| 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 women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Germany (GER)Anett Schuck Birgit Fischer Manuela Mucke Ramona Portwich |  Switzerland (SUI)Gabi Müller Ingrid Haralamow Sabine Eichenberger Daniela Baumer |  Sweden (SWE)Susanne Rosenqvist Anna Olsson Ingela Ericsson Agneta Andersson |
16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.
The top two finishers in each of the semifinals and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.
The final was held on August 3.
| | Ramona Portwich , Birgit Fischer , Anett Schuck , and Manuela Mucke (GER) | 1:31.077 |
| | Ingrid Haralamow , Daniela Baumer , Sabine Eichenberger , and Gabi Müller (SUI) | 1:32.701 |
| | Agneta Andersson , Ingela Ericsson , Anna Olsson , and Susanne Rosenqvist (SWE) | 1:32.917 |
| 4. |  Xian Bangdi , Gao Beibei , Dong Ying , and Zhang Qin (CHN) | 1:33.089 |
| 5. |  Marie-Josée Gibeau , Alison Herst , Corrina Kennedy , and Klari MacAskill (CAN) | 1:33.093 |
| 6. |  Izaksun Aramburu , Beatriz Manchón , Ana María Penas , and Belén Sánchez (ESP) | 1:33.577 |
| 7. |  Olga Tishchenko , Tatyana Tishchenko , Larisa Kosorukova , and Nataliya Guly (RUS) | 1:34.345 |
| 8. |  Shelley Oates , Yanda Nossiter , Lynda Lehmann , and Natalie Hunter (AUS) | 1:34.673 |
| 9. |  Szilvia Mednyánski , Éva Dónusz , Kinga Czigány , and Erika Mészáros (HUN) | 1:34.693 |
Fischer became the first woman in any sport to win Olympic gold medals 16 years apart. She won the women's K-1 500 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan. This event debuted at these games and is only one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
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 women's K-1 500 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 women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs 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 women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
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-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.
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 women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
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-2 500 metres event was a pairs 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-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 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.
