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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Krylatskoye Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 30, 1980
Date Finished: July 30, 1980
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Serhiy Postriekhin |
| Silver: | Lyubomir Lyubenov |
| Bronze: | Olaf Heukrodt |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Postriekhin | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:54.13 | QU/OB |
| 2 | Lipat Varabiev | 29 | Romania | ROU | 1:55.74 | QU |
| 3 | Tamás Wichmann | 32 | Hungary | HUN | 1:56.15 | QU |
| 4 | Timo Grönlund | 26 | Finland | FIN | 1:56.49 | |
| 5 | Thomas Falk | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 1:59.07 | |
| 6 | Matija Ljubek | 26 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2:01.20 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyubomir Lyubenov | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | 1:54.31 | QU |
| 2 | Olaf Heukrodt | 18 | East Germany | GDR | 1:55.37 | QU |
| 3 | Marek Łbik | 22 | Poland | POL | 1:55.60 | QU |
| 4 | Radomír Blažík | 25 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 1:56.41 | |
| 5 | Willie Reichenstein | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:09.37 |