# 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 25 August 2017 | 11:50 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 16:49 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2017 | 09:37 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2017 | 11:53 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:20.355 | QS |
| 2 | Raman Piatrushenka Dzmitry Tratsiakou Mikita Borykau Vitaliy Bialko | Belarus | 1:21.510 | QS |
| 3 | Maxence Beauchesne Ryan Cochrane Marshall Hughes Pierre-Luc Poulin | Canada | 1:21.644 | QS |
| 4 | Aurimas Lankas Mindaugas Maldonis Edvinas Ramanauskas Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:21.860 | QS |
| 5 | Omar de Andrés Juan Ignacio Cáceres Pablo de Torres Manuel Lascano | Argentina | 1:21.872 | QS |
| 6 | Deniss Volkovs Kaspars Tiklenieks Roberts Akmens Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:22.505 | QS |
| 7 | Ali Aghamirzaei Ahmad Reza Talebian Babak Darban Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani | Iran | 1:24.227 | qS |
| 8 | Emil Noe Orion Pilo Troels Lund Mads Brandt Petersen | Denmark | 1:26.305 | qS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:19.921 | QS |
| 2 | Yury Postrigay Vitaly Ershov Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:19.971 | QS |
| 3 | Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:20.010 | QS |
| 4 | Sébastien Jouve Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Maxime Beaumont Étienne Hubert | France | 1:21.021 | QS |
| 5 | Alessandro Gnecchi Mauro Pra Floriani Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:21.271 | QS |
| 6 | Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto | Poland | 1:21.849 | QS |
| 7 | Joel Elenius David Kopp Jhonny Blixt Henrik Strand | Sweden | 1:23.893 | qS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dejan Pajić Ervin Holpert Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:20.761 | QS |
| 2 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Milán Mozgi | Hungary | 1:21.344 | QS |
| 3 | Cosmin Lulciuc Aurelian Ciocan Razvan Albisoru Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:21.994 | QS |
| 4 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Fernandes David Varela | Portugal | 1:22.761 | QS |
| 5 | Per Christian Wessel Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal Fridtjof Falch | Norway | 1:23.294 | QS |
| 6 | Yavuz Selim Balci Fahri Ayvaz Mustafa Özmen Engin Erkan | Turkey | 1:25.399 | QS |
| 7 | Choi Min-kyu Song Kuong-ho Park Juhyeon Kim Ji-won | South Korea | 1:29.972 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rodrigo Germade Cristian Toro Carlos Garrote Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:22.708 | QS |
| 2 | Ivan Semykin Kyrylo Cernomorov Denys Lakmanov Roman Skoryk | Ukraine | 1:23.269 | QS |
| 3 | Seiji Komatsu Keiji Mizumoto Momotaro Matsushita Koyo Niioka | Japan | 1:23.897 | QS |
| 4 | Joseph Beevers Lewis Fletcher Stelian Naftanaila Matthew Robinson | Great Britain | 1:26.819 | QS |
| 5 | Maksim Bondar Kirill Bondar Igor Dorofeev Maksim Serditov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:27.969 | QS |
| 6 | Maizir Riyondra Andri Sugiarto Sutrisno Sutrisno Tri Wahyu Buwono | Indonesia | 1:29.803 | QS |
| 7 | Zhang Yu Li Fu Yang Junling Wu Minzhe | China | 1:31.236 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rodrigo Germade Cristian Toro Carlos Garrote Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:20.694 | QA |
| 2 | Raman Piatrushenka Dzmitry Tratsiakou Mikita Borykau Vitaliy Bialko | Belarus | 1:21.200 | QA |
| 3 | Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:21.383 | QA |
| 4 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Fernandes David Varela | Portugal | 1:21.433 | QB |
| 5 | Cosmin Lulciuc Aurelian Ciocan Razvan Albisoru Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:22.216 | QB |
| 6 | Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto | Poland | 1:22.289 | QB |
| 7 | Deniss Volkovs Kaspars Tiklenieks Roberts Akmens Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:22.416 | |
| 8 | Joel Elenius David Kopp Jhonny Blixt Henrik Strand | Sweden | 1:23.855 | |
| 9 | Maksim Bondar Kirill Bondar Igor Dorofeev Maksim Serditov | Kyrgyzstan | 1:29.172 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sébastien Jouve Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Maxime Beaumont Étienne Hubert | France | 1:20.842 | QA |
| 2 | Dejan Pajić Ervin Holpert Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:20.865 | QA |
| 3 | Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:20.981 | QA |
| 4 | Maxence Beauchesne Ryan Cochrane Marshall Hughes Pierre-Luc Poulin | Canada | 1:21.954 | QB |
| 5 | Omar de Andrés Juan Ignacio Cáceres Pablo de Torres Manuel Lascano | Argentina | 1:22.787 | QB |
| 6 | Ivan Semykin Kyrylo Cernomorov Denys Lakmanov Roman Skoryk | Ukraine | 1:23.170 | QB |
| 7 | Joseph Beevers Lewis Fletcher Stelian Naftanaila Matthew Robinson | Great Britain | 1:25.004 | |
| 8 | Ali Aghamirzaei Ahmad Reza Talebian Babak Darban Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani | Iran | 1:25.431 | |
| 9 | Yavuz Selim Balci Fahri Ayvaz Mustafa Özmen Engin Erkan | Turkey | 1:26.942 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:19.823 | QA |
| 2 | Yury Postrigay Vitaly Ershov Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:20.612 | QA |
| 3 | Aurimas Lankas Mindaugas Maldonis Edvinas Ramanauskas Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:21.556 | QA |
| 4 | Alessandro Gnecchi Mauro Pra Floriani Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:21.934 | QB |
| 5 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Milán Mozgi | Hungary | 1:22.201 | QB |
| 6 | Per Christian Wessel Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal Fridtjof Falch | Norway | 1:24.029 | QB |
| 7 | Seiji Komatsu Keiji Mizumoto Momotaro Matsushita Koyo Niioka | Japan | 1:24.918 | |
| 8 | Emil Noe Orion Pilo Troels Lund Mads Brandt Petersen | Denmark | 1:27.706 | |
| 9 | Maizir Riyondra Andri Sugiarto Sutrisno Sutrisno Tri Wahyu Buwono | Indonesia | 1:30.062 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Maxence Beauchesne Ryan Cochrane Marshall Hughes Pierre-Luc Poulin | Canada | 1:20.738 |
| 2 | Alessandro Gnecchi Mauro Pra Floriani Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:21.049 |
| 3 | Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto | Poland | 1:21.482 |
| 4 | Ivan Semykin Kyrylo Cernomorov Denys Lakmanov Roman Skoryk | Ukraine | 1:21.588 |
| 5 | Cosmin Lulciuc Aurelian Ciocan Razvan Albisoru Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:21.649 |
| 6 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Milán Mozgi | Hungary | 1:21.932 |
| 7 | Omar de Andrés Juan Ignacio Cáceres Pablo de Torres Manuel Lascano | Argentina | 1:22.015 |
| 8 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Fernandes David Varela | Portugal | 1:22.210 |
| 9 | Per Christian Wessel Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal Fridtjof Falch | Norway | 1:23.321 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:17.734 | WB |
| | Rodrigo Germade Cristian Toro Carlos Garrote Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:18.371 | |
| | Daniel Havel Jan Štěrba Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:18.729 | |
| 4 | Yury Postrigay Vitaly Ershov Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:19.039 | |
| 5 | Denis Myšák Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:19.471 | |
| 6 | Dejan Pajić Ervin Holpert Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:19.666 | |
| 7 | Sébastien Jouve Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Maxime Beaumont Étienne Hubert | France | 1:19.766 | |
| 8 | Raman Piatrushenka Dzmitry Tratsiakou Mikita Borykau Vitaliy Bialko | Belarus | 1:19.887 | |
| 9 | Aurimas Lankas Mindaugas Maldonis Edvinas Ramanauskas Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:20.176 | |