| | Event type
Kayak Fours, 1,000 metres, Men
| Date | 30 July – 3 August 1996 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia |
| Participants | 64 from 16 countries |
Germany was the reigning Olympic champion in the K-4 1000, as well as victors at two of the last three World Championships, and was favored to defend its title at the 1996 Games. Hungary, the defending Olympic runners-up and the Germans’ traditional rivals, had been third in 1993 and runner-up in 1995 at the Worlds, while Russia had taken a surprise title in 1994. Germany and Russia met in the first opening heat, which the former won with ease, while Hungary posted the round’s fastest time in the other. Germany then went on to win the final in Olympic record time, leaving silver to the Hungarians and bronze to the Russians.
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany |  GER | 3:07.908 (1 h1) | – | 2:51.528 (1) | Gold | |||||
| Detlef Hofmann • Olaf Winter • Thomas Reineck • Mark Zabel | ||||||||||||
| 2 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 3:07.517 (1 h2) | – | 2:53.184 (2) | Silver | |||||
| Attila Adrovicz • Ferenc Csipes • Gábor Horváth • András Rajna | ||||||||||||
| 3 | – | Russian Federation |  RUS | 3:11.128 (2 h1) | – | 2:53.996 (3) | Bronze | |||||
| Sergey Verlin • Oleg Goroby • Anatoly Tishchenko • Georgy Tsybulnikov | ||||||||||||
| 4 | – | Poland |  POL | 3:10.625 (2 h2) | – | 2:54.772 (4) | ||||||
| Grzegorz Kaleta • Piotr Markiewicz • Marek Witkowski • Adam Wysocki | ||||||||||||
| 5 | – | Spain |  ESP | 3:14.224 (4 h1) | 3:00.799 (1 h1) | 2:55.884 (5) | ||||||
| Miguel García • Jovino González • Emilio Merchán • Gregorio Vicente | ||||||||||||
| 6 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 3:13.809 (4 h2) | 3:02.202 (2 h2) | 2:55.908 (6) | ||||||
| Paw Madsen • Mattias Oscarsson • Henrik Nilsson • Jonas Fager | ||||||||||||
| 7 | – | Canada |  CAN | 3:15.208 (5 h1) | 3:01.307 (2 h1) | 2:56.664 (7) | ||||||
| Mihai Apostol • Peter Giles • Liam Jewell • Renn Crichlow | ||||||||||||
| 8 | – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 3:13.165 (3 h2) | 3:01.427 (3 h1) | 2:56.696 (8) | ||||||
| Petar Karadzhov • Petar Merkov • Nikolay Yordanov • Georgi Choykov | ||||||||||||
| 9 | – | Australia |  AUS | 3:11.752 (3 h1) | 3:01.806 (1 h2) | 2:57.560 (9) | ||||||
| Paul Lynch • Brian Morton • Jimmy Walker • Ramon Andersson | ||||||||||||
| 3 h2 r2/3 | – | Italy |  ITA | 3:17.144 (6 h1) | 3:03.218 (3 h2) | – | ||||||
| Andrea Covi • Enrico Lupetti • Ivano Lussignoli • Luca Negri | ||||||||||||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | – | Ukraine |  UKR | 3:16.297 (6 h2) | 3:05.643 (4 h1) | – | ||||||
| V'iacheslav Kulida • Oleksiy Slivinskyi • Andriy Borzukov • Andriy Petrov | ||||||||||||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | – | Norway |  NOR | 3:17.021 (7 h2) | 3:03.870 (4 h2) | – | ||||||
| Morten Ivarsen • Mattis Næss • Tom Selvik • Thomas Roander | ||||||||||||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | – | Czech Republic |  CZE | 3:19.868 (7 h1) | 3:06.611 (5 h1) | – | ||||||
| Karel Leština • Pavel Mráz • Martin Otáhal • Jiří Polívka | ||||||||||||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | – | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 3:15.493 (5 h2) | 3:06.850 (5 h2) | – | ||||||
| Ilfat Gatyatullin • Dmitry Torlopov • Andrey Safaryan • Sergey Skrypnik | ||||||||||||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | – | United States |  USA | 3:23.352 (8 h1) | 3:06.855 (6 h1) | – | ||||||
| Curt Bader • Philippe Boccara • Mark Hamilton • Cliff Meidl | ||||||||||||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | – | Uzbekistan |  UZB | 3:27.133 (8 h2) | 3:11.146 (6 h2) | – | ||||||
| Vladimir Kazantsev • Konstantin Yashin • Anatoly Tyurin • Andrey Shilin | ||||||||||||
Round One
| Date | 30 July 1996 |
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| Format | Top two in each heat advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 13:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Germany | GER | 3:07.908 | 45.62 (1) | 1:31.48 (1) | 2:19.96 (1) | 45.86 (1) | 48.48 (3) | 47.948 (1) | |||||
| Detlef Hofmann • Olaf Winter • Thomas Reineck • Mark Zabel | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Russian Federation | RUS | 3:11.128 | 46.55 (3) | 1:32.99 (3) | 2:20.89 (2) | 46.44 (=3) | 47.90 (2) | 50.238 (3) | |||||
| Sergey Verlin • Oleg Goroby • Anatoly Tishchenko • Georgy Tsybulnikov | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Australia | AUS | 3:11.752 | 47.20 (=4) | 1:33.60 (4) | 2:22.94 (4) | 46.40 (2) | 49.34 (4) | 48.812 (2) | |||||
| Paul Lynch • Brian Morton • Jimmy Walker • Ramon Andersson | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Spain | ESP | 3:14.224 | 46.16 (2) | 1:32.60 (2) | 2:22.08 (3) | 46.44 (=3) | 49.48 (5) | 52.144 (6) | |||||
| Miguel García • Jovino González • Emilio Merchán • Gregorio Vicente | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Canada | CAN | 3:15.208 | 47.20 (=4) | 1:37.11 (7) | 2:24.57 (5) | 49.91 (8) | 47.46 (1) | 50.638 (4) | |||||
| Mihai Apostol • Peter Giles • Liam Jewell • Renn Crichlow | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | Italy | ITA | 3:17.144 | 47.64 (=6) | 1:34.46 (5) | 2:26.25 (7) | 46.82 (5) | 51.79 (8) | 50.894 (5) | |||||
| Andrea Covi • Enrico Lupetti • Ivano Lussignoli • Luca Negri | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Czech Republic | CZE | 3:19.868 | 47.64 (=6) | 1:34.96 (6) | 2:25.63 (6) | 47.32 (6) | 50.67 (6) | 54.238 (8) | |||||
| Karel Leština • Pavel Mráz • Martin Otáhal • Jiří Polívka | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | United States | USA | 3:23.352 | 48.09 (8) | 1:37.60 (8) | 2:29.37 (8) | 49.51 (7) | 51.77 (7) | 53.982 (7) | |||||
| Curt Bader • Philippe Boccara • Mark Hamilton • Cliff Meidl | |||||||||||||||
Heat #2
| Time | 13:10 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Hungary | HUN | 3:07.517 | 44.65 (1) | 1:31.32 (1) | 2:20.02 (1) | 46.67 (4) | 48.70 (1) | 47.497 (1) | |||||
| Attila Adrovicz • Ferenc Csipes • Gábor Horváth • András Rajna | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Poland | POL | 3:10.625 | 46.94 (5) | 1:32.37 (2) | 2:21.57 (2) | 45.43 (1) | 49.20 (2) | 49.055 (2) | |||||
| Grzegorz Kaleta • Piotr Markiewicz • Marek Witkowski • Adam Wysocki | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Bulgaria | BUL | 3:13.165 | 46.52 (4) | 1:32.76 (3) | 2:23.65 (4) | 46.24 (3) | 50.89 (=4) | 49.515 (5) | |||||
| Petar Karadzhov • Petar Merkov • Nikolay Yordanov • Georgi Choykov | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Sweden | SWE | 3:13.809 | 45.68 (2) | 1:33.13 (4) | 2:22.47 (3) | 47.45 (6) | 49.34 (3) | 51.339 (6) | |||||
| Paw Madsen • Mattias Oscarsson • Henrik Nilsson • Jonas Fager | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 3:15.493 | 46.11 (3) | 1:34.65 (6) | 2:26.10 (6) | 48.54 (7) | 51.45 (6) | 49.393 (4) | |||||
| Ilfat Gatyatullin • Dmitry Torlopov • Andrey Safaryan • Sergey Skrypnik | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Ukraine | UKR | 3:16.297 | 47.52 (6) | 1:33.57 (5) | 2:24.46 (5) | 46.05 (2) | 50.89 (=4) | 51.837 (7) | |||||
| V'iacheslav Kulida • Oleksiy Slivinskyi • Andriy Borzukov • Andriy Petrov | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Norway | NOR | 3:17.021 | 48.59 (8) | 1:35.61 (7) | 2:27.91 (7) | 47.02 (5) | 52.30 (8) | 49.111 (3) | |||||
| Morten Ivarsen • Mattis Næss • Tom Selvik • Thomas Roander | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 3:27.133 | 48.22 (7) | 1:37.64 (8) | 2:29.87 (8) | 49.42 (8) | 52.23 (7) | 57.263 (8) | |||||
| Vladimir Kazantsev • Konstantin Yashin • Anatoly Tyurin • Andrey Shilin | |||||||||||||||
Semi-Finals
| Date | 1 August 1996 |
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| Format | Top two in each heat and fastest third advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 10:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Spain | ESP | 3:00.799 | 43.55 (2) | 1:29.12 (2) | 2:14.87 (2) | 45.57 (2) | 45.75 (1) | 45.929 (2) | |||||
| Miguel García • Jovino González • Emilio Merchán • Gregorio Vicente | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Canada | CAN | 3:01.307 | 43.89 (3) | 1:29.48 (3) | 2:16.61 (3) | 45.59 (3) | 47.13 (4) | 44.697 (1) | |||||
| Mihai Apostol • Peter Giles • Liam Jewell • Renn Crichlow | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Bulgaria | BUL | 3:01.427 | 43.12 (1) | 1:27.51 (1) | 2:14.25 (1) | 44.39 (1) | 46.74 (2) | 47.177 (4) | |||||
| Petar Karadzhov • Petar Merkov • Nikolay Yordanov • Georgi Choykov | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Ukraine | UKR | 3:05.643 | 44.24 (4) | 1:29.89 (4) | 2:18.40 (5) | 45.65 (4) | 48.51 (6) | 47.243 (5) | |||||
| V'iacheslav Kulida • Oleksiy Slivinskyi • Andriy Borzukov • Andriy Petrov | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Czech Republic | CZE | 3:06.611 | 44.81 (5) | 1:30.84 (5) | 2:17.78 (4) | 46.03 (5) | 46.94 (3) | 48.831 (6) | |||||
| Karel Leština • Pavel Mráz • Martin Otáhal • Jiří Polívka | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | United States | USA | 3:06.855 | 45.38 (6) | 1:32.20 (6) | 2:20.21 (6) | 46.82 (6) | 48.01 (5) | 46.645 (3) | |||||
| Curt Bader • Philippe Boccara • Mark Hamilton • Cliff Meidl | |||||||||||||||
Heat #2
| Time | 11:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Australia | AUS | 3:01.806 | 43.38 (2) | 1:28.41 (2) | 2:14.99 (2) | 45.03 (2) | 46.58 (3) | 46.816 (2) | |||||
| Paul Lynch • Brian Morton • Jimmy Walker • Ramon Andersson | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Sweden | SWE | 3:02.202 | 43.06 (1) | 1:28.03 (1) | 2:14.76 (1) | 44.97 (1) | 46.73 (4) | 47.442 (3) | |||||
| Paw Madsen • Mattias Oscarsson • Henrik Nilsson • Jonas Fager | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Italy | ITA | 3:03.218 | 44.03 (3) | 1:29.63 (3) | 2:15.56 (3) | 45.60 (3) | 45.93 (2) | 47.658 (4) | |||||
| Andrea Covi • Enrico Lupetti • Ivano Lussignoli • Luca Negri | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Norway | NOR | 3:03.870 | 44.33 (4) | 1:30.35 (4) | 2:18.74 (5) | 46.02 (4) | 48.39 (5) | 45.130 (1) | |||||
| Morten Ivarsen • Mattis Næss • Tom Selvik • Thomas Roander | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 3:06.850 | 45.14 (6) | 1:31.93 (6) | 2:17.15 (4) | 46.79 (6) | 45.22 (1) | 49.700 (5) | |||||
| Ilfat Gatyatullin • Dmitry Torlopov • Andrey Safaryan • Sergey Skrypnik | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 3:11.146 | 44.77 (5) | 1:31.35 (5) | 2:20.74 (6) | 46.58 (5) | 49.39 (6) | 50.406 (6) | |||||
| Vladimir Kazantsev • Konstantin Yashin • Anatoly Tyurin • Andrey Shilin | |||||||||||||||
Final Round
| Date | 3 August 1996 — 11:05 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Germany | GER | 2:51.528 | 41.77 (2) | 1:24.11 (2) | 2:08.48 (2) | 42.34 (3) | 44.37 (2) | 43.048 (1) | |||||
| Detlef Hofmann • Olaf Winter • Thomas Reineck • Mark Zabel | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Hungary | HUN | 2:53.184 | 41.42 (1) | 1:23.78 (1) | 2:08.19 (1) | 42.36 (4) | 44.41 (3) | 44.994 (6) | |||||
| Attila Adrovicz • Ferenc Csipes • Gábor Horváth • András Rajna | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Russian Federation | RUS | 2:53.996 | 42.40 (4) | 1:27.12 (9) | 2:09.49 (3) | 44.72 (9) | 42.37 (1) | 44.506 (3) | |||||
| Sergey Verlin • Oleg Goroby • Anatoly Tishchenko • Georgy Tsybulnikov | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Poland | POL | 2:54.772 | 43.91 (9) | 1:24.50 (3) | 2:09.84 (4) | 40.59 (1) | 45.34 (5) | 44.932 (5) | |||||
| Grzegorz Kaleta • Piotr Markiewicz • Marek Witkowski • Adam Wysocki | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Spain | ESP | 2:55.884 | 42.69 (5) | 1:25.62 (6) | 2:10.18 (5) | 42.93 (7) | 44.56 (4) | 45.704 (8) | |||||
| Miguel García • Jovino González • Emilio Merchán • Gregorio Vicente | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | Sweden | SWE | 2:55.908 | 42.12 (3) | 1:25.34 (5) | 2:11.24 (7) | 43.22 (8) | 45.90 (8) | 44.668 (4) | |||||
| Paw Madsen • Mattias Oscarsson • Henrik Nilsson • Jonas Fager | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Canada | CAN | 2:56.664 | 43.24 (7) | 1:26.12 (8) | 2:12.94 (9) | 42.88 (5) | 46.82 (9) | 43.724 (2) | |||||
| Mihai Apostol • Peter Giles • Liam Jewell • Renn Crichlow | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:56.696 | 42.98 (6) | 1:25.87 (7) | 2:11.69 (8) | 42.89 (6) | 45.82 (7) | 45.006 (7) | |||||
| Petar Karadzhov • Petar Merkov • Nikolay Yordanov • Georgi Choykov | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Australia | AUS | 2:57.560 | 43.51 (8) | 1:24.99 (4) | 2:10.52 (6) | 41.48 (2) | 45.53 (6) | 47.040 (9) | |||||
| Paul Lynch • Brian Morton • Jimmy Walker • Ramon Andersson | |||||||||||||||