ulli EickeFRG4:22.771:01.61 (=6)2:07.17 (6)3:13.76 (7)1:05.56 (5)1:06.59 (8)1:09.01 (8)
97John EdwardsCAN4:30.551:01.94 (8)2:07.68 (7)3:18.79 (9)1:05.74 (6)1:11.11 (9)1:11.76 (9)