# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 15:03 | Heats |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 15:02 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 09:36 | Final B |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 12:55 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz Kolos Csizmadia Péter István Gál | Hungary | 1:23.20 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel Jan Vorel Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:23.47 | QS |
| 3 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:24.29 | QS |
| 4 | Jakub Michalski Wojciech Tracz Bartosz Grabowski Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:24.94 | QS |
| 5 | Tamás Gecső Maximilian Zaremba Felix Frank Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:26.31 | QS |
| 6 | Charles Smith Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson Philip Miles | Great Britain | 1:27.42 | QS |
| 7 | Björn Linandek Anton Andersson Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 1:30.53 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Danylenko Igor Trunov Ivan Semykin | Ukraine | 1:23.03 | QA |
| 2 | Quilian Koch Pierrick Bayle Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Francis Mouget | France | 1:25.10 | QS |
| 3 | Enrique Adán Carlos Garrote Juan Oriyés Cristian Toro | Spain | 1:25.79 | QS |
| 4 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Kevin Santos Ruben Boas | Portugal | 1:25.88 | QS |
| 5 | Rasmus Alsbaek Philip Bryde Magnus Sibbersen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:26.87 | QS |
| 6 | Vemund Jensen Lars Magne Ullvang Hakeem Teland Mathias Svoren | Norway | 1:27.38 | QS |
| 7 | Mihail Șerban Constantin Mironescu Daniel Burciu George Săndulescu | Romania | 1:27.57 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Simonas Maldonis Mindaugas Maldonis Ignas Navakauskas Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 1:24.26 | QA |
| 2 | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:24.75 | QS |
| 3 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:26.05 | QS |
| 4 | Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:26.53 | QS |
| 5 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk Ilya Fedarenka Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:27.92 | QS |
| – | Wang Huailong Yang Junling Jiang Zhixiang Wang Yufei | China | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel Jan Vorel Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:22.92 | QA |
| 2 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:23.75 | QA |
| 3 | Enrique Adán Carlos Garrote Juan Oriyés Cristian Toro | Spain | 1:23.93 | QA |
| 4 | Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:24.30 | QB |
| 5 | Jakub Michalski Wojciech Tracz Bartosz Grabowski Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:24.99 | QB |
| 6 | Rasmus Alsbaek Philip Bryde Magnus Sibbersen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:25.69 | QB |
| 7 | Charles Smith Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson Philip Miles | Great Britain | 1:26.17 | QB |
| 8 | Mihail Șerban Constantin Mironescu Daniel Burciu George Săndulescu | Romania | 1:27.37 | qB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:23.33 | QA |
| 2 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:23.86 | QA |
| 3 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk Ilya Fedarenka Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:24.22 | QA |
| 4 | Quilian Koch Pierrick Bayle Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Francis Mouget | France | 1:24.24 | QB |
| 5 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Kevin Santos Ruben Boas | Portugal | 1:24.44 | QB |
| 6 | Tamás Gecső Maximilian Zaremba Felix Frank Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:25.83 | QB |
| 7 | Vemund Jensen Lars Magne Ullvang Hakeem Teland Mathias Svoren | Norway | 1:26.66 | QB |
| 8 | Björn Linandek Anton Andersson Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 1:29.34 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Jakub Michalski Wojciech Tracz Bartosz Grabowski Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:22.93 |
| 2 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Kevin Santos Ruben Boas | Portugal | 1:23.16 |
| 3 | Quilian Koch Pierrick Bayle Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Francis Mouget | France | 1:23.17 |
| 4 | Rasmus Alsbaek Philip Bryde Magnus Sibbersen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:23.92 |
| 5 | Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:24.06 |
| 6 | Charles Smith Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson Philip Miles | Great Britain | 1:24.89 |
| 7 | Tamás Gecső Maximilian Zaremba Felix Frank Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:25.34 |
| 8 | Vemund Jensen Lars Magne Ullvang Hakeem Teland Mathias Svoren | Norway | 1:25.52 |
| 9 | Mihail Șerban Constantin Mironescu Daniel Burciu George Săndulescu | Romania | 1:26.46 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Danylenko Igor Trunov Ivan Semykin | Ukraine | 1:20.19 |
| | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:20.59 |
| | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel Jan Vorel Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:20.69 |
| 4 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk Ilya Fedarenka Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:20.71 |
| 5 | Simonas Maldonis Mindaugas Maldonis Ignas Navakauskas Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 1:20.83 |
| 6 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:20.96 |
| 7 | Enrique Adán Carlos Garrote Juan Oriyés Cristian Toro | Spain | 1:21.19 |
| 8 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:21.29 |
| 9 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz Kolos Csizmadia Péter István Gál | Hungary | 1:21.77 |