Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games – Men's K-4 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-4 500 metres
Games:	2019 European Games
Venue:	Zaslavl Regatta Course
Date:	25–27 June
Competitors:	44
Nations:	11
Win Value:	1:32.376
Gold:	Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek
Bronzenoc:	SVK
Next:	2023

The men's K-4 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2019 European Games in Minsk took place between 25 and 27 June at the Zaslavl Regatta Course.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 25 June 2019	14:15	Heats
	17:25	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Thursday 27 June 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:20	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

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]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:18.496	,
2	Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade		1:19.118
3	Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov		1:19.756
4	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela		1:20.393
5	Aurelian Mădălin Ciocan Florin Ionuţ Vlase Constantin Mironescu George Săndulescu		1:21.733
6	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino		1:47.013

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke		1:18.869
2	Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek		1:19.049
3	Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Balázs Birkás István Kuli		1:19.304
4	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget		1:21.124
5	Przemysław Korsak Dawid Putto Piotr Mazur Norbert Kurczyński		1:23.292

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela		1:20.379
2	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget		1:20.482
3	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino		1:21.657
4	Aurelian Mădălin Ciocan Florin Ionuţ Vlase Constantin Mironescu George Săndulescu		1:21.747
5	Przemysław Korsak Dawid Putto Piotr Mazur Norbert Kurczyński		1:21.874

Final

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov		1:32.376
	Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke		1:32.541
	Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek		1:33.721
4	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela		1:33.976
5	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino		1:34.351
6	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:35.236
7	Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Balázs Birkás István Kuli		1:36.341
8	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget		1:37.688
9	Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade		1:40.216

Notes and References

1. Web site: REGATTA COURSE ZASLAVL . Minsk 2019 . 24 June 2019.
2. Web site: Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019. 16 September 2019.
3. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K4 500m - Heat 1. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
4. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K4 500m - Heat 2. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
5. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K4 500m - Semi-Final. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
6. Web site: Canoe Sprint Men's K4 500m - Final. Minsk 2019. 27 June 2019.