Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

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The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Thomas Reineck
Olaf Winter
Detlef Hofmann
Mark Zabel
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
András Rajna
Gábor Horváth
Ferenc Csipes
Attila Adrovicz
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Oleg Gorobiy
Sergey Verlin
Georgiy Tsybulnikov
Anatoli Tishchenko

Results

Heats

16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the repechages.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Reineck , Mark Zabel , Detlef Hofmann , and Olaf Winter  (GER)3:07.908QF
2.Flag of Russia.svg  Anatoli Tishchenko , Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Verlin , and Georgiy Tsybulnikov  (RUS)3:11.128QF
3.Flag of Australia.svg  James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson  (AUS)3:11.752QS
4.Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente  (ESP)3:14.224QS
5.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell  (CAN)3:15.208QS
6.Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Covi , Enrico Lupetti , Ivano Lussignoli , and Luca Negri  (ITA)3:17.144QS
7.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Leština , Pavel Mráz , Martin Otáhal , and Jiří Polívka  (CZE)3:19.868QS
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Curt Bader , Philippe Boccara , Mark Hamilton , and Cliff Meidl  (USA)3:23.352QS
Heat 2
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Csipes , Gábor Horváth , Attila Adrovicz , and András Rajna  (HUN)3:07.517QF
2.Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Kaleta , Piotr Markiewicz , Marek Witowski , and Adam Wysocki  (POL)3:10.625QF
3.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov  (BUL)3:13.165QS
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager  (SWE)3:13.809QS
5.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Ilfat Gatyatullin , Dmitry Torlopov , Andrey Safaryan , and Sergey Skrypnik  (KAZ)3:15.493QS
6.Flag of Ukraine.svg  V'iacheslav Kulida , Olesksiy Slivinsky , Andriy Borzukov , and Andriy Petrov  (UKR)3:16.297QS
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Morten Ivarsen , Mattis Næss , Tom Selvik , and Thomas Roander  (NOR)3:17.021QS
8.Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Vladimir Kazantsev , Konstantin Yashin , Anatoly Tyurin , and Andrey Shilin  (UZB)3:27.133QS

Semifinals

The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente  (ESP)3:00.799QF
2.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell  (CAN)3:01.307QF
3.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov  (BUL)3:01.427QF
4.Flag of Ukraine.svg  V'iacheslav Kulida , Olesksiy Slivinsky , Andriy Borzukov , and Andriy Petrov  (UKR)3:05.643
5.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Leština , Pavel Mráz , Martin Otáhal , and Jiří Polívka  (CZE)3:06.611
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Curt Bader , Philippe Boccara , Mark Hamilton , and Cliff Meidl  (USA)3:06.855
Semifinal 2
1.Flag of Australia.svg  James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson  (AUS)3:01.806QF
2.Flag of Sweden.svg  Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager  (SWE)3:02.202QF
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Covi , Enrico Lupetti , Ivano Lussignoli , and Luca Negri  (ITA)3:03.218
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Morten Ivarsen , Mattis Næss , Tom Selvik , and Thomas Roander  (NOR)3:03.870
5.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Ilfat Gatyatullin , Dmitry Torlopov , Andrey Safaryan , and Sergey Skrypnik  (KAZ)3:06.850
6.Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Vladimir Kazantsev , Konstantin Yashin , Anatoly Tyurin , and Andrey Shilin  (UZB)3:11.146

Final

The final was held on August 3.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Reineck , Mark Zabel , Detlef Hofmann , and Olaf Winter  (GER)2:51.528
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Ferenc Csipes , Gábor Horváth , Attila Adrovicz , and András Rajna  (HUN)2:53.184
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Anatoli Tishchenko , Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Verlin , and Georgiy Tsybulnikov  (RUS)2:53.996
4.Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Kaleta , Piotr Markiewicz , Marek Witowski , and Adam Wysocki  (POL)2:54.772
5.Flag of Spain.svg  Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente  (ESP)2:55.884
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager  (SWE)2:55.908
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell  (CAN)2:56.664
8.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov  (BUL)2:56.696
9.Flag of Australia.svg  James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson  (AUS)2:57.560

Germany stayed close to Hungary for the first 750 meters of the race before pulling away to win decisively.

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