These are the results of the men's K-4 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-man canoe sprint kayaks.
| align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze |
Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz Ákos Vereckei Gábor Horváth | Andreas Ihle Mark Zabel Björn Bach Stefan Ulm | Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Bača |
The 10 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining four teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 23.
| Heat 1 | ||||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=60 | 2:53.256 | QF | ||
| 2. | 2:54.252 | QF | ||||
| 3. | 2:55.240 | QF | ||||
| 4. | 2:55.324 | QS | ||||
| 5. | 2:56.336 | QS | ||||
| Heat 2 | ||||||
| 1. | 2:51.010 | QF | ||||
| 2. | 2:52.170 | QF | ||||
| 3. | 2:52.678 | QF | ||||
| 4. | 2:54.894 | QS | ||||
| 5. | 3:01.446 | QS |
The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The last place team was eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 25.
| width=30 | 1. | width=60 | 2:53.994 | QF | |
| 2. | 2:54.350 | QF | |||
| 3. | 2:55.926 | QF | |||
| 4. | 2:56.594 |
The final was raced on August 27.
| width=30 bgcolor=gold | 2:56.919 | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2:58.659 | ||
| 2:59.314 | |||
| 4. | 2:59.622 | ||
| 5. | 3:01.698 | ||
| 6. | 3:02.419 | ||
| 7. | 3:03.107 | ||
| 8. | 3:03.562 | ||
| 9. | 3:07.714 |