Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

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The men's K-4 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The K-4 event is raced in four-person kayaks.

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Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advance directly to the final, while the remaining four finishers in each heat move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the top heat finishers in the final.

Heats took place on August 18, semifinal on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200817:30-17:50 Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200816:40-16:50 Semifinal
Friday, August 22, 200817:20-17:35 Final

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)
Raman Piatrushenka
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Artur Litvinchuk
Vadzim Makhneu
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)
Richard Riszdorfer
Michal Riszdorfer
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Lutz Altepost
Norman Bröckl
Torsten Eckbrett
Björn Goldschmidt

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:57.148 QF
2 Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:57.242 QF
3 Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:58.825 QF
4 Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:59.271 QS
5 David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:00.920 QS

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:57.876 QF
2 Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:58.627 QF
3 Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:59.290 QF
4 Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:59.518 QS
5 Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:06.811 QS

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:00.459 QF
2 Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:01.787 QF
3 Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:02.572 QF
4 David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 3:02.743

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:55.714
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:56.593
Bronze medal icon.svg Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:56.676
4 Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:57.626
5 Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:59.009
6 Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:59.505
7 Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3:00.078
8 Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3:00.654
9 Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:01.630

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