Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres explained

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.

Results

Heats

The 19 competitors first raced in three heats on August 7. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals. All remaining competitors competed in the repechages later that day.

Heat 1
width=30	1.		width=80	3:53.51	QS
2.		3:56.86	QS
3.		3:57.95	QS
4.		3:59.21	QR
5.		3:59.95	QR
6.		4:03.38	QR
7.		4:03.40	QR
8.		4:44.09	QR
Heat 2
1.		3:53.41	QS
2.		3:55.12	QS
3.		3:58.35	QS
4.		4:00.21	QR
5.		4:09.21	QR
6.		4:22.30	QR
Heat 3
1.		3:51.72	QS
2.		3:52.08	QS
3.		3:57.78	QS
4.		4:00.21	QR
5.		4:03.86	QR

Repechages

Taking place on August 7, two repechages were held. The top four finishers in each repechage advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
width=30	1.		width=80	3:56.64	QS
2.		3:57.25	QS
3.		4:07.34	QS
4.		4:18.60	QS
5.		4:35.45
Repechage 2
1.		4:03.47	QS
2.		4:04.42	QS
3.		4:19.40	QS
4.		4:19.48	QS
5.		4:20.11

Semifinals

Raced on August 9, the top three finishers from each of the three semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
width=30	1.		width=80	3:52.12	QF
2.		3:54.18	QF
3.		3:56.09	QF
4.		3:57.84
5.		3:58.41
6.		4:02.70
Semifinal 2
1.		3:58.90	QF
2.		4:01.01	QF
3.		4:02.40	QF
4.		4:03.84
5.		4:07.15
6.		4:09.77
Semifinal 3
1.		3:56.57	QF
2.		3:58.43	QF
3.		3:59.40	QF
4.		4:00.33
5.		4:02.81

Final

The final took place on August 11.

width=30 bgcolor=gold		width=60	3:45.73
bgcolor=silver		3:46.88
	3:47.38
4.	3:48.69
5.	3:49.11
6.	3:49.38
7.	3:51.61
8.	3:52.25
9.	3:53.20