# Canoeing at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's K-4 1000 metres

The men's K-4 1000 metres sprint canoeing competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Thailand was held on 8 and 9 December at Map Prachan Reservoir.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Tuesday, 8 December 1998 | 08:30 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 8 December 1998 | 15:00 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday, 9 December 1998 | 08:30 | Final |

## Results
### Legend

* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

* Qualification: 1–4 → Semifinals (QS)

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Uzbekistan (UZB) Rafayel Islamov Andrey Shilin Vladimir Kazantsev Konstantin Yashin | 3:07.56 | QS |
| 2 | China (CHN) Jiang Yuguo Wang Fei Wang Hai Zheng Yi | 3:08.27 | QS |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) Absir Laode Hadi Lampada Sayadin | 3:12.41 | QS |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Andrey Mitkovets Yury Uliachenko Yaroslav Tkachev Dmitry Semikin | 3:18.91 | QS |
| 5 | India (IND) Vinod Pavithran Karma Toppo Ashish Kumar Srivastava Pijush Kanti Baroi | 3:19.66 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yevgeniy Alexeyev Ilfat Gatyatullin Dmitriy Kaltenberger Dmitriy Torlopov | 3:10.85 | QS |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) Hossein Fathalizadeh Nader Hedayati Mohsen Milad Alireza Sohrabian | 3:16.12 | QS |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) Nam Sung-ho Kim Kwang-chul Shim Byung-sup Min Kyung-soo | 3:17.74 | QS |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) Han Chol-su Ryong Sang-hyok Ri Song-chol Kang Jong-hyok | 3:21.71 | QS |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) Weerasak Kaewsup Panya Nakarn Witchya Kitboonchoo T. Suriyachaloen | 3:33.38 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Myanmar (MYA) Aung Htay Myint Tayzar Phone Than Tin Khin Maung Myint | 3:21.42 | QS |
| 2 | Pakistan (PAK) Israr Ali Shah Jahan Khan Ahmed Riaz Tahir Shahzad | 3:24.53 | QS |
| 3 | Hong Kong (HKG) Chan Chi Fai Shek Wing Wai Lo Ho Yin Chu Wai Ho | 3:26.26 | QS |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) Tomas Artigas Nickelson Ting Jose Regalado Mark Pata | 3:43.45 | QS |
| — | Tajikistan (TJK) Rinat Akhmetshin Nodirjon Safarov Nurali Mirov Dzhamshed Khassanov | DNS | |

### Semifinals

* Qualification: 1–3 → Final (QF)

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Uzbekistan (UZB) Rafayel Islamov Andrey Shilin Vladimir Kazantsev Konstantin Yashin | 3:05.01 | QF |
| 2 | Indonesia (INA) Absir Laode Hadi Lampada Sayadin | 3:07.79 | QF |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) Hossein Fathalizadeh Nader Hedayati Mohsen Milad Alireza Sohrabian | 3:11.58 | QF |
| 4 | Myanmar (MYA) Aung Htay Myint Tayzar Phone Than Tin Khin Maung Myint | 3:16.68 | |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) Han Chol-su Ryong Sang-hyok Ri Song-chol Kang Jong-hyok | 3:18.27 | |
| 6 | Hong Kong (HKG) Chan Chi Fai Shek Wing Wai Lo Ho Yin Chu Wai Ho | 3:26.37 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Team | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yevgeniy Alexeyev Ilfat Gatyatullin Dmitriy Kaltenberger Dmitriy Torlopov | 3:02.53 | QF |
| 2 | China (CHN) Jiang Yuguo Wang Fei Wang Hai Zheng Yi | 3:06.63 | QF |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) Nam Sung-ho Kim Kwang-chul Shim Byung-sup Min Kyung-soo | 3:08.35 | QF |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Andrey Mitkovets Yury Uliachenko Yaroslav Tkachev Dmitry Semikin | 3:14.23 | |
| 5 | Pakistan (PAK) Israr Ali Shah Jahan Khan Ahmed Riaz Tahir Shahzad | 3:23.55 | |
| 6 | Philippines (PHI) Tomas Artigas Nickelson Ting Jose Regalado Mark Pata | 3:42.68 | |

### Final

| Rank | Team | Time |
| | Uzbekistan (UZB) Rafayel Islamov Andrey Shilin Vladimir Kazantsev Konstantin Yashin | 3:10.44 |
| | Indonesia (INA) Absir Laode Hadi Lampada Sayadin | 3:14.64 |
| | China (CHN) Jiang Yuguo Wang Fei Wang Hai Zheng Yi | 3:16.75 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) Hossein Fathalizadeh Nader Hedayati Mohsen Milad Alireza Sohrabian | 3:26.54 |
| — | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yevgeniy Alexeyev Ilfat Gatyatullin Dmitriy Kaltenberger Dmitriy Torlopov | DSQ |
| — | South Korea (KOR) Nam Sung-ho Kim Kwang-chul Shim Byung-sup Min Kyung-soo | DSQ |