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Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men

Date29 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin olympique, Île Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec
Participants80 from 20 countries

Hungary, East Germany, and Spain had each won the K-4 1000 at one of the last three editions of the World Championships, while the Soviet Union was the reigning Olympic champion and brought one of its defending title-holders, Yuriy Filatov, to the 1976 Summer Olympics. Spain defeated the Soviet Union in the first opening heat, setting an Olympic record in the process, but East Germany and Romania were only 0.29 and 0.42 seconds behind respectively in winning their own heats. Hungary, meanwhile, was fourth in East Germany’s heat and only advanced through the repêchage. It performed better in the semi-finals, coming in second in East Germany’s heat, with the Soviet Union besting Romania in its own heat and Spain taking a third. The final ended with an exciting battle between the Soviet Union and Spain, the former of whom came out with gold by a margin of 0.26 seconds. Spain would have to wait until 2004 to earn its first Olympic canoeing title, but the nation’s silver was its first Olympic canoeing medal. East Germany, meanwhile, took bronze 0.59 seconds ahead of Romania, giving Rüdiger Helm his third medal of the Games: he won the K-1 1000 and was the bronze medalist in the K-1 500.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1RepSFFinal
1Soviet UnionURS3:08.77 (2 h1)3:13.52 (1 h3)3:08.69 (1)Gold
Sergey ChukhrayAleksandr DegtyaryovYury FilatovVladimir Morozov
2SpainESP3:06.46 (1 h1)3:10.89 (1 h1)3:08.95 (2)Silver
José María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezHerminio MenéndezLuis Ramos
3East GermanyGDR3:06.75 (1 h2)3:10.84 (1 h2)3:10.76 (3)Bronze
Frank-Peter BischofBernd DuvigneauRüdiger HelmJürgen Lehnert
4RomaniaROU3:06.88 (1 h3)3:15.60 (2 h3)3:11.35 (4)
Nicușor EșanuVasile SimioncencoNicolae SimionencoMihai Zafiu
5PolandPOL3:07.91 (2 h2)3:13.62 (3 h1)3:12.17 (5)
Henryk BudziczKazimierz GóreckiGrzegorz KołtanRyszard Oborski
6NorwayNOR3:10.60 (3 h3)3:11.84 (2 h1)3:12.28 (6)
Morten MørlandEinar RasmussenOlaf SøylandJostein Stige
7BulgariaBUL3:11.39 (3 h1)3:14.35 (3 h2)3:12.94 (7)
Ivan ManevBozhidar MilenkovNikolay NachevVasil Chilingirov
8HungaryHUN3:15.52 (4 h2)3:06.89 (1 h2)3:12.21 (2 h2)3:14.67 (8)
József DemeCsaba GiczyJános RátkaiZoltán Romhányi
9West GermanyFRG3:09.17 (3 h2)3:16.14 (3 h3)3:24.19 (9)
Jürgen BohrEdgar HartungHelmar MangChris van Eeden
4 h1 r3/4CanadaCAN3:19.17 (5 h1)3:11.55 (3 h2)3:14.49 (4 h1)
Hugh FisherJean FournelPeter PatasiLou Tollas
4 h2 r3/4AustraliaAUS3:10.26 (2 h3)3:16.35 (4 h2)
Graham GilliesDennis HeussnerJohn SumegiJohn Trail
4 h3 r3/4BelgiumBEL3:14.68 (4 h3)3:09.71 (2 h2)3:18.34 (4 h3)
Jacky AldersJos BroekxPaul BroekxPaul Stinckens
5 h1 r3/4SwedenSWE3:14.24 (4 h1)3:08.72 (1 h1)3:17.60 (5 h1)
Kjell HasselqvistAnders LarssonHåkan MattssonSakari Peltonen
5 h2 r3/4CzechoslovakiaTCH3:18.03 (6 h3)3:10.62 (3 h1)3:18.71 (5 h2)
Vladimír DolejšViktor PodlouckýJiří SvobodaJindřich Wybraniec
5 h3 r3/4Great BritainGBR3:19.36 (6 h1)3:09.62 (2 h1)3:19.32 (5 h3)
Anthony Alan-WilliamsBrian HaynesJohn OliverAlan Williams
4 h1 r2/4United StatesUSA3:18.12 (5 h2)3:11.71 (4 h1)
Bruce BartonPete DeyoStephen KellyBrent Turner
4 h2 r2/4ItalyITA3:19.60 (7 h1)3:19.53 (4 h2)
Luciano BuonfiglioMassimo MoriconiPier Duilio PuccettiAndrea Salvietti
5 h1 r2/4FinlandFIN3:16.29 (5 h3)3:13.13 (5 h1)
Heikki MäkeläEero HynninenIlkka NummistoUnto Elo
5 h2 r2/4IrelandIRL3:27.56 (6 h2)3:22.06 (5 h2)
Declan BurnsBrendan O'ConnellIan PringleHoward Watkins
6 h1 r2/4Hong KongHKG3:55.72 (7 h2)3:53.75 (6 h1)
Kwan Honk WaiMak Chi WaiNg Tsuen ManJohn Wai

Round One

Date29 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time11:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13SpainESP3:06.4643.62 (1)1:29.84 (1)2:17.79 (1)46.22 (3)47.95 (1)48.67 (1)QOB
José María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezHerminio MenéndezLuis Ramos
24Soviet UnionURS3:08.7744.28 (2)1:31.11 (3)2:19.74 (2)46.83 (4)48.63 (2)49.03 (2)Q
Sergey ChukhrayAleksandr DegtyaryovYury FilatovVladimir Morozov
35BulgariaBUL3:11.3944.61 (3)1:30.72 (2)2:20.31 (3)46.11 (2)49.59 (3)51.08 (5)Q
Ivan ManevBozhidar MilenkovNikolay NachevVasil Chilingirov
47SwedenSWE3:14.2446.64 (7)1:32.58 (4)2:23.46 (4)45.94 (1)50.88 (5)50.78 (3)
Kjell HasselqvistAnders LarssonHåkan MattssonSakari Peltonen
56CanadaCAN3:19.1745.17 (4)1:35.09 (6)2:25.22 (5)49.92 (6)50.13 (4)53.95 (7)
Hugh FisherJean FournelPeter PatasiLou Tollas
61Great BritainGBR3:19.3645.78 (5)1:34.63 (5)2:25.70 (6)48.85 (5)51.07 (6)53.66 (6)
Anthony Alan-WilliamsBrian HaynesJohn OliverAlan Williams
72ItalyITA3:19.6046.31 (6)1:36.99 (7)2:28.60 (7)50.68 (7)51.61 (7)51.00 (4)
Luciano BuonfiglioMassimo MoriconiPier Duilio PuccettiAndrea Salvietti

Heat #2

Time11:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
12East GermanyGDR3:06.7544.82 (2)1:31.65 (2)2:20.68 (3)46.83 (2)49.03 (4)46.07 (1)Q
Frank-Peter BischofBernd DuvigneauRüdiger HelmJürgen Lehnert
25PolandPOL3:07.9144.47 (1)1:30.98 (1)2:19.48 (1)46.51 (1)48.50 (2)48.43 (2)Q
Henryk BudziczKazimierz GóreckiGrzegorz KołtanRyszard Oborski
34West GermanyFRG3:09.1745.08 (3)1:32.01 (3)2:20.13 (2)46.93 (3)48.12 (1)49.04 (3)Q
Jürgen BohrEdgar HartungHelmar MangChris van Eeden
46HungaryHUN3:15.5246.07 (4)1:33.25 (4)2:22.15 (4)47.18 (4)48.90 (3)53.37 (6)
József DemeCsaba GiczyJános RátkaiZoltán Romhányi
51United StatesUSA3:18.1247.20 (5)1:35.81 (5)2:26.86 (5)48.61 (5)51.05 (5)51.26 (4)
Bruce BartonPete DeyoStephen KellyBrent Turner
63IrelandIRL3:27.5648.15 (6)1:40.20 (6)2:34.44 (6)52.05 (6)54.24 (6)53.12 (5)
Declan BurnsBrendan O'ConnellIan PringleHoward Watkins
77Hong KongHKG3:55.7254.66 (7)1:53.69 (7)2:55.86 (7)59.03 (7)1:02.17 (7)59.86 (7)
Kwan Honk WaiMak Chi WaiNg Tsuen ManJohn Wai

Heat #3

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
15RomaniaROU3:06.8844.59 (1)1:30.73 (1)2:19.34 (1)46.14 (2)48.61 (1)47.54 (1)Q
Nicușor EșanuVasile SimioncencoNicolae SimionencoMihai Zafiu
26AustraliaAUS3:10.2644.99 (2)1:31.70 (3)2:21.28 (3)46.71 (3)49.58 (3)48.98 (2)Q
Graham GilliesDennis HeussnerJohn SumegiJohn Trail
31NorwayNOR3:10.6045.33 (3)1:31.30 (2)2:20.61 (2)45.97 (1)49.31 (2)49.99 (3)Q
Morten MørlandEinar RasmussenOlaf SøylandJostein Stige
43BelgiumBEL3:14.6846.66 (5)1:33.80 (4)2:23.86 (4)47.14 (4)50.06 (4)50.82 (4)
Jacky AldersJos BroekxPaul BroekxPaul Stinckens
52FinlandFIN3:16.2946.40 (4)1:34.18 (5)2:24.69 (5)47.78 (5)50.51 (6)51.60 (6)
Heikki MäkeläEero HynninenIlkka NummistoUnto Elo
64CzechoslovakiaTCH3:18.0347.68 (6)1:36.45 (6)2:26.53 (6)48.77 (6)50.08 (5)51.50 (5)
Vladimír DolejšViktor PodlouckýJiří SvobodaJindřich Wybraniec

Repêchage

Date29 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time17:40
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
16SwedenSWE3:08.7244.24 (1)1:31.26 (1)2:20.25 (1)47.02 (2)48.99 (4)48.47 (1)Q
Kjell HasselqvistAnders LarssonHåkan MattssonSakari Peltonen
24Great BritainGBR3:09.6244.84 (2)1:32.27 (2)2:21.04 (2)47.43 (3)48.77 (3)48.58 (2)Q
Anthony Alan-WilliamsBrian HaynesJohn OliverAlan Williams
31CzechoslovakiaTCH3:10.6246.11 (4)1:33.55 (4)2:21.45 (3)47.44 (4)47.90 (1)49.17 (4)Q
Vladimír DolejšViktor PodlouckýJiří SvobodaJindřich Wybraniec
45United StatesUSA3:11.7145.68 (3)1:34.55 (5)2:22.90 (4)48.87 (5)48.35 (2)48.81 (3)
Bruce BartonPete DeyoStephen KellyBrent Turner
53FinlandFIN3:13.1346.51 (5)1:33.13 (3)2:23.51 (5)46.62 (1)50.38 (5)49.62 (5)
Heikki MäkeläEero HynninenIlkka NummistoUnto Elo
62Hong KongHKG3:53.7553.06 (6)1:52.70 (6)2:53.82 (6)59.64 (6)1:01.12 (6)59.93 (6)
Kwan Honk WaiMak Chi WaiNg Tsuen ManJohn Wai

Heat #2

Time17:50
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14HungaryHUN3:06.8944.80 (1)1:30.96 (1)2:18.54 (1)46.16 (1)47.58 (1)48.35 (1)Q
József DemeCsaba GiczyJános RátkaiZoltán Romhányi
23BelgiumBEL3:09.7146.05 (3)1:33.55 (3)2:21.27 (3)47.50 (4)47.72 (2)48.44 (2)Q
Jacky AldersJos BroekxPaul BroekxPaul Stinckens
32CanadaCAN3:11.5545.47 (2)1:31.64 (2)2:20.21 (2)46.17 (2)48.57 (3)51.34 (4)Q
Hugh FisherJean FournelPeter PatasiLou Tollas
45ItalyITA3:19.5347.19 (4)1:34.38 (4)2:25.89 (4)47.19 (3)51.51 (4)53.64 (5)
Luciano BuonfiglioMassimo MoriconiPier Duilio PuccettiAndrea Salvietti
51IrelandIRL3:22.0647.74 (5)1:38.70 (5)2:31.60 (5)50.96 (5)52.90 (5)50.46 (3)
Declan BurnsBrendan O'ConnellIan PringleHoward Watkins

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time12:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13SpainESP3:10.8944.43 (1)1:31.73 (1)2:20.97 (1)47.30 (2)49.24 (2)49.92 (2)Q
José María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezHerminio MenéndezLuis Ramos
21NorwayNOR3:11.8445.52 (3)1:32.31 (2)2:21.36 (2)46.79 (1)49.05 (1)50.48 (4)Q
Morten MørlandEinar RasmussenOlaf SøylandJostein Stige
32PolandPOL3:13.6245.16 (2)1:32.76 (3)2:23.43 (3)47.60 (3)50.67 (4)50.19 (3)Q
Henryk BudziczKazimierz GóreckiGrzegorz KołtanRyszard Oborski
45CanadaCAN3:14.4946.32 (5)1:34.51 (4)2:24.83 (4)48.19 (4)50.32 (3)49.66 (1)
Hugh FisherJean FournelPeter PatasiLou Tollas
54SwedenSWE3:17.6045.93 (4)1:34.72 (5)2:26.66 (5)48.79 (5)51.94 (5)50.94 (5)
Kjell HasselqvistAnders LarssonHåkan MattssonSakari Peltonen

Heat #2

Time12:10
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13East GermanyGDR3:10.8445.13 (2)1:31.95 (1)2:20.86 (1)46.82 (1)48.91 (1)49.98 (1)Q
Frank-Peter BischofBernd DuvigneauRüdiger HelmJürgen Lehnert
21HungaryHUN3:12.2145.89 (4)1:32.75 (3)2:21.69 (3)46.86 (2)48.94 (2)50.52 (2)Q
József DemeCsaba GiczyJános RátkaiZoltán Romhányi
32BulgariaBUL3:14.3544.83 (1)1:32.15 (2)2:21.32 (2)47.32 (3)49.17 (3)53.03 (5)Q
Ivan ManevBozhidar MilenkovNikolay NachevVasil Chilingirov
44AustraliaAUS3:16.3545.49 (3)1:33.97 (4)2:25.46 (4)48.48 (4)51.49 (5)50.89 (3)
Graham GilliesDennis HeussnerJohn SumegiJohn Trail
55CzechoslovakiaTCH3:18.7146.60 (5)1:36.65 (5)2:27.80 (5)50.05 (5)51.15 (4)50.91 (4)
Vladimír DolejšViktor PodlouckýJiří SvobodaJindřich Wybraniec

Heat #3

Time12:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
11Soviet UnionURS3:13.5245.71 (2)1:32.69 (1)2:22.59 (1)46.98 (1)49.90 (1)50.93 (1)Q
Sergey ChukhrayAleksandr DegtyaryovYury FilatovVladimir Morozov
24RomaniaROU3:15.6045.21 (1)1:33.34 (2)2:23.61 (2)48.13 (4)50.27 (3)51.99 (5)Q
Nicușor EșanuVasile SimioncencoNicolae SimionencoMihai Zafiu
33West GermanyFRG3:16.1446.10 (3)1:34.13 (3)2:24.83 (3)48.03 (2)50.70 (4)51.31 (2)Q
Jürgen BohrEdgar HartungHelmar MangChris van Eeden
42BelgiumBEL3:18.3448.32 (5)1:36.41 (5)2:26.61 (4)48.09 (3)50.20 (2)51.73 (3)
Jacky AldersJos BroekxPaul BroekxPaul Stinckens
55Great BritainGBR3:19.3247.01 (4)1:36.14 (4)2:27.49 (5)49.13 (5)51.35 (5)51.83 (4)
Anthony Alan-WilliamsBrian HaynesJohn OliverAlan Williams

Final Round

Date31 July 1976 — 18:00
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
12Soviet UnionURS3:08.6945.47 (3)1:32.05 (2)2:20.53 (3)46.58 (1)48.48 (5)48.16 (1)
Sergey ChukhrayAleksandr DegtyaryovYury FilatovVladimir Morozov
25SpainESP3:08.9544.89 (1)1:31.65 (1)2:20.27 (2)46.76 (2)48.62 (6)48.68 (3)
José María EstebanJosé Ramón LópezHerminio MenéndezLuis Ramos
36East GermanyGDR3:10.7645.73 (=4)1:34.32 (6)2:21.66 (4)48.59 (7)47.34 (1)49.10 (4)
Frank-Peter BischofBernd DuvigneauRüdiger HelmJürgen Lehnert
43RomaniaROU3:11.3545.25 (2)1:32.43 (3)2:20.04 (1)47.18 (3)47.61 (2)51.31 (8)
Nicușor EșanuVasile SimioncencoNicolae SimionencoMihai Zafiu
51PolandPOL3:12.1745.97 (=6)1:33.91 (5)2:23.90 (8)47.94 (6)49.99 (8)48.27 (2)
Henryk BudziczKazimierz GóreckiGrzegorz KołtanRyszard Oborski
69NorwayNOR3:12.2847.50 (9)1:34.70 (7)2:22.33 (5)47.20 (4)47.63 (3)49.95 (6)
Morten MørlandEinar RasmussenOlaf SøylandJostein Stige
74BulgariaBUL3:12.9445.73 (=4)1:33.56 (4)2:23.19 (6)47.83 (5)49.63 (7)49.75 (5)
Ivan ManevBozhidar MilenkovNikolay NachevVasil Chilingirov
88HungaryHUN3:14.6746.67 (8)1:35.35 (8)2:23.51 (7)48.68 (8)48.16 (4)51.16 (7)
József DemeCsaba GiczyJános RátkaiZoltán Romhányi
97West GermanyFRG3:24.1945.97 (=6)1:37.70 (9)2:30.25 (9)51.73 (9)52.55 (9)53.94 (9)
Jürgen BohrEdgar HartungHelmar MangChris van Eeden