These are the results of the men's K-1 slalom

Slalom canoeing

Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...

competition in canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...

. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-man kayak

Kayak

A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

s through a whitewater

Whitewater racing

Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or Canadian canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily...

 course. The venue for the 1972 Olympic competition was in Augsburg

Augsburg

Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...

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Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Results

The 37 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on August 28. The best time of the two runs counted for the event.

Rank	Name	Run 1			Run 2			Result
		Time	Points	Total	Time	Points	Total	Total
		263.20	100	363.20	258.56	10	268.56	268.56
		260.76	10	270.76	261.31	40	301.31	270.76
		268.11	30	298.11	257.95	20	277.95	277.95
4		252.82	30	282.82	263.10	30	293.10	282.82
5		258.01	30	288.01	270.72	120	390.72	288.01
6		261.69	140	401.69	249.56	40	289.56	289.56
7		266.34	30	296.34	259.15	40	299.15	299.15
8		268.50	140	408.50	263.15	40	303.15	303.15
9		286.71	20	306.71	274.15	80	354.15	306.71
10		272.10	50	322.10	291.36	20	311.36	311.36
11		261.40	50	311.40	249.10	120	369.10	311.40
12		270.44	110	380.44	284.21	30	314.21	314.21
13		260.67	70	330.67	256.74	60	316.74	316.74
14		277.09	40	317.09	270.52	210	480.52	317.09
15		269.19	110	379.19	279.60	40	319.60	319.60
16		279.17	90	369.17	280.87	50	330.87	330.87
17		286.04	50	336.04	302.13	80	382.13	336.04
18		295.03	120	415.03	307.49	30	337.49	337.49
19		265.19	80	345.19	277.82	60	337.82	337.82
20		268.10	70	338.10	285.92	160	445.92	338.10
21		319.52	120	439.52	289.54	50	339.54	339.54
22		283.02	60	343.02	300.52	60	360.52	343.02
23		293.10	50	343.10	295.11	60	355.11	343.10
24		322.13	200	522.13	297.95	50	347.95	347.95
25		283.26	100	383.26	311.06	40	351.06	351.06
26		251.10	110	361.10	282.41	80	362.41	361.10
27		277.41	100	377.41	277.41	150	427.41	377.41
28		280.62	220	500.62	311.99	70	381.99	381.99
29		277.81	150	427.81	250.07	140	390.07	390.07
30		287.85	160	443.85	278.99	120	398.99	398.99
31		369.60	110	479.60	314.36	90	404.36	404.36
32		280.85	180	460.85	280.80	130	410.80	410.80
33		323.95	100	423.95	304.68	140	444.68	423.95
34		304.08	130	434.08	396.60	140	536.60	434.08
35		309.91	160	469.91	319.28	140	459.28	459.28
36		366.78	130	496.78	-	-	-	496.78
37		290.54	350	640.54	305.46	290	595.46	595.46