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Canadian Singles, 500 metres, Men

Date6 – 10 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationLake Casitas, Los Padres National Forest, California
Participants13 from 13 countries

Unlike the 1980 American-led boycott, which had had a limited impact on the canoeing events, the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics severely depleted the field in the sport. This was especially noticeable in the men’s C-1 500, as the top five nations from the last edition were absent, as were those who had won eight of the last nine medals at the World Championships, the lone exception being Romania’s Costică Olaru, the reigning World Champion. This put him in an excellent position to win gold, but otherwise the field was wide open. Olaru posted the fastest time in the opening round, while Denmark’s Henning Lynge Jakobsen took the other heat. These two men also took the semi-final heats, with Canada’s Larry Cain nabbing the third. Cain was surprisingly dominant in the final, and won gold nearly a second and a half ahead of Jakobsen, who in turn was almost the same distance ahead of Olaru. The Romanian, meanwhile, had much more difficulty in fending off a challenge from France’s Philippe Renaud, and hung on to third place by a margin of only 0.09 seconds. Cain’s gold medal was Canada’s first in canoeing since Frank Amyot won the C-1 1000 in 1936, and would be followed up by Hugh Fisher and Alwyn Morris the next day in theK-2 1000. Cain and Jakobsen went on to earn medals in the C-1 1000 the following day, although they were demoted to silver and bronze respectively.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1RepSFFinal
118Larry CainCAN2:04.30 (2 h2)2:02.60 (1 h3)1:57.01 (1)Gold
238Henning Lynge JakobsenDEN2:05.09 (1 h1)2:01.42 (1 h1)1:58.45 (2)Silver
3140Costică OlaruROU2:03.49 (1 h2)2:02.62 (1 h2)1:59.86 (3)Bronze
465Philippe RenaudFRA2:07.90 (4 h1)2:10.44 (3 h1)2:03.30 (3 h1)1:59.95 (4)
549Timo GrönlundFIN2:06.11 (2 h1)2:03.36 (2 h3)2:01.00 (5)
6107Kiyoto InoueJPN2:06.61 (3 h1)2:03.55 (2 h2)2:01.79 (6)
768Hartmut FaustFRG2:05.95 (3 h2)2:02.60 (2 h1)2:01.86 (7)
8123Robert RozanskiNOR2:13.21 (6 h1)2:08.30 (1 h1)2:06.87 (3 h3)2:02.12 (8)
941Francisco LópezESP2:08.01 (5 h2)2:09.72 (2 h1)2:04.38 (3 h2)2:03.95 (9)
4 h1 r3/486Steve TrainGBR2:08.80 (5 h1)2:12.69 (1 h2)2:06.01 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/4164Rob PlankenhornUSA2:07.20 (4 h2)2:13.18 (2 h2)2:04.54 (4 h2)
4 h3 r3/4149Göran BacklundSWE2:15.72 (6 h2)2:21.81 (3 h2)2:14.08 (4 h3)
4 h1 r2/4112Yun Hui-ChunKOR2:40.92 (7 h2)2:51.38 (4 h1)

Round One

Date6 August 1984
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time8:15
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Henning Lynge JakobsenDEN2:05.091:00.54 (1)1:04.55 (2)Q
27Timo GrönlundFIN2:06.111:01.77 (4)1:04.34 (1)Q
32Kiyoto InoueJPN2:06.611:01.59 (3)1:05.02 (3)Q
41Philippe RenaudFRA2:07.901:01.15 (2)1:06.75 (5)
58Steve TrainGBR2:08.801:03.66 (6)1:05.14 (4)
63Robert RozanskiNOR2:13.211:03.09 (5)1:10.12 (6)

Heat #2

Time8:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Costică OlaruROU2:03.4959.86 (1)1:03.63 (1)Q
21Larry CainCAN2:04.301:00.12 (2)1:04.18 (2)Q
34Hartmut FaustFRG2:05.951:01.70 (5)1:04.25 (3)Q
42Rob PlankenhornUSA2:07.201:01.26 (4)1:05.94 (4)
57Francisco LópezESP2:08.011:01.03 (3)1:06.98 (5)
66Göran BacklundSWE2:15.721:04.86 (6)1:10.86 (6)
73Yun Hui-ChunKOR2:40.921:17.35 (7)1:23.57 (7)

Repêchage

Date6 August 1984
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time17:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Robert RozanskiNOR2:08.301:03.22 (1)1:05.08 (1)Q
24Francisco LópezESP2:09.721:03.52 (2)1:06.20 (3)Q
32Philippe RenaudFRA2:10.441:05.00 (3)1:05.44 (2)Q
41Yun Hui-ChunKOR2:51.381:25.30 (4)1:26.08 (4)

Heat #2

Time17:15
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Steve TrainGBR2:12.691:07.22 (1)1:05.47 (2)Q
22Rob PlankenhornUSA2:13.181:08.52 (2)1:04.66 (1)Q
31Göran BacklundSWE2:21.811:11.52 (3)1:10.29 (3)Q

Semi-Finals

Date8 August 1984
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time8:15
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Henning Lynge JakobsenDEN2:01.4259.39 (2)1:02.03 (1)Q
23Hartmut FaustFRG2:02.6058.96 (1)1:03.64 (3)Q
32Philippe RenaudFRA2:03.301:00.17 (3)1:03.13 (2)Q
44Steve TrainGBR2:06.011:01.71 (4)1:04.30 (4)

Heat #2

Time8:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Costică OlaruROU2:02.6259.36 (1)1:03.26 (1)Q
21Kiyoto InoueJPN2:03.5559.68 (2)1:03.87 (3)Q
32Francisco LópezESP2:04.381:00.78 (4)1:03.60 (2)Q
44Rob PlankenhornUSA2:04.541:00.16 (3)1:04.38 (4)

Heat #3

Time8:45
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Larry CainCAN2:02.6058.63 (1)1:03.97 (1)Q
24Timo GrönlundFIN2:03.3659.27 (2)1:04.09 (2)Q
33Robert RozanskiNOR2:06.871:01.03 (3)1:05.84 (3)Q
41Göran BacklundSWE2:14.081:04.42 (4)1:09.66 (4)

Final Round

Date10 August 1984 — 8:30
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime250 m250-500 m
17Larry CainCAN1:57.0156.37 (1)1:00.64 (3)
22Henning Lynge JakobsenDEN1:58.4558.21 (4)1:00.24 (2)
31Costică OlaruROU1:59.8657.80 (3)1:02.06 (5)
49Philippe RenaudFRA1:59.9559.82 (7)1:00.13 (1)
53Timo GrönlundFIN2:01.0058.80 (5)1:02.20 (6)
66Kiyoto InoueJPN2:01.791:00.19 (8)1:01.60 (4)
78Hartmut FaustFRG2:01.8657.22 (2)1:04.64 (9)
84Robert RozanskiNOR2:02.1259.45 (6)1:02.67 (7)
95Francisco LópezESP2:03.951:00.44 (9)1:03.51 (8)