Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres

Left-right: Imre Szöllősi, Erik Hansen, Gert Fredriksson

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Hansen (DEN)	Imre Szöllősi (HUN)	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)

Results

Heats

24 competitors first raced in three heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals; two were eliminated due to not starting, and the remaining 13 competitors were relegated to the repechage heats.

Heat 1
1.	Erik Hansen (DEN)	3:57.04	QS
2.	Ronald Rhodes (GBR)	4:01.68	QS
3.	Wolfgang Lange (EUA)	4:05.08	QS
4.	Rolf Olsen (NOR)	4:08.38	QR
5.	Robert De Waele (BEL)	4:08.60	QR
6.	Roland Huber (SUI)	4:26.26	QR
7.	Michel Meyer (FRA)	4:40.72	QR
-	Lyubomir Oresharov (BUL)	Did not start
Heat 2
1.	Imre Szöllősi (HUN)	4:04.23	QS
2.	Phil Coles (AUS)	4:06.27	QS
3.	Cesare Zilioli (ITA)	4:06.58	QS
4.	Aleksandar Kerčov (YUG)	4:07.08	QR
5.	Simo Kuismanen (FIN)	4:09.78	QR
6.	Joaquín Larroya (ESP)	4:12.93	QR
7.	Paul Beachem (USA)	4:18.64	QR
-	Igor Lipalit (ROU)	Did not start
Heat 3
1.	Ibragim Khasanov (URS)	4:06.14	QS
2.	Guillaume Weijzen (NED)	4:06.77	QS
3.	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	4:07.35	QS
4.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	4:07.83	QR
5.	Ryszard Skwarski (POL)	4:12.70	QR
6.	Herbert Wiedermann (AUT)	4:15.71	QR
7.	Michael Brown (CAN)	4:27.28	QR
8.	André Conrady (LUX)	4:27.38	QR

Repechages

The repechages took place on August 26. The top three finishers in each repechage advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.	Simo Kuismanen (FIN)	4:11.50	QS
2.	Herbert Wiedermann (AUT)	4:13.73	QS
3.	Rolf Olsen (NOR)	4:13.87	QS
4.	Michel Meyer (FRA)	4:24.93
Repechage 2
1.	Ryszard Skwarski (POL)	4:06.99	QS
2.	Aleksandar Kerčov (YUG)	4:07.33	QS
3.	Paul Beachem (USA)	4:18.17	QS
4.	Roland Huber (SUI)	4:24.16
5.	André Conrady (LUX)	4:28.40
Repechage 3
1.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	4:11.39	QS
2.	Joaquín Larroya (ESP)	4:13.82	QS
3.	Robert De Waele (BEL)	4:16.61	QS
4.	Michael Brown (CAN)	4:55.73

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on August 27) advanced to the final with the rest of the competitors eliminated.

Semifinal 1
1.	Erik Hansen (DEN)	3:57.51	QF
2.	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	4:03.32	QF
3.	Simo Kuismanen (FIN)	4:03.42	QF
4.	Phil Coles (AUS)	4:08.05
5.	Aleksandar Kerčov (YUG)	4:10.27
6.	Robert De Waele (BEL)	4:12.48
Semifinal 2
1.	Imre Szöllősi (HUN)	3:57.11	QF
2.	Wolfgang Lange (EUA)	4:02.88	QF
3.	Rolf Olsen (NOR)	4:04.82	QF
4.	Guillaume Weijzen (NED)	4:07.30
5.	Ryszard Skwarski (POL)	4:09.26
6.	Joaquín Larroya (ESP)	4:20.39
Semifinal 3
1.	Ronald Rhodes (GBR)	4:05.20	QF
2.	Ibragim Khasanov (URS)	4:05.20	QF
3.	Cesare Zilioli (ITA)	4:06.36	QF
4.	Ladislav Čepčianský (TCH)	4:07.75
5.	Paul Beachem (USA)	4:15.10
6.	Herbert Wiedermann (AUT)	4:17.45

Final

The final was held on August 29.

	Erik Hansen (DEN)	3:53.00
	Imre Szöllősi (HUN)	3:54.02
	Gert Fredriksson (SWE)	3:55.89
4.	Ibragim Khasanov (URS)	3:56.38
5.	Ronald Rhodes (GBR)	4:01.15
6.	Rolf Olsen (NOR)	4:02.31
7.	Wolfgang Lange (EUA)	4:03.05
8.	Simo Kuismanen (FIN)	4:03.66
9.	Cesare Zilioli (ITA)	4:04.90

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 248–50.
• Sports-reference.com 1960 K-1 1000 m results.