| Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 500 m | men | |
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 500 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | men | women |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | men | women |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 500 m | women | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
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.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Germany (GER)Thomas Reineck Olaf Winter Detlef Hofmann Mark Zabel |  Hungary (HUN)András Rajna Gábor Horváth Ferenc Csipes Attila Adrovicz |  Russia (RUS)Oleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Anatoli Tishchenko |
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.
The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.
The final was held on August 3.
| | Thomas Reineck , Mark Zabel , Detlef Hofmann , and Olaf Winter (GER) | 2:51.528 |
| | Ferenc Csipes , Gábor Horváth , Attila Adrovicz , and András Rajna (HUN) | 2:53.184 |
| | Anatoli Tishchenko , Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Verlin , and Georgiy Tsybulnikov (RUS) | 2:53.996 |
| 4. |  Grzegorz Kaleta , Piotr Markiewicz , Marek Witowski , and Adam Wysocki (POL) | 2:54.772 |
| 5. |  Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente (ESP) | 2:55.884 |
| 6. |  Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager (SWE) | 2:55.908 |
| 7. |  Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell (CAN) | 2:56.664 |
| 8. |  Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov (BUL) | 2:56.696 |
| 9. |  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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The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. Heats and the first repechage were timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinals and finals were timed in hundredths of a second (0.01) in the official report.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat results were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while the remaining events were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program. The official report did not make clear on the third repechage, two semifinals, and final which events were the men's K-2 1000 m event and the men's K-4 1000 m event and would thus create confusion to the average reader.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program. The official report did not make clear on the two semifinals and final which events were the men's K-2 1000 m event and the men's K-4 1000 m event and would thus create confusion to the average reader.
The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program that took place at Lake Lanier.
The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program that took place at Lake Lanier.
The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
