# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 16:05 | Heats |
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 17:42 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 26 August 2018 | 13:25 | Final A |
| Sunday 26 August 2018 | 13:38 | Final B |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## 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 | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Lemke | Germany | 1:23.513 | QA |
| 2 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:25.170 | QS |
| 3 | Deniss Volkovs Roberts Akmens Kaspars Tiklenieks Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:25.180 | QS |
| 4 | Franck Le Moël Guillaume Burger Étienne Hubert Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:25.833 | QS |
| 5 | Dejan Pajić Simo Boltić Ervin Holpert Strahinja Stefanović | Serbia | 1:26.583 | QS |
| 6 | Chrisjan Coetzee David Rodrigues Michael Arthur Nicholas Weeks | South Africa | 1:26.590 | QS |
| 7 | Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Kostyshen Denys Lakmanov | Ukraine | 1:27.650 | QS |
| 8 | Viliyan Buchvarov Hristo Rekov Todor Kolevski Veselin Vulchov | Bulgaria | 1:29.950 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Cristian Toro Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:21.314 | QA |
| 2 | Emanuel Silva Messias Baptista João Ribeiro David Varela | Portugal | 1:23.811 | QS |
| 3 | Riley Fitzsimmons Thomas Green Murray Stewart Jordan Wood | Australia | 1:25.048 | QS |
| 4 | Samuel Baláž Csaba Zalka Milan Fraňa Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:25.244 | QS |
| 5 | Nicola Ripamonti Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Schera Edoardo Chierini | Italy | 1:25.248 | QS |
| 6 | Dzmitry Tratsiakou Raman Piatrushenka Vitaliy Bialko Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:25.491 | QS |
| 7 | Cosmin Lulciuc Razvan Albisoru Aurelian Ciocan Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:26.278 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Miklós Dudás István Kuli | Hungary | 1:23.554 | QA |
| 2 | Yury Postrigay Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Vasily Pogreban | Russia | 1:25.461 | QS |
| 3 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:25.598 | QS |
| 4 | Omar de Andrés Pablo de Torres Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:25.641 | QS |
| 5 | Jakub Zavřel Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:25.851 | QS |
| 6 | Ryan Cochrane Marshall Hughes Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin | Canada | 1:26.141 | QS |
| 7 | Jon Schofield Matthew Robinson Liam Heath Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:37.138 | QS |

### 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 | Yury Postrigay Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Vasily Pogreban | Russia | 1:21.653 | QA |
| 2 | Samuel Baláž Csaba Zalka Milan Fraňa Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:22.286 | QA |
| 3 | Riley Fitzsimmons Thomas Green Murray Stewart Jordan Wood | Australia | 1:22.523 | QA |
| 4 | Dejan Pajić Simo Boltić Ervin Holpert Strahinja Stefanović | Serbia | 1:22.973 | QB |
| 5 | Dzmitry Tratsiakou Raman Piatrushenka Vitaliy Bialko Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:23.189 | QB |
| 6 | Omar de Andrés Pablo de Torres Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:23.349 | QB |
| 7 | Jon Schofield Matthew Robinson Liam Heath Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:24.076 | QB |
| 8 | Deniss Volkovs Roberts Akmens Kaspars Tiklenieks Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:24.856 | qB |
| 9 | Chrisjan Coetzee David Rodrigues Michael Arthur Nicholas Weeks | South Africa | 1:28.226 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Zavřel Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:21.668 | QA |
| 2 | Emanuel Silva Messias Baptista João Ribeiro David Varela | Portugal | 1:21.741 | QA |
| 3 | Franck Le Moël Guillaume Burger Étienne Hubert Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:22.135 | QA |
| 4 | Cosmin Lulciuc Razvan Albisoru Aurelian Ciocan Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:23.058 | QB |
| 5 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:23.081 | QB |
| 6 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:24.361 | QB |
| 7 | Nicola Ripamonti Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Schera Edoardo Chierini | Italy | 1:24.515 | QB |
| 8 | Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Kostyshen Denys Lakmanov | Ukraine | 1:26.421 | |
| 9 | Ryan Cochrane Marshall Hughes Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin | Canada | 1:27.888 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Dzmitry Tratsiakou Raman Piatrushenka Vitaliy Bialko Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:22.752 |
| 2 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:24.232 |
| 3 | Cosmin Lulciuc Razvan Albisoru Aurelian Ciocan Sorin Cical | Romania | 1:24.452 |
| 4 | Jon Schofield Matthew Robinson Liam Heath Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:24.939 |
| 4 | Deniss Volkovs Roberts Akmens Kaspars Tiklenieks Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:24.939 |
| 6 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski Dawid Putto Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:25.382 |
| 7 | Dejan Pajić Simo Boltić Ervin Holpert Strahinja Stefanović | Serbia | 1:26.519 |
| 8 | Omar de Andrés Pablo de Torres Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:26.846 |
| 9 | Nicola Ripamonti Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Schera Edoardo Chierini | Italy | 1:28.573 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Lemke | Germany | 1:20.056 |
| | Saúl Craviotto Marcus Walz Cristian Toro Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:20.423 |
| | Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár Miklós Dudás István Kuli | Hungary | 1:21.480 |
| 4 | Riley Fitzsimmons Thomas Green Murray Stewart Jordan Wood | Australia | 1:21.780 |
| 5 | Yury Postrigay Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Vasily Pogreban | Russia | 1:22.006 |
| 6 | Franck Le Moël Guillaume Burger Étienne Hubert Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:22.530 |
| 7 | Samuel Baláž Csaba Zalka Milan Fraňa Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:22.596 |
| 8 | Jakub Zavřel Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:23.050 |
| 9 | Emanuel Silva Messias Baptista João Ribeiro David Varela | Portugal | 1:23.990 |