Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres


The men's K-4 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The K-4 event is raced in four-person kayaks.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advance directly to the final, while the remaining four finishers in each heat move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the top heat finishers in the final.
[|Heats] took place on August 18, semifinal on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200817:30-17:50Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200816:40-16:50[|Semifinal]
Friday, August 22, 200817:20-17:35[|Final]

Medalists

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Heat 2

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov3:00.459QF
2Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao3:01.787QF
3Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill3:02.572QF
4David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson3:02.743

Final