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Kayak Fours (K4), 1,000 metres, Men

Date27 September – 1 October 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationMi-sa-ri Jo-jeong-gyeong-gi-jang, Hanam
Participants72 from 18 countries
Olympic Record 3:02.28 / Grant Bramwell • Ian Ferguson • Paul MacDonald • Alan Thompson NZL / 11 August 1984 / Details

Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel, and the non-Olympian Zoltán Kovács had won the men’s K-4 1000 at the last two editions of the World Championships, but the latter two did not attend the 1988 Summer Olympics and were replaced by Sándor Hódosi and Attila Ábrahám. Nonetheless they were still considered the favorites, particularly after Ábrahám and Csipes took bronze in the K-2 500 and Gyulay became Olympic champion in the K-1 500, and they had little trouble dispatching their opponents in round one, the semi-finals, and the finals to win gold. The Soviet Union captured silver and two members of their lineup, Ihor Nahaiev and Viktor Denisov, were also runners-up in the K-2 500. East Germany, meanwhile, took bronze with the help of Andreas Stähle, the K-1 500 runner-up, and André Wohllebe, the K-1 1000 bronze medalist.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1RepSFFinal
1–HungaryHUN2:58.54 (1 h1)–3:07.16 (1 h1)3:00.20 (1)Gold
Zsolt Gyulay • Ferenc Csipes • Sándor Hódosi • Attila Ábrahám
2–Soviet UnionURS3:03.30 (2 h3)–3:09.07 (1 h2)3:01.40 (2)Silver
Aleksandr Motuzenko • Sergey Kirsanov • Igor Nagayev • Viktor Denisov
3–East GermanyGDR3:02.72 (1 h3)–3:06.80 (1 h3)3:02.37 (3)Bronze
Kay Bluhm • André Wohllebe • Hans-Jörg Bliesener • Andreas Stähle
4–AustraliaAUS3:10.32 (3 h2)–3:08.52 (2 h3)3:03.70 (4)
Bryan Thomas • Steve Wood • Grant Kenny • Paul Gilmour
5–PolandPOL3:06.52 (1 h2)–3:10.87 (2 h2)3:04.73 (5)
Maciej Freimut • Wojciech Kurpiewski • Grzegorz Krawców • Kazimierz Krzyżański
6–West GermanyFRG3:01.07 (2 h1)–3:09.67 (3 h3)3:05.43 (6)
Gilbert Schneider • Reiner Scholl • Dirk Joestel • Thomas Reineck
7–ItalyITA3:04.38 (4 h1)3:06.90 (1 h1)3:12.44 (3 h1)3:05.97 (7)
Beniamino Bonomi • Daniele Scarpa • Alessandro Pieri • Francesco Mandragona
8–SwedenSWE3:04.98 (3 h3)–3:10.11 (2 h1)3:06.03 (8)
Per-Inge Bengtsson • Lars-Erik Moberg • Karl Sundqvist • Bengt Andersson
9–FranceFRA3:16.54 (5 h1)3:16.68 (1 h2)3:11.11 (3 h2)3:08.71 (9)
Didier Vavasseur • Christophe Petibout • Pierre Lubac • Daniel Legras
4 h1 r3/4–CanadaCAN3:31.62 (6 h2)3:16.80 (3 h2)3:15.03 (4 h1)–
Don Brien • Colin Shaw • Ken Padvaiskas • Renn Crichlow
4 h2 r3/4–New ZealandNZL3:10.27 (5 h3)3:11.27 (3 h1)3:15.90 (4 h2)–
Grant Bramwell • Brent Clode • John MacDonald • Stephen Richards
4 h3 r3/4–BulgariaBUL3:15.00 (6 h3)3:09.30 (2 h1)3:11.56 (4 h3)–
Nikolay Yordanov • Petar Godev • Borislav Tsvetkov • Ivan Marinov
5 h1 r3/4–United StatesUSA3:07.70 (2 h2)–3:15.60 (5 h1)–
Michael Harbold • Terry White • Curt Bader • Terry Kent
5 h3 r3/4–SpainESP3:06.96 (4 h3)3:16.79 (2 h2)3:13.88 (5 h3)–
Juan Sánchez • Fernando Fuentes • Javier Álvarez • Juan José Román
AC h2 r3/4–NorwayNOR3:01.54 (3 h1)–– (DNF h2)–
Knut Holmann • Morten Ivarsen • Arne B. Sletsjøe • Arne Johan Almeland
4 h1 r2/4–ArgentinaARG3:23.33 (5 h2)3:24.16 (4 h1)––
Gustavo Cirillo • José Luis Marello • Fernando Chaparro • Norberto Méndez
4 h2 r2/4–Great BritainGBR3:16.71 (4 h2)3:17.54 (4 h2)––
Reuben Burgess • Anthony Ayres • Jan Raciborski • Adrian Collier
5 h1 r2/4–Republic of KoreaKOR3:23.32 (6 h1)3:26.79 (5 h1)––
Seo Gyeong-Seok • Yun Yeong-Dae • Lee Yong-Cheol • Kim Dong-Su

Round One

Date27 September 1988
FormatTop 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time11:11
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13HungaryHUN2:58.5443.45 (1)1:30.61 (2)2:14.45 (1)47.16 (4)43.84 (4)44.09 (1)QOB
Zsolt Gyulay • Ferenc Csipes • Sándor Hódosi • Attila Ábrahám
26West GermanyFRG3:01.0743.96 (2)1:28.64 (1)2:14.93 (2)44.68 (2)46.29 (5)46.14 (3)Q
Gilbert Schneider • Reiner Scholl • Dirk Joestel • Thomas Reineck
31NorwayNOR3:01.5445.40 (3)1:33.98 (5)2:16.06 (3)48.58 (5)42.08 (1)45.48 (2)Q
Knut Holmann • Morten Ivarsen • Arne B. Sletsjøe • Arne Johan Almeland
45ItalyITA3:04.3846.55 (4)1:33.32 (4)2:16.98 (4)46.77 (3)43.66 (3)47.40 (4)
Beniamino Bonomi • Daniele Scarpa • Alessandro Pieri • Francesco Mandragona
52FranceFRA3:16.5447.12 (5)1:31.54 (3)2:18.83 (5)44.42 (1)47.29 (6)57.71 (5)
Didier Vavasseur • Christophe Petibout • Pierre Lubac • Daniel Legras
64Republic of KoreaKOR3:23.3249.50 (6)1:39.67 (6)2:22.54 (6)50.17 (6)42.87 (2)1:00.78 (6)
Seo Gyeong-Seok • Yun Yeong-Dae • Lee Yong-Cheol • Kim Dong-Su

Heat #2

Time11:22
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
12PolandPOL3:06.5242.94 (1)1:29.04 (1)2:15.10 (1)46.10 (2)46.06 (1)51.42 (3)Q
Maciej Freimut • Wojciech Kurpiewski • Grzegorz Krawców • Kazimierz Krzyżański
24United StatesUSA3:07.7046.47 (4)1:31.12 (3)2:20.84 (3)44.65 (1)49.72 (5)46.86 (1)Q
Michael Harbold • Terry White • Curt Bader • Terry Kent
33AustraliaAUS3:10.3243.85 (2)1:30.46 (2)2:19.06 (2)46.61 (3)48.60 (3)51.26 (2)Q
Bryan Thomas • Steve Wood • Grant Kenny • Paul Gilmour
41Great BritainGBR3:16.7145.56 (3)1:33.10 (4)2:24.21 (4)47.54 (4)51.11 (6)52.50 (4)
Reuben Burgess • Anthony Ayres • Jan Raciborski • Adrian Collier
55ArgentinaARG3:23.3347.71 (5)1:38.37 (5)2:25.63 (5)50.66 (6)47.26 (2)57.70 (5)
Gustavo Cirillo • José Luis Marello • Fernando Chaparro • Norberto Méndez
66CanadaCAN3:31.6248.43 (6)1:38.85 (6)2:27.59 (6)50.42 (5)48.74 (4)1:04.03 (6)
Don Brien • Colin Shaw • Ken Padvaiskas • Renn Crichlow

Heat #3

Time11:31
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
15East GermanyGDR3:02.7244.33 (3)1:28.52 (2)2:15.49 (2)44.19 (2)46.97 (4)47.23 (1)Q
Kay Bluhm • André Wohllebe • Hans-Jörg Bliesener • Andreas Stähle
21Soviet UnionURS3:03.3043.36 (1)1:27.63 (1)2:14.95 (1)44.27 (3)47.32 (5)48.35 (3)Q
Aleksandr Motuzenko • Sergey Kirsanov • Igor Nagayev • Viktor Denisov
36SwedenSWE3:04.9845.44 (4)1:31.39 (4)2:17.34 (4)45.95 (4)45.95 (3)47.64 (2)Q
Per-Inge Bengtsson • Lars-Erik Moberg • Karl Sundqvist • Bengt Andersson
44SpainESP3:06.9647.54 (6)1:29.24 (3)2:18.00 (5)41.70 (1)48.76 (6)48.96 (4)
Juan Sánchez • Fernando Fuentes • Javier Álvarez • Juan José Román
52New ZealandNZL3:10.2746.68 (5)1:34.02 (6)2:18.67 (6)47.34 (5)44.65 (2)51.60 (5)
Grant Bramwell • Brent Clode • John MacDonald • Stephen Richards
63BulgariaBUL3:15.0043.80 (2)1:33.05 (5)2:16.56 (3)49.25 (6)43.51 (1)58.44 (6)
Nikolay Yordanov • Petar Godev • Borislav Tsvetkov • Ivan Marinov

Repêchage

Date27 September 1988
FormatTop 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time15:21
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
15ItalyITA3:06.9046.64 (3)1:33.06 (2)2:20.46 (2)46.42 (1)47.40 (1)46.44 (1)Q
Beniamino Bonomi • Daniele Scarpa • Alessandro Pieri • Francesco Mandragona
21BulgariaBUL3:09.3045.72 (2)1:33.59 (3)2:21.58 (3)47.87 (3)47.99 (3)47.72 (2)Q
Nikolay Yordanov • Petar Godev • Borislav Tsvetkov • Ivan Marinov
33New ZealandNZL3:11.2744.39 (1)1:31.46 (1)2:19.27 (1)47.07 (2)47.81 (2)52.00 (3)Q
Grant Bramwell • Brent Clode • John MacDonald • Stephen Richards
42ArgentinaARG3:24.1648.42 (4)1:39.71 (4)2:30.91 (4)51.29 (5)51.20 (5)53.25 (4)
Gustavo Cirillo • José Luis Marello • Fernando Chaparro • Norberto Méndez
54Republic of KoreaKOR3:26.7950.85 (5)1:41.53 (5)2:32.38 (5)50.68 (4)50.85 (4)54.41 (5)
Seo Gyeong-Seok • Yun Yeong-Dae • Lee Yong-Cheol • Kim Dong-Su

Heat #2

Time15:31
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m
12FranceFRA3:16.6845.82 (1)1:34.39 (1)Q
Didier Vavasseur • Christophe Petibout • Pierre Lubac • Daniel Legras
21SpainESP3:16.7947.27 (3)1:36.15 (3)Q
Juan Sánchez • Fernando Fuentes • Javier Álvarez • Juan José Román
34CanadaCAN3:16.8048.02 (4)1:37.64 (4)Q
Don Brien • Colin Shaw • Ken Padvaiskas • Renn Crichlow
43Great BritainGBR3:17.5446.58 (2)1:35.62 (2)
Reuben Burgess • Anthony Ayres • Jan Raciborski • Adrian Collier

Semi-Finals

Date29 September 1988
FormatTop 3 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Time11:11
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
14HungaryHUN3:07.1644.42 (1)1:31.70 (1)2:18.39 (1)47.28 (2)46.69 (1)48.77 (1)Q
Zsolt Gyulay • Ferenc Csipes • Sándor Hódosi • Attila Ábrahám
22SwedenSWE3:10.1145.01 (2)1:32.28 (2)2:20.74 (2)47.27 (1)48.46 (2)49.37 (3)Q
Per-Inge Bengtsson • Lars-Erik Moberg • Karl Sundqvist • Bengt Andersson
31ItalyITA3:12.4446.11 (3)1:33.92 (3)2:22.51 (3)47.81 (4)48.59 (3)49.93 (4)Q
Beniamino Bonomi • Daniele Scarpa • Alessandro Pieri • Francesco Mandragona
43CanadaCAN3:15.0347.64 (5)1:36.85 (5)2:25.76 (5)49.21 (5)48.91 (4)49.27 (2)
Don Brien • Colin Shaw • Ken Padvaiskas • Renn Crichlow
55United StatesUSA3:15.6046.90 (4)1:34.44 (4)2:23.82 (4)47.54 (3)49.38 (5)51.78 (5)
Michael Harbold • Terry White • Curt Bader • Terry Kent

Heat #2

Time11:21
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13Soviet UnionURS3:09.0743.84 (1)1:30.58 (1)2:20.02 (1)46.74 (2)49.44 (2)49.05 (2)Q
Aleksandr Motuzenko • Sergey Kirsanov • Igor Nagayev • Viktor Denisov
22PolandPOL3:10.8745.29 (2)1:33.15 (3)2:22.82 (3)47.86 (3)49.67 (3)48.05 (1)Q
Maciej Freimut • Wojciech Kurpiewski • Grzegorz Krawców • Kazimierz Krzyżański
34FranceFRA3:11.1146.68 (4)1:32.69 (2)2:21.70 (2)46.01 (1)49.01 (1)49.41 (3)Q
Didier Vavasseur • Christophe Petibout • Pierre Lubac • Daniel Legras
45New ZealandNZL3:15.9045.92 (3)1:34.67 (4)2:24.79 (4)48.75 (4)50.12 (4)51.11 (4)
Grant Bramwell • Brent Clode • John MacDonald • Stephen Richards
DNF1NorwayNOR–– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)
Knut Holmann • Morten Ivarsen • Arne B. Sletsjøe • Arne Johan Almeland

Heat #3

Time11:31
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
12East GermanyGDR3:06.8043.54 (1)1:29.59 (1)2:16.88 (1)46.05 (2)47.29 (5)49.92 (2)Q
Kay Bluhm • André Wohllebe • Hans-Jörg Bliesener • Andreas Stähle
21AustraliaAUS3:08.5244.83 (2)1:31.94 (2)2:18.75 (2)47.11 (3)46.81 (3)49.77 (1)Q
Bryan Thomas • Steve Wood • Grant Kenny • Paul Gilmour
34West GermanyFRG3:09.6747.63 (5)1:32.51 (3)2:19.30 (3)44.88 (1)46.79 (2)50.37 (3)Q
Gilbert Schneider • Reiner Scholl • Dirk Joestel • Thomas Reineck
45BulgariaBUL3:11.5645.87 (4)1:33.44 (4)2:20.55 (4)47.57 (4)47.11 (4)51.01 (4)
Nikolay Yordanov • Petar Godev • Borislav Tsvetkov • Ivan Marinov
53SpainESP3:13.8845.38 (3)1:35.13 (5)2:21.82 (5)49.75 (5)46.69 (1)52.06 (5)
Juan Sánchez • Fernando Fuentes • Javier Álvarez • Juan José Román

Final Round

Date1 October 1988 — 11:31
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
13HungaryHUN3:00.2043.52 (2)1:30.95 (7)2:13.59 (1)47.43 (9)42.64 (1)46.61 (5)
Zsolt Gyulay • Ferenc Csipes • Sándor Hódosi • Attila Ábrahám
25Soviet UnionURS3:01.4043.97 (3)1:28.55 (2)2:14.95 (2)44.58 (4)46.40 (3)46.45 (2)
Aleksandr Motuzenko • Sergey Kirsanov • Igor Nagayev • Viktor Denisov
32East GermanyGDR3:02.3743.14 (1)1:28.14 (1)2:15.54 (3)45.00 (5)47.40 (5)46.83 (6)
Kay Bluhm • André Wohllebe • Hans-Jörg Bliesener • Andreas Stähle
41AustraliaAUS3:03.7044.90 (5)1:30.55 (6)2:17.17 (4)45.65 (7)46.62 (4)46.53 (3)
Bryan Thomas • Steve Wood • Grant Kenny • Paul Gilmour
57PolandPOL3:04.7344.43 (4)1:28.98 (3)2:18.16 (6)44.55 (3)49.18 (8)46.57 (4)
Maciej Freimut • Wojciech Kurpiewski • Grzegorz Krawców • Kazimierz Krzyżański
68West GermanyFRG3:05.4347.01 (9)1:29.46 (4)2:19.63 (8)42.45 (1)50.17 (9)45.80 (1)
Gilbert Schneider • Reiner Scholl • Dirk Joestel • Thomas Reineck
74ItalyITA3:05.9745.90 (7)1:31.36 (8)2:17.68 (5)45.46 (6)46.32 (2)48.29 (8)
Beniamino Bonomi • Daniele Scarpa • Alessandro Pieri • Francesco Mandragona
89SwedenSWE3:06.0346.43 (8)1:30.05 (5)2:18.88 (7)43.62 (2)48.83 (7)47.15 (7)
Per-Inge Bengtsson • Lars-Erik Moberg • Karl Sundqvist • Bengt Andersson
96FranceFRA3:08.7145.41 (6)1:31.79 (9)2:20.41 (9)46.38 (8)48.62 (6)48.30 (9)
Didier Vavasseur • Christophe Petibout • Pierre Lubac • Daniel Legras