| Event: | Men's C-4 500 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 23–25 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 1:35.606 |
| Gold: | Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov Ivan Shtyl |
| Gold Nation: | RUS |
| Silver: | Yurii Vandiuk Oleh Borovyk Andrii Rybachok Eduard Shemetylo |
| Silver Nation: | UKR |
| Bronze: | Daniele Santini Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun Luca Incollingo |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's C-4 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 16:20 | Heats | ||||
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 18:24 | Semifinal | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 25 August 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 13:18 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.[3] [4]
| Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov Ivan Shtyl | 1:38.402 | |||
| 2 | Tomasz Kaczor Piotr Kuleta Tomasz Barniak Marcin Grzybowski | 1:39.768 | |||
| 3 | Noel Domínguez Mohssine Moutahir Pablo Graña David Barreiro | 1:40.668 | |||
| 4 | Artsem Kozyr Hleb Saladukha Dzmitry Lapata Dzianis Makhlai | 1:40.738 | |||
| 5 | Pál Sarudi Balázs Kiss Tamás Kiss Mihály Takács | 1:40.868 |
| Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniele Santini Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun Luca Incollingo | 1:39.122 | |||
| 2 | Yurii Vandiuk Oleh Borovyk Andrii Rybachok Eduard Shemetylo | 1:39.997 | |||
| 3 | Moritz Adam Conrad Scheibner Michael Müller Jan Vandrey | 1:40.897 | |||
| 4 | Cătălin Chirilă Gheorghe Stoian Constantin Diba Ștefan-Andrei Strat | 1:41.737 | |||
| 5 | Ivan Procházka Daniel Kořínek Antonín Hrabal Jan Pocta | 1:44.662 |
The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]
| Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pál Sarudi Balázs Kiss Tamás Kiss Mihály Takács | 1:36.972 | |||
| 2 | Cătălin Chirilă Gheorghe Stoian Constantin Diba Ștefan-Andrei Strat | 1:37.018 | |||
| 3 | Artsem Kozyr Hleb Saladukha Dzmitry Lapata Dzianis Makhlai | 1:37.282 | |||
| 4 | Ivan Procházka Daniel Kořínek Antonín Hrabal Jan Pocta | 1:39.715 |
Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]
| Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Petrov Viktor Melantyev Mikhail Pavlov Ivan Shtyl | 1:35.606 | |||
| Yurii Vandiuk Oleh Borovyk Andrii Rybachok Eduard Shemetylo | 1:36.726 | |||
| Daniele Santini Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun Luca Incollingo | 1:37.196 | |||
| 4 | Moritz Adam Conrad Scheibner Michael Müller Jan Vandrey | 1:37.290 | ||
| 5 | Cătălin Chirilă Gheorghe Stoian Constantin Diba Ștefan-Andrei Strat | 1:37.700 | ||
| 6 | Artsem Kozyr Hleb Saladukha Dzmitry Lapata Dzianis Makhlai | 1:38.640 | ||
| 7 | Tomasz Kaczor Piotr Kuleta Tomasz Barniak Marcin Grzybowski | 1:39.276 | ||
| 8 | Pál Sarudi Balázs Kiss Tamás Kiss Mihály Takács | 1:39.676 | ||
| – | Noel Domínguez Mohssine Moutahir Pablo Graña David Barreiro |