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The Men's C-1 500m event at the 2010 South American Games was held over March 28 at 9:20.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nivalter Jesus  Brazil	Andres Felipe Arana  Ecuador	Sergio Díaz  Colombia

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Nivalter Jesus (BRA)	1:52.23
	Andres Felipe Arana (ECU)	1:54.66
	Sergio Díaz (COL)	1:55.85
4	Michael Alejandro Alegria (CHI)	1:56.71
5	Jose Rafel Silva (VEN)	1:57.31
6	Leonardo Niveiro (ARG)	2:07.65

• Final