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Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres, Men

Date31 July – 2 August 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationGrebnoy kanal, Sportivny komplex Krylatskoye, Moskva
Participants12 from 12 countries

Matija Ljubek of Yugoslavia was the defending Olympic and 1978 World Champion, while Tamás Wichmann of Hungary was the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist and reigning World Champion, as well as the 1978 World runner-up. Both were present in at the 1980 Summer Olympics to vie for gold, but there were an array of strong challengers in the field. The 1977 World Champion and 1978 and 1979 World bronze medalist nation of Romania was represented by Lipat Varabiev, while the 1976 Olympic and 1977 World runner-up Soviet Union sent Serhiy Postriekhin. Bulgaria’s Lyubomir Lyubenov, meanwhile, was the most recent World runner-up.

Varabiev defeated both Lyubenov and Postriekhin in the first opening heat, while Wichmann took the second and helped relegate Ljubek to the repêchage, where he advanced as the slowest qualifier. Lyubenov was surprisingly powerful in the final, however, and won gold with little trouble, while Postriekhin came in for silver with breathing room in both directions. These two competitors thus traded places from the previous day’s C-1 500, which had been won by the Soviet. There was a more exciting battle for the final podium spot, but it was not between any of the favorites. Libor Dvořák of Czechoslovakia and Eckhard Leue of East Germany were very close as they approached the finish line, but the latter edged out the former to capture the bronze medal.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1RepFinal
126Lyubomir LyubenovBUL4:06.82 (2 h1)4:12.38 (1)Gold
2157Sergey PostrekhinURS4:07.39 (3 h1)4:13.53 (2)Silver
370Eckhard LeueGDR4:04.09 (2 h2)4:15.02 (3)Bronze
4145Libor DvořákTCH4:07.85 (4 h1)4:20.15 (2)4:15.25 (4)
5127Lipat VarabievROU4:06.13 (1 h1)4:16.68 (5)
641Timo GrönlundFIN4:11.11 (5 h1)4:19.82 (1)4:17.37 (6)
7135Thomas FalkSWE4:04.97 (3 h2)4:20.66 (7)
8165Matija LjubekYUG4:05.21 (4 h2)4:20.51 (3)4:22.40 (8)
993Tamás WichmannHUN4:02.79 (1 h2)4:45.30 (9)
4 h1 r2/3107Marek ŁbikPOL4:13.34 (5 h2)4:20.87 (4)
5 h1 r2/362Willie ReichensteinGBR4:28.18 (6 h1)4:29.72 (5)
AC h1 r1/334Hans Christian LassenDEN[4:20.56] (DQ h1)
DNS53Pierre LangloisFRA– (DNS h2)

Round One

Date31 July 1980 — 10:40
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
16Lipat VarabievROU4:06.1358.26 (3)2:00.19 (2)3:02.78 (2)1:01.93 (2)1:02.59 (2)1:03.35 (1)QOB
21Lyubomir LyubenovBUL4:06.8257.69 (2)2:00.73 (3)3:02.48 (1)1:03.04 (5)1:01.75 (1)1:04.34 (4)Q
32Sergey PostrekhinURS4:07.3957.24 (1)1:59.92 (1)3:03.10 (3)1:02.68 (4)1:03.18 (4)1:04.29 (3)Q
44Libor DvořákTCH4:07.851:00.05 (5)2:01.39 (4)3:04.34 (4)1:01.34 (1)1:02.95 (3)1:03.51 (2)
53Timo GrönlundFIN4:11.1159.16 (4)2:01.65 (5)3:05.64 (5)1:02.49 (3)1:03.99 (5)1:05.47 (5)
65Willie ReichensteinGBR4:28.181:01.28 (6)2:08.73 (6)3:18.93 (6)1:07.45 (6)1:10.20 (6)1:09.25 (6)
DQ7Hans Christian LassenDEN[4:20.56][1:00.84] ([7])[2:03.87] ([7])[3:10.94] ([7])[1:03.03] (–)[1:07.07] (–)[1:09.62] (–)

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14Tamás WichmannHUN4:02.7959.04 (2)2:01.24 (2)3:02.18 (2)1:02.20 (2)1:00.94 (1)1:00.61 (1)QOB
23Eckhard LeueGDR4:04.0957.69 (1)1:59.39 (1)3:01.24 (1)1:01.70 (1)1:01.85 (4)1:02.85 (4)Q
35Thomas FalkSWE4:04.971:01.07 (5)2:03.31 (5)3:04.30 (4)1:02.24 (3)1:00.99 (2)1:00.67 (2)Q
41Matija LjubekYUG4:05.2159.99 (4)2:02.44 (4)3:03.75 (3)1:02.45 (4)1:01.31 (3)1:01.46 (3)
56Marek ŁbikPOL4:13.3459.34 (3)2:01.92 (3)3:04.72 (5)1:02.58 (5)1:02.80 (5)1:08.62 (5)
DNS2Pierre LangloisFRA– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)

Repêchage

Date2 August 1980 — 10:30
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
11Timo GrönlundFIN4:19.821:02.88 (3)2:10.69 (4)3:20.57 (5)1:07.81 (4)1:09.88 (5)59.25 (1)Q
23Libor DvořákTCH4:20.151:02.71 (2)2:08.75 (1)3:15.09 (1)1:06.04 (1)1:06.34 (2)1:05.06 (4)Q
34Matija LjubekYUG4:20.511:02.52 (1)2:09.56 (2)3:15.96 (2)1:07.04 (2)1:06.40 (3)1:04.55 (3)Q
45Marek ŁbikPOL4:20.871:03.09 (4)2:10.16 (3)3:16.90 (3)1:07.07 (3)1:06.74 (4)1:03.97 (2)
52Willie ReichensteinGBR4:29.721:03.55 (5)2:13.13 (5)3:17.48 (4)1:09.58 (5)1:04.35 (1)1:12.24 (5)

Final Round

Date2 August 1980 — 16:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13Lyubomir LyubenovBUL4:12.3859.55 (2)2:03.89 (2)3:07.83 (2)1:04.34 (5)1:03.94 (3)1:04.55 (2)
27Sergey PostrekhinURS4:13.5358.68 (1)2:01.98 (1)3:07.19 (1)1:03.30 (1)1:05.21 (5)1:06.34 (8)
31Eckhard LeueGDR4:15.021:00.44 (3)2:05.68 (5)3:09.86 (3)1:05.24 (6)1:04.18 (4)1:05.16 (4)
42Libor DvořákTCH4:15.251:02.26 (6)2:06.48 (6)3:10.38 (4)1:04.22 (4)1:03.90 (2)1:04.87 (3)
56Lipat VarabievROU4:16.681:00.68 (4)2:04.27 (3)3:10.95 (5)1:03.59 (3)1:06.68 (8)1:05.73 (6)
64Timo GrönlundFIN4:17.371:04.19 (9)2:10.63 (9)3:13.74 (7)1:06.44 (8)1:03.11 (1)1:03.63 (1)
78Thomas FalkSWE4:20.661:03.35 (7)2:08.77 (7)3:14.73 (8)1:05.42 (7)1:05.96 (6)1:05.93 (7)
85Matija LjubekYUG4:22.401:03.58 (8)2:10.28 (8)3:16.92 (9)1:06.70 (9)1:06.64 (7)1:05.48 (5)
99Tamás WichmannHUN4:45.301:01.48 (5)2:05.02 (4)3:13.09 (6)1:03.54 (2)1:08.07 (9)1:32.21 (9)