# 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 (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 17:30-17:50 | Heats |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 16:40-16:50 | Semifinal |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 17:20-17:35 | Final |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Belarus (BLR) Raman Piatrushenka Aliaksei Abalmasau Artur Litvinchuk Vadzim Makhneu | Slovakia (SVK) Richard Riszdorfer Michal Riszdorfer Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Germany (GER) Lutz Altepost Norman Bröckl Torsten Eckbrett Björn Goldschmidt |

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt | Germany | 2:57.148 | QF |
| 2 | Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik | Hungary | 2:57.242 | QF |
| 3 | Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu | Belarus | 2:58.825 | QF |
| 4 | Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao | China | 2:59.271 | QS |
| 5 | David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson | Australia | 3:00.920 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 2:57.876 | QF |
| 2 | Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte | Italy | 2:58.627 | QF |
| 3 | Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki | Poland | 2:59.290 | QF |
| 4 | Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov | Russia | 2:59.518 | QS |
| 5 | Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill | Canada | 3:06.811 | QS |

### Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov | Russia | 3:00.459 | QF |
| 2 | Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao | China | 3:01.787 | QF |
| 3 | Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill | Canada | 3:02.572 | QF |
| 4 | David Smith, Tony Schumacher, Tate Smith, Clint Robinson | Australia | 3:02.743 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time |
| | Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu | Belarus | 2:55.714 |
| | Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 2:56.593 |
| | Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Torsten Eckbrett, Björn Goldschmidt | Germany | 2:56.676 |
| 4 | Franco Benedini, Antonio Rossi, Alberto Ricchetti, Luca Piemonte | Italy | 2:57.626 |
| 5 | Márton Sík, István Beé, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Bozsik | Hungary | 2:59.009 |
| 6 | Marek Twardowski, Tomasz Mendelski, Paweł Baumann, Adam Wysocki | Poland | 2:59.505 |
| 7 | Li Zhen, Liu Haitao, Zhou Peng, Lin Miao | China | 3:00.078 |
| 8 | Ilya Medvedev, Evgeny Salakhov, Anton Vasilev, Konstantin Vishnyakov | Russia | 3:00.654 |
| 9 | Brady Reardon, Angus Mortimer, Chris Pellini, Rhys Hill | Canada | 3:01.630 |