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Kayak Singles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date 8 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationRegattabahn, Grünau, Berlin
Participants15 from 15 countries

At the first two European championships, Helmut Cämmerer and Ewald Tilker had earned Germany the title in this event. Sweden’s Nils Wallin had placed second on both occasions, but like Tilker he was not competing in the kilometre in Berlin. Cämmerer was, as was Austria’s Gregor Hradetzky, who had won two European titles in the folding kayak, and had claimed the Olympic title in that discipline a day earlier.

The preliminaries made clear Cämmerer and Hradetzky were in a league of their own, about ten seconds clear from the rest of the field. In the final, Cämmerer had the best start, being trailed by Hradetzky and Jaap Kraaier. Hradetzky levelled with Cämmerer with about 200 m left, and then pulled away in a final sprint to take his second gold of the Games.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Gregor HradetzkyAUT4:25.9 (1 h2)4:22.9 (1)GoldOB
2Helmut CämmererGER4:27.2 (2 h2)4:25.6 (2)Silver
3Jaap KraaierNED4:36.5 (1 h1)4:35.1 (3)Bronze
4Ernie RiedelUSA4:40.8 (3 h2)4:38.1 (4)
5Joel RamqvistSWE4:38.8 (2 h1)4:39.5 (5)
6Henri EberhardtFRA4:41.1 (3 h1)4:41.2 (6)
7Birger JohanssonFIN4:47.0 (4 h2)4:42.2 (7)
8Ivar IversenNOR4:44.3 (4 h1)4:44.2 (8)
5 h1 r1/2Elio Sasso-SantITA4:50.2 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/2Henri HonsiaBEL4:51.1 (5 h2)
6 h1 r1/2Hans PotthofSUI4:50.9 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/2Poul LarsenDEN4:56.0 (6 h2)
7 h1 r1/2Emil ŠmatlákTCH4:54.1 (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/2Frank AmyotCAN5:17.0 (7 h2)
8 h1 r1/2Péter SzittyaHUN5:08.7 (8 h1)

Round One

Date8 August 1936 — 9:30
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Jaap KraaierNED4:36.5QOB
2Joel RamqvistSWE4:38.8Q
3Henri EberhardtFRA4:41.1Q
4Ivar IversenNOR4:44.3Q
5Elio Sasso-SantITA4:50.2
6Hans PotthofSUI4:50.9
7Emil ŠmatlákTCH4:54.1
8Péter SzittyaHUN5:08.7

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregor HradetzkyAUT4:25.9QOB
2Helmut CämmererGER4:27.2Q
3Ernie RiedelUSA4:40.8Q
4Birger JohanssonFIN4:47.0Q
5Henri HonsiaBEL4:51.1
6Poul LarsenDEN4:56.0
7Frank AmyotCAN5:17.0

Final Round

Date8 August 1936 — 15:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregor HradetzkyAUT4:22.9OB
2Helmut CämmererGER4:25.6
3Jaap KraaierNED4:35.1
4Ernie RiedelUSA4:38.1
5Joel RamqvistSWE4:39.5
6Henri EberhardtFRA4:41.2
7Birger JohanssonFIN4:42.2
8Ivar IversenNOR4:44.2