The men's C-1 1000 metres event was an open-style, individual canoe

Canoe

A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...

 program on Lake Albano.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

Fifteen competitors were entered, but only 13 competed on August 26. The top three finishers in both heats advanced in the semifinals while the others went to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.		4:41.81	QS
2.		4:47.65	QS
3.		4:50.71	QS
4.		4:54.37	QR
5.		4:56.58	QR
6.		5:00.54	QR
7.		5:19.40	QR
Heat 2
1.		4:36.80	QS
2.		4:36.92	QS
3.		4:38.25	QS
4.		4:39.36	QR
5.		4:43.07	QR
6.		4:44.55	QR
-		Did not start
-		Did not start

Repechages

Competed on August 26, the top three finisher in each of the two heats move to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.		4:46.99	QS
2.		4:55.24	QS
3.		5:00.92	QS
Repechage 2
1.		4:44.36	QS
2.		5:03.98	QS
3.		5:06.86	QS
4.		5:13.34

Semifinal

Twelve canoers competed in the semifinals on August 27. The top three finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		4:36.89	QF
2.		4:37.94	QF
3.		4:41.35	QF
4.		5:00.88
Semifinal 2
1.		4:40.50	QF
2.		4:43.66	QF
3.		4:48.18	QF
4.		4:59.81
Semifinal 3
1.		4:44.68	QF
2.		4:44.93	QF
3.		4:47.06	QF
4.		5:04.82

Final

The final took place on August 29.

		4:33.03
		4:34.41
		4:35.87
4.		4:36.46
5.		4:39.72
6.		4:39.72
7.		4:40.65
8.		4:42.52
9.		4:49.63

Parti won using a canoe of his own design.