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

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.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze 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

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. Thomas Reineck, Mark Zabel, Detlef Hofmann, and Olaf Winter (GER)3:07.908QF
2. Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Verlin, and Georgiy Tsybulnikov (RUS)3:11.128QF
3. James Walker, Paul Lynch, Brian Morton, and Ramon Andersson (AUS)3:11.752QS
4. Miguel García, Jovino González, Emilio Merchán, and Gregorio Vicente (ESP)3:14.224QS
5. Mihai Apostol, Renn Crichlow, Peter Giles, and Liam Jewell (CAN)3:15.208QS
6. Andrea Covi, Enrico Lupetti, Ivano Lussignoli, and Luca Negri (ITA)3:17.144QS
7. Karel Leština, Pavel Mráz, Martin Otáhal, and Jiří Polívka (CZE)3:19.868QS
8. Curt Bader, Philippe Boccara, Mark Hamilton, and Cliff Meidl (USA)3:23.352QS
Heat 2
1. Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth, Attila Adrovicz, and András Rajna (HUN)3:07.517QF
2. Grzegorz Kaleta, Piotr Markiewicz, Marek Witowski, and Adam Wysocki (POL)3:10.625QF
3. Petar Karadzhov, Petar Merkov, Nikolay Yordanov, and Georgi Choykov (BUL)3:13.165QS
4. Paw Madsen, Mattias Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson, and Jonas Fager (SWE)3:13.809QS
5. Ilfat Gatyatullin, Dmitry Torlopov, Andrey Safaryan, and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ)3:15.493QS
6. V'iacheslav Kulida, Olesksiy Slivinsky, Andriy Borzukov, and Andriy Petrov (UKR)3:16.297QS
7. Morten Ivarsen, Mattis Næss, Tom Selvik, and Thomas Roander (NOR)3:17.021QS
8. 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. Miguel García, Jovino González, Emilio Merchán, and Gregorio Vicente (ESP)3:00.799QF
2. Mihai Apostol, Renn Crichlow, Peter Giles, and Liam Jewell (CAN)3:01.307QF
3. Petar Karadzhov, Petar Merkov, Nikolay Yordanov, and Georgi Choykov (BUL)3:01.427QF
4. V'iacheslav Kulida, Olesksiy Slivinsky, Andriy Borzukov, and Andriy Petrov (UKR)3:05.643
5. Karel Leština, Pavel Mráz, Martin Otáhal, and Jiří Polívka (CZE)3:06.611
6. Curt Bader, Philippe Boccara, Mark Hamilton, and Cliff Meidl (USA)3:06.855
Semifinal 2
1. James Walker, Paul Lynch, Brian Morton, and Ramon Andersson (AUS)3:01.806QF
2. Paw Madsen, Mattias Oscarsson, Henrik Nilsson, and Jonas Fager (SWE)3:02.202QF
3. Andrea Covi, Enrico Lupetti, Ivano Lussignoli, and Luca Negri (ITA)3:03.218
4. Morten Ivarsen, Mattis Næss, Tom Selvik, and Thomas Roander (NOR)3:03.870
5. Ilfat Gatyatullin, Dmitry Torlopov, Andrey Safaryan, and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ)3:06.850
6. Vladimir Kazantsev, Konstantin Yashin, Anatoly Tyurin, and Andrey Shilin (UZB)3:11.146

Final

The final was held on August 3.

Gold Thomas Reineck, Mark Zabel, Detlef Hofmann, and Olaf Winter (GER)2:51.528
Silver Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth, Attila Adrovicz, and András Rajna (HUN)2:53.184
Bronze 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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