Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres explained

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

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Ákos Vereckei
Gábor Horváth
Zoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz

Jan Schäfer
Mark Zabel
Björn Bach
Stefan Ulm

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
Place OverallNationAthletes TimeQual.
11Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz2:58.096QF
23Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin2:59.764QF
34Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski3:00.166QF
45Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić3:00.634QS
59Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson3:04.420QS
610Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić3:04.432QS
712Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon3:05.806QS
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000
Place OverallNationAthletes TimeQual.
12Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel2:59.473 QF
26Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček3:00.955QF
373:01.369QF
48Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka3:02.053QS
511Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu3:05.341 QS
613Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean3:05.893QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual.
1Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz112:58.096QF
2Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel212:59.764QF
3Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin12 2:59.764QF
4Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski13 3:00.166QF
5Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić143:00.634QS
6Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček223:00.955QF
7Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez233:01.369QF
8Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka243:02.053QS
9Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson153:04.420QS
10Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić163:04.432QS
11Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu253:05.341QS
12Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon173:05.806QS
13Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean263:05.893QS

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 NationAthletes TimeQual.
1Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić3:01.051QF
2Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson3:02.611QF
3Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić3:02.713QF
4Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka3:02.851
5Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon3:03.703
6Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu3:05.101
7Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean3:05.527

Final

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place Athlete NationTime
Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz2:55.188
Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel2:55.704
Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski2:57.192
4Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček2:57.696
5Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić2:59.112
6Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez2:59.472
7Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin2:59.778
8Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson3:01.326
9Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić3:02.316

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).

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