Canoeing at the 2000 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 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Hungary (HUN)Ákos Vereckei Gábor Horváth Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz |  Germany (GER)Jan Schäfer Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm |  Poland (POL)Grzegorz Kotowicz Adam Seroczyński Dariusz Białkowski Marek Witkowski |
Results
Heats
13 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the semifinal.
| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 | |||||
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| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 1 | Hungary | Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz | 2:58.096 | QF |
| 2 | 3 |  Russia | Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin | 2:59.764 | QF |
| 3 | 4 | Poland | Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski | 3:00.166 | QF |
| 4 | 5 |  Bulgaria | Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić | 3:00.634 | QS |
| 5 | 9 |  Sweden | Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson | 3:04.420 | QS |
| 6 | 10 |  FR Yugoslavia | Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić | 3:04.432 | QS |
| 7 | 12 |  France | Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon | 3:05.806 | QS |
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 | |||||
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| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 2 | Germany | Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel | 2:59.473 | QF |
| 2 | 6 |  Slovakia | Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček | 3:00.955 | QF |
| 3 | 7 |  United States | Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez | 3:01.369 | QF |
| 4 | 8 |  Czech Republic | Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka | 3:02.053 | QS |
| 5 | 11 |  Romania | Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu | 3:05.341 | QS |
| 6 | 13 |  Australia | Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean | 3:05.893 | QS |
Overall Results Heats
Yugoslavia is shown as Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) in the sports-reference.com website.
Semifinals
The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Bulgaria | Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić | 3:01.051 | QF |
| 2 | Sweden | Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson | 3:02.611 | QF |
| 3 | FR Yugoslavia | Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić | 3:02.713 | QF |
| 4 | Czech Republic | Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka | 3:02.851 | |
| 5 | France | Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon | 3:03.703 | |
| 6 | Romania | Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu | 3:05.101 | |
| 7 | Australia | Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean | 3:05.527 | |
Final
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
 | Hungary | Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz | 2:55.188 |
 | Germany | Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel | 2:55.704 |
 | Poland | Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski | 2:57.192 |
| 4 | Slovakia | Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček | 2:57.696 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić | 2:59.112 |
| 6 | United States | Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez | 2:59.472 |
| 7 | Russia | Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin | 2:59.778 |
| 8 | Sweden | Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson | 3:01.326 |
| 9 | FR Yugoslavia | Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić | 3:02.316 |
Germany won the K-4 1000 m world championships in 1997 and 1998 while Hungary won in 1999. Germany won the European championships in July 2000, but the Hungarians won the Olympic final by about 2.5 meter (8 feet).
References
- 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 2000 K-4 1000 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Fours 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 478.
