# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.
The Australian team comprising Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear won the gold medal. Hungary won the silver medal and the Czech Republic took bronze.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, a semi-final, and a final. Heat winners advanced to the final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-final. The top six from the semi-final also advanced to the final.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 09:30 11:01 | Heats Semi-finals |
| Thursday 9 August 2012 | 09:48 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder to a semi-final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 2:55.173 | Q |
| 2 | Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff | Germany | 2:56.987 | |
| 3 | Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 3:05.134 | |
| 4 | Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă | Romania | 3:12.371 | |
| 5 | Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić | Serbia | 3:21.437 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman | Hungary | 2:54.153 | Q |
| 2 | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 2:54.267 | |
| 3 | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear | Australia | 2:59.789 | |
| 4 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov | Russia | 3:04.781 | |
| 5 | Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng | China | 3:14.234 | |

### Semifinal

The fastest six boats qualified for the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear | Australia | 2:52.505 | Q |
| 2 | Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff | Germany | 2:53.575 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 2:53.984 | Q |
| 4 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov | Russia | 2:54.303 | Q |
| 5 | Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă | Romania | 2:55.027 | Q |
| 6 | Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 2:56.003 | Q |
| 7 | Milenko Zorić Ervin Holpert Aleksandar Aleksić Dejan Terzić | Serbia | 2:56.346 | |
| 8 | Zhang Hongpeng Zhou Peng Shen Jie Huang Zhipeng | China | 3:00.315 | |

### Final

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Tate Smith Dave Smith Murray Stewart Jacob Clear | Australia | 2:55.085 |
| | Zoltán Kammerer Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai Dániel Pauman | Hungary | 2:55.699 |
| | Daniel Havel Lukáš Trefil Josef Dostál Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 2:55.850 |
| 4 | Marcus Groß Norman Bröckl Tim Wieskötter Max Hoff | Germany | 2:56.172 |
| 5 | Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Kasper Bleibach | Denmark | 2:56.542 |
| 6 | Peter Gelle Martin Jankovec Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 2:56.771 |
| 7 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Vasilev Anton Ryakhov Oleg Zhestkov | Russia | 2:57.375 |
| 8 | Traian Neagu Toni Ioneticu Ștefan Vasile Ionel Gavrilă | Romania | 2:58.223 |