2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-4 500 metres
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	22–25 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	144
Nations:	36
Win Value:	1:19.26
Gold:	Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke
Gold Nation:	GER
Silver:	Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz
Silver Nation:	ESP
Bronze:	Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž
Bronze Nation:	SVK
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 22 August 2019	17:15	Heats
Saturday 24 August 2019	17:18	Semifinals
Sunday 25 August 2019	10:38	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	13:21	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest seventh-place boats advanced to the semifinals.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke		1:18.60
2	Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel		1:19.26
3	Zhang Dong Xu Haitao Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai		1:19.73
4	Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:19.84
5	Rafał Rosolski Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Przemysław Korsak		1:20.67
6	Erik Sandbacka Martin Nathell David Johansson Theodor Orban		1:22.29
7	Cho Gwang-hee Choi Min-kyu Hwang Min-jun Kim Tae-hyeon		1:22.46
8	Michael Arthur David Rodrigues Nicholas Weeks David Gerber		1:24.52
9	Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan Hayk Tadevosyan Artur Akishin		1:34.20

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont		1:19.07
2	Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins		1:19.90
3	Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić		1:20.01
4	Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi		1:20.50
5	Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Carreras Ezequiel Di Giacomo Manuel Lascano		1:21.30
6	Lars Hjemdal Hakeem Teland Vemund Jensen Gunnar Eide		1:22.01
7	Mathew Bowley Matthew Robinson Lewis Fletcher Ieuan James		1:23.22
8	Hristo Rekov Radoslav Stefanov Denislav Tsvetanov Todor Kolevski		1:23.47
9	Sunny Kumar Atul Kumar Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam		1:32.72

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž		1:18.63
2	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:19.22
3	Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov		1:19.65
4	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista		1:19.76
5	Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis		1:20.11
6	Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde		1:21.05
7	Miika Nykänen Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen Otto Sivula		1:22.97
8	Yavuz Selim Balci Mustafa Özmen Fahri Ayvaz Serkan Kakkaç		1:23.48
9	Nathaniel Errez Timothy Burdiak Nathan Humberston Thom Crockett		1:26.28

Heat 4

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli		1:18.01
2	Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz		1:18.10
3	Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata		1:19.10
4	Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov		1:19.17
5	Vilyam Ibragimov Shakhriyor Makhkamov Javokhir Nurmatov Shokhrukhbek Azamov		1:21.16
6	Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov		1:21.37
7	Florin Vlase Aurelian-Mădălin Ciocan George Săndulescu Constantin Mironescu		1:21.59
8	Ahmad Reza Talebian Ali Aghamirzaei Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani Omid Ahmadi		1:24.69
9	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov Tohir Nurmuhammadi Zohirjon Nabiev		1:32.43

Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:

The fastest three boats advanced to the A final.
The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke		1:20.03
2	Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov		1:20.70
3	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:20.97
4	Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata		1:22.09
5	Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis		1:22.43
6	Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins		1:22.64
7	Florin Vlase Aurelian-Mădălin Ciocan George Săndulescu Constantin Mironescu		1:24.16
8	Rafał Rosolski Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Przemysław Korsak		1:24.53
9	Lars Hjemdal Hakeem Teland Vemund Jensen Gunnar Eide		1:26.04

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz		1:20.27
2	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista		1:21.09
3	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont		1:21.28
4	Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov		1:21.82
5	Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:23.19
6	Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov		1:23.40
7	Zhang Dong Xu Haitao Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai		1:24.26
8	Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Carreras Ezequiel Di Giacomo Manuel Lascano		1:24.78
9	Cho Gwang-hee Choi Min-kyu Hwang Min-jun Kim Tae-hyeon		1:25.63

Semifinal 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž		1:19.83
2	Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli		1:20.33
3	Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel		1:20.35
4	Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi		1:20.61
5	Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde		1:21.15
6	Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić		1:22.06
7	Erik Sandbacka Martin Nathell David Johansson Theodor Orban		1:24.07
8	Vilyam Ibragimov Shakhriyor Makhkamov Javokhir Nurmatov Shokhrukhbek Azamov		1:24.33
–	Miika Nykänen Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen Otto Sivula

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[10]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins		1:23.43
2	Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi		1:23.67
3	Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata		1:23.88
4	Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis		1:23.93
5	Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:24.21
6	Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde		1:24.39
7	Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić		1:25.67
8	Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov		1:26.16
9	Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov		1:27.20

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[11]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke		1:19.26
	Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz		1:19.77
	Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž		1:20.96
4	Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov		1:21.00
5	Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli		1:21.10
6	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista		1:21.11
7	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:21.29
8	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont		1:21.40
9	Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel		1:21.60

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019. 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821141649/https://szeged2019.com/racecourse/. dead.
2. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation . 27 August 2019 . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821144903/https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/races . dead .
3. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Heat III. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Heat IV. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
7. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
8. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Semi-final II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Semi-final III. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
10. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Final B. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.
11. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Men 500m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 27 August 2019.