| Event: | Men's canoe slalom C-1 |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Kanuslalomanlage, Augsburg (slalom) |
| Date: | 28 August 1972 |
| Competitors: | 22 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Reinhard Eiben |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silver: | Reinhold Kauder |
| Silvernoc: | FRG |
| Bronze: | Jamie McEwan |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Win Value: | 315.84 |
| Next: | 1992 |
These are the results of the men's C-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The C-1 (canoe single) event is raced by one-man canoes through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1972 Olympic competition was in Augsburg.
The 22 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on August 28. The best time of the two runs counted for the event.
| Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Points | Total | Time | Points | Total | Total | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 277.50 | 50 | 327.50 | 285.84 | 30 | 315.84 | 315.84 | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 307.89 | 20 | 327.89 | 320.31 | 30 | 350.31 | 327.89 | ||
| 331.52 | 90 | 421.52 | 295.95 | 40 | 335.95 | 335.95 | |||
| 4 | 284.42 | 70 | 354.42 | 295.45 | 70 | 365.45 | 354.42 | ||
| 5 | - | - | - | 286.25 | 70 | 356.25 | 356.25 | ||
| 6 | 312.88 | 60 | 372.88 | 327.70 | 120 | 447.70 | 372.88 | ||
| 7 | 298.70 | 120 | 418.70 | 315.07 | 70 | 385.07 | 385.07 | ||
| 8 | 301.11 | 90 | 391.11 | 298.83 | 100 | 398.83 | 391.11 | ||
| 9 | 351.46 | 200 | 551.46 | 331.38 | 60 | 391.38 | 391.38 | ||
| 10 | 293.77 | 100 | 393.77 | 332.88 | 100 | 432.88 | 393.77 | ||
| 11 | 354.40 | 140 | 494.40 | 369.76 | 30 | 399.76 | 399.76 | ||
| 12 | 306.73 | 140 | 446.73 | 325.98 | 80 | 405.98 | 405.98 | ||
| 13 | 328.40 | 110 | 438.40 | 339.15 | 210 | 549.75 | 438.40 | ||
| 14 | 403.41 | 250 | 653.41 | 365.40 | 80 | 445.40 | 445.40 | ||
| 15 | 348.69 | 150 | 498.69 | 323.16 | 140 | 463.16 | 463.16 | ||
| 16 | 328.10 | 170 | 498.10 | 377.41 | 90 | 467.41 | 467.41 | ||
| 17 | 323.85 | 160 | 483.85 | 346.11 | 200 | 546.11 | 483.85 | ||
| 18 | 336.17 | 190 | 526.17 | 351.23 | 210 | 561.23 | 526.17 | ||
| 19 | 341.50 | 230 | 571.50 | 340.64 | 190 | 530.64 | 530.64 | ||
| 20 | 351.12 | 210 | 561.12 | 393.08 | 210 | 603.08 | 561.12 | ||
| 21 | 326.09 | 360 | 686.09 | 386.72 | 190 | 576.72 | 576.72 | ||
| 22 | - | - | - | 392.50 | 250 | 642.50 | 642.50 | ||