Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

Men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	7 to 9 August
Competitors	40 from 10 nations
Winning time	2:55.085
Medalists
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The men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.^[1]

The Australian team comprising Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear won the gold medal. Hungary won the silver medal and the Czech Republic took bronze.

Competition format edit

The competition comprised heats, a semi-final, and a final. Heat winners advanced to the final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-final. The top six from the semi-final also advanced to the final.^[2]

Schedule edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012	09:30 11:01	Heats Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012	09:48	Final

Results edit

Heats edit

The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder to a semi-final.

Heat 1 edit

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr	Slovakia	2:55.173	Q
2	Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff	Germany	2:56.987
3	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach	Denmark	3:05.134
4	Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă	Romania	3:12.371
5	Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić	Serbia	3:21.437

Heat 2 edit

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman	Hungary	2:54.153	Q
2	Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba	Czech Republic	2:54.267
3	Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear	Australia	2:59.789
4	Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov	Russia	3:04.781
5	Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng	China	3:14.234

Semifinal edit

The fastest six boats qualified for the final.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear	Australia	2:52.505	Q
2	Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff	Germany	2:53.575	Q
3	Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba	Czech Republic	2:53.984	Q
4	Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov	Russia	2:54.303	Q
5	Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă	Romania	2:55.027	Q
6	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach	Denmark	2:56.003	Q
7	Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić	Serbia	2:56.346
8	Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng	China	3:00.315

Final edit

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
	Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear	Australia	2:55.085
	Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman	Hungary	2:55.699
	Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba	Czech Republic	2:55.850
4	Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff	Germany	2:56.172
5	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach	Denmark	2:56.542
6	Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr	Slovakia	2:56.771
7	Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov	Russia	2:57.375
8	Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă	Romania	2:58.223

References edit

^ "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
^ "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

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[1] "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

[2] "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

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