# 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-4 500 metres

The men's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth took place on Lake Banook.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 11:42 | Heats |
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 10:21 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 11:19 | Final A |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 14:30 | Final B |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest boat in each heat advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:21.60 | QA |
| 2 | Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Danylenko Igor Trunov Ivan Semykin | Ukraine | 1:22.43 | QS |
| 3 | István Kuli Kolos Csizmadia Ádám Varga Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:23.53 | QF |
| 4 | Rasmus Knudsen Victor Aasmul Magnus Sibbersen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:24.53 | QS |
| 5 | Simonas Maldonis Mindaugas Maldonis Ignas Navakauskas Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 1:24.55 | QS |
| 6 | Keiji Mizumoto Momotaro Matsushita Taishi Tanada Seiji Komatsu | Japan | 1:25.33 | QS |
| 7 | Miles Cross-Whiter Aaron Small Jesse Lishchuk Nathaniel Errez | United States | 1:29.87 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher Jacob Schopf Max Lemke | Germany | 1:21.52 | QA |
| 2 | Samuel Balaz Denis Mysak Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:21.56 | QS |
| 3 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont Quilian Koch Guillaume Decorchemont | France | 1:23.41 | QS |
| 4 | Pierre van der Westhuyzen Fletcher Armstrong Jackson Collins Noah Havard | Australia | 3:39.96 | QS |
| 5 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras Agustin Rodriguez | Argentina | 1:24.52 | QS |
| 6 | Thomas Lusty Trevor Thomson Noah Dembele Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:25.40 | QS |
| 7 | Alberto Fragoza Daniel Ledesma José Alcazar Osbaldo Fuentes | Mexico | 1:32.11 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski Slawomir Witczak Jakub Michalski | Poland | 1:22.26 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf Jakub Zavrel Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:22.62 | QS |
| 3 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Emanuel Silva David Varela | Portugal | 1:23.62 | QS |
| 4 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:24.24 | QS |
| 5 | Andrea Schera Nicola Ripamonti Tommaso Freschi Manfredi Rizza | Italy | 1:24.79 | QS |
| 6 | Benjamin Duffy Hamish Legarth James Munro Zach Ferkins | New Zealand | 1:25.81 | QS |
| 7 | Koh Teck Jovi Kalaichelvan Teo Zhan Teo Wei | Singapore | 1:34.63 | QS |

### Semifinals

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 | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf Jakub Zavrel Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:23.37 | QA |
| 2 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont Quilian Koch Guillaume Decorchemont | France | 1:23.58 | QA |
| 3 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:23.94 | QA |
| 4 | István Kuli Kolos Csizmadia Ádám Varga Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:24.07 | QB |
| 5 | Simonas Maldonis Mindaugas Maldonis Ignas Navakauskas Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 1:24.07 | QB |
| 6 | Pierre van der Westhuyzen Fletcher Armstrong Jackson Collins Noah Havard | Australia | 1:25.10 | QB |
| 7 | Thomas Lusty Trevor Thomson Noah Dembele Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:25.37 | QB |
| 8 | Keiji Mizumoto Momotaro Matsushita Taishi Tanada Seiji Komatsu | Japan | 1:25.79 | qB |
| 9 | Koh Teck Jovi Kalaichelvan Teo Zhan Teo Wei | Singapore | 1:35.78 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Danylenko Igor Trunov Ivan Semykin | Ukraine | 1:23.42 | QA |
| 2 | Samuel Balaz Denis Mysak Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:24.06 | QA |
| 3 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Emanuel Silva David Varela | Portugal | 1:25.28 | QA |
| 4 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras Agustin Rodriguez | Argentina | 1:26.12 | QB |
| 5 | Rasmus Knudsen Victor Aasmul Magnus Sibbersen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:26.14 | QB |
| 6 | Andrea Schera Nicola Ripamonti Tommaso Freschi Manfredi Rizza | Italy | 1:26.45 | QB |
| 7 | Benjamin Duffy Hamish Legarth James Munro Zach Ferkins | New Zealand | 1:27.88 | QB |
| 8 | Miles Cross-Whiter Aaron Small Jesse Lishchuk Nathaniel Errez | United States | 1:32.71 | |
| 9 | Alberto Fragoza Daniel Ledesma José Alcazar Osbaldo Fuentes | Mexico | 1:34.49 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Simonas Maldonis Mindaugas Maldonis Ignas Navakauskas Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 1:27.88 |
| 2 | István Kuli Kolos Csizmadia Ádám Varga Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:28.11 |
| 3 | Pierre van der Westhuyzen Fletcher Armstrong Jackson Collins Noah Havard | Australia | 1:29.55 |
| 4 | Rasmus Knudsen Victor Aasmul Magnus Sibbersen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:29.77 |
| 5 | Thomas Lusty Trevor Thomson Noah Dembele Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 1:30.11 |
| 6 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras Agustin Rodriguez | Argentina | 1:30.50 |
| 7 | Andrea Schera Nicola Ripamonti Tommaso Freschi Manfredi Rizza | Italy | 1:30.89 |
| 8 | Benjamin Duffy Hamish Legarth James Munro Zach Ferkins | New Zealand | 1:31.74 |
| | Keiji Mizumoto Momotaro Matsushita Taishi Tanada Seiji Komatsu | Japan | DNS |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Saúl Craviotto Carlos Arévalo Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:20.83 |
| | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher Jacob Schopf Max Lemke | Germany | 1:21.27 |
| | Oleh Kukharyk Dmytro Danylenko Igor Trunov Ivan Semykin | Ukraine | 3:37.77 |
| 4 | Samuel Balaz Denis Mysak Csaba Zalka Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:22.38 |
| 5 | Nicholas Matveev Pierre-Luc Poulin Laurent Lavigne Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:22.57 |
| 6 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont Quilian Koch Guillaume Decorchemont | France | 1:22.68 |
| 7 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista Emanuel Silva David Varela | Portugal | 1:22.94 |
| 8 | Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski Slawomir Witczak Jakub Michalski | Poland | 1:23.26 |
| 9 | Jakub Špicar Radek Šlouf Jakub Zavrel Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:23.28 |