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.
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) Date Time RoundMonday, August 18, 2008 17:30-17:50 HeatsWednesday, August 20, 2008 16:40-16:50 SemifinalFriday, August 22, 2008 17:20-17:35 Final
Medalists Gold Silver BronzeRaman PiatrushenkaAliaksei AbalmasauArtur LitvinchukVadzim MakhneuRichard RiszdorferMichal RiszdorferErik VlčekJuraj TarrLutz AltepostNorman BröcklTorsten EckbrettBjörn Goldschmidt
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt 2:57.148 QF2Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik2:57.242 QF3Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu2:58.825 QF4Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao2:59.271 QS5David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson3:00.920QS
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr 2:57.876 QF2Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte2:58.627 QF3Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki2:59.290 QF4Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov2:59.518 QS5Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill3:06.811 QS
Semifinal Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov3:00.459 QF2Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao3:01.787QF3Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill3:02.572 QF4David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson3:02.743
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesRaman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu2:55.714Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr 2:56.593 Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt 2:56.6764Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte 2:57.626 5Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik2:59.009 6Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki2:59.505 7Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao3:00.078 8Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov3:00.654 9Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill3:01.630
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 K-4 1000 m results. Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heat results. - Accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results. - accessed August 20, 2008. Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results. - accessed August 22, 2008.