Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Games: Next Summer Games
Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Basin, Notre Dame Island, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 30, 1976
Date Finished: July 30, 1976
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Aleksandr Rogov |
| Silver: | John Wood |
| Bronze: | Matija Ljubek |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfried Stephan | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 2:07.00 | QU |
| 2 | John Wood | 26 | Canada | CAN | 2:09.91 | QU |
| 3 | Borislav Ananiev | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:11.23 | QU |
| 4 | Ryszard Kosiński | 21 | Poland | POL | 2:12.71 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Rogov | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:06.83 | QU |
| 2 | Matija Ljubek | 22 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2:07.99 | QU |
| 3 | Roland Iche | 29 | France | FRA | 2:10.18 | QU |
| 4 | Timo Grönlund | 22 | Finland | FIN | 2:17.39 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Károly Szegedi | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 2:07.50 | QU |
| 2 | Ivan Patzaichin | 26 | Romania | ROU | 2:09.34 | QU |
| 3 | Ulli Eicke | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 2:11.05 | QU |
| 4 | Göran Backlund | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:13.83 |