| Event: | Men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres |
| Games: | 2012 Summer |
| Venue: | Eton Dorney |
| Date: | 7 to 9 August |
| Competitors: | 40 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba |
| Bronzenoc: | CZE |
| Win Value: | 2:55.085 |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2016 |
The men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.[1]
The Australian team comprising Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear won the gold medal. Hungary won the silver medal and the Czech Republic took bronze.
The competition comprised heats, a semi-final, and a final. Heat winners advanced to the final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-final. The top six from the semi-final also advanced to the final.[2]
All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 09:30 11:01 | Heats Semi-finals | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday 9 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 09:48 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder to a semi-final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | 2:55.173 | Q | ||
| 2 | Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff | 2:56.987 | |||
| 3 | Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach | 3:05.134 | |||
| 4 | Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă | 3:12.371 | |||
| 5 | Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić | 3:21.437 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman | 2:54.153 | Q | ||
| 2 | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba | 2:54.267 | |||
| 3 | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear | 2:59.789 | |||
| 4 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov | 3:04.781 | |||
| 5 | Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng | 3:14.234 |
The fastest six boats qualified for the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear | 2:52.505 | Q | ||
| 2 | Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff | 2:53.575 | Q | ||
| 3 | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba | 2:53.984 | Q | ||
| 4 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov | 2:54.303 | Q | ||
| 5 | Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă | 2:55.027 | Q | ||
| 6 | Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach | 2:56.003 | Q | ||
| 7 | Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić | 2:56.346 | |||
| 8 | Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng | 3:00.315 |