# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 17:15 | Heats |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 17:18 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 10:38 | Final B |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 13:21 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest seventh-place boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:18.60 | QS |
| 2 | Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 1:19.26 | QS |
| 3 | Zhang Dong Xu Haitao Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai | China | 1:19.73 | QS |
| 4 | Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:19.84 | QS |
| 5 | Rafał Rosolski Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:20.67 | QS |
| 6 | Erik Sandbacka Martin Nathell David Johansson Theodor Orban | Sweden | 1:22.29 | QS |
| 7 | Cho Gwang-hee Choi Min-kyu Hwang Min-jun Kim Tae-hyeon | South Korea | 1:22.46 | qS |
| 8 | Michael Arthur David Rodrigues Nicholas Weeks David Gerber | South Africa | 1:24.52 | |
| 9 | Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan Hayk Tadevosyan Artur Akishin | Armenia | 1:34.20 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:19.07 | QS |
| 2 | Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins | Australia | 1:19.90 | QS |
| 3 | Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić | Serbia | 1:20.01 | QS |
| 4 | Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:20.50 | QS |
| 5 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Carreras Ezequiel Di Giacomo Manuel Lascano | Argentina | 1:21.30 | QS |
| 6 | Lars Hjemdal Hakeem Teland Vemund Jensen Gunnar Eide | Norway | 1:22.01 | QS |
| 7 | Mathew Bowley Matthew Robinson Lewis Fletcher Ieuan James | Great Britain | 1:23.22 | |
| 8 | Hristo Rekov Radoslav Stefanov Denislav Tsvetanov Todor Kolevski | Bulgaria | 1:23.47 | |
| 9 | Sunny Kumar Atul Kumar Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam | India | 1:32.72 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž | Slovakia | 1:18.63 | QS |
| 2 | Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:19.22 | QS |
| 3 | Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov | Ukraine | 1:19.65 | QS |
| 4 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:19.76 | QS |
| 5 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:20.11 | QS |
| 6 | Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:21.05 | QS |
| 7 | Miika Nykänen Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen Otto Sivula | Finland | 1:22.97 | qS |
| 8 | Yavuz Selim Balci Mustafa Özmen Fahri Ayvaz Serkan Kakkaç | Turkey | 1:23.48 | |
| 9 | Nathaniel Errez Timothy Burdiak Nathan Humberston Thom Crockett | United States | 1:26.28 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli | Hungary | 1:18.01 | QS |
| 2 | Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:18.10 | QS |
| 3 | Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata | Japan | 1:19.10 | QS |
| 4 | Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov | Russia | 1:19.17 | QS |
| 5 | Vilyam Ibragimov Shakhriyor Makhkamov Javokhir Nurmatov Shokhrukhbek Azamov | Uzbekistan | 1:21.16 | QS |
| 6 | Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov | Kazakhstan | 1:21.37 | QS |
| 7 | Florin Vlase Aurelian-Mădălin Ciocan George Săndulescu Constantin Mironescu | Romania | 1:21.59 | qS |
| 8 | Ahmad Reza Talebian Ali Aghamirzaei Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani Omid Ahmadi | Iran | 1:24.69 | |
| 9 | Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov Tohir Nurmuhammadi Zohirjon Nabiev | Tajikistan | 1:32.43 | |

### 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 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:20.03 | QA |
| 2 | Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov | Russia | 1:20.70 | QA |
| 3 | Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:20.97 | QA |
| 4 | Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata | Japan | 1:22.09 | QB |
| 5 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:22.43 | QB |
| 6 | Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins | Australia | 1:22.64 | QB |
| 7 | Florin Vlase Aurelian-Mădălin Ciocan George Săndulescu Constantin Mironescu | Romania | 1:24.16 | |
| 8 | Rafał Rosolski Martin Brzeziński Bartosz Stabno Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:24.53 | |
| 9 | Lars Hjemdal Hakeem Teland Vemund Jensen Gunnar Eide | Norway | 1:26.04 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:20.27 | QA |
| 2 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:21.09 | QA |
| 3 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:21.28 | QA |
| 4 | Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov | Ukraine | 1:21.82 | QB |
| 5 | Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:23.19 | QB |
| 6 | Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov | Kazakhstan | 1:23.40 | QB |
| 7 | Zhang Dong Xu Haitao Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai | China | 1:24.26 | |
| 8 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Carreras Ezequiel Di Giacomo Manuel Lascano | Argentina | 1:24.78 | |
| 9 | Cho Gwang-hee Choi Min-kyu Hwang Min-jun Kim Tae-hyeon | South Korea | 1:25.63 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž | Slovakia | 1:19.83 | QA |
| 2 | Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli | Hungary | 1:20.33 | QA |
| 3 | Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 1:20.35 | QA |
| 4 | Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:20.61 | QB |
| 5 | Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:21.15 | QB |
| 6 | Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić | Serbia | 1:22.06 | QB |
| 7 | Erik Sandbacka Martin Nathell David Johansson Theodor Orban | Sweden | 1:24.07 | |
| 8 | Vilyam Ibragimov Shakhriyor Makhkamov Javokhir Nurmatov Shokhrukhbek Azamov | Uzbekistan | 1:24.33 | |
| – | Miika Nykänen Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen Otto Sivula | Finland | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lachlan Tame Matthew Goble Thomas Green Jackson Collins | Australia | 1:23.43 |
| 2 | Nicola Ripamonti Mauro Pra Floriani Andrea Di Liberto Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:23.67 |
| 3 | Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Fujishima Keiji Mizumoto Yusuke Miyata | Japan | 1:23.88 |
| 4 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Mindaugas Maldonis Simonas Maldonis | Lithuania | 1:23.93 |
| 5 | Mark de Jonge Pierre-Luc Poulin Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:24.21 |
| 6 | Aleksejs Rumjancevs Kaspars Tiklenieks Deniss Volkovs Aldis Arturs Vilde | Latvia | 1:24.39 |
| 7 | Marko Dragosavljević Vladimir Torubarov Nebojša Grujić Stefan Vekić | Serbia | 1:25.67 |
| 8 | Kyrylo Cernomorov Ivan Semykin Dmytro Danylenko Denys Lakmanov | Ukraine | 1:26.16 |
| 9 | Daulet Sultanbekov Andrey Yerguchyov Ilya Golendov Ivan Lukyanov | Kazakhstan | 1:27.20 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe Max Rendschmidt Max Lemke | Germany | 1:19.26 |
| | Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:19.77 |
| | Erik Vlček Adam Botek Csaba Zalka Samuel Baláž | Slovakia | 1:20.96 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov | Russia | 1:21.00 |
| 5 | Balázs Birkás Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka István Kuli | Hungary | 1:21.10 |
| 6 | Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro David Varela Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:21.11 |
| 7 | Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:21.29 |
| 8 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:21.40 |
| 9 | Daniel Havel Jakub Špicar Lukáš Nepraš Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 1:21.60 |