Canoeing at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres

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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Regatta Course, Oberschleißheim, München
Date Started: September 5, 1972
Date Finished: September 9, 1972

Gold:	Ivan Patzaichin
Silver:	Tamás Wichmann
Bronze:	Detlef Lewe

Final Standings

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	Medal
1	Ivan Patzaichin	22	Romania	ROU	Gold	OB
2	Tamás Wichmann	24	Hungary	HUN	Silver
3	Detlef Lewe	33	West Germany	FRG	Bronze
4	Dirk Weise	20	East Germany	GDR
5	Vasyl Yurchenko	22	Soviet Union	URS
6	Boris Lyubenov	25	Bulgaria	BUL
7	Jiří Čtvrtečka	29	Czechoslovakia	TCH
8	Roberto Altamirano	27	Mexico	MEX
9	Jerzy Opara	24	Poland	POL
4 h1r2/3	Jean-François Millot	27	France	FRA
5 h1r2/3	John Wood	22	Canada	CAN
6 h1r2/3	András Törő	32	United States	USA
7 h1r2/3	Tetsumasa Yamaguchi	25	Japan	JPN

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