Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres
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The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayak
Kayak
A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...

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Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Heats

The 20 crews first raced in three heats on July 29. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining 11 teams were relegated to the repechage heats.
Heat 1
1. 3:06.46 QS
2. 3:08.77 QS
3. 3:11.39 QS
4. 3:14.24 QR
5. 3:19.17 QR
6. 3:19.35 QR
7. 3:19.60 QR
Heat 2
1. 3:06.75 QS
2. 3:07.91 QS
3. 3:09.17 QS
4. 3:15.52 QR
5. 3:18.12 QR
6. 3:27.56 QR
7. 3:55.72 QR
Heat 3
1. 3:06.88 QS
2. 3:10.26 QS
3. 3:10.60 QS
4. 3:14.68 QR
5. 3:16.29 QR
6. 3:18.03 QR

Repechages

Taking place on July 29, The top three competitors in each of the two repechages advanced to the semifinals.
Repechage 1
1. 3:08.72 QS
2. 3:09.62 QS
3. 3:10.62 QS
4. 3:11.71
5. 3:13.73
6. 3:53.75
Repechage 2
1. 3:06.89 QS
2. 3:09.71 QS
3. 3:11.55 QS
4. 3:19.53
5. 3:22.06

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on July 31) advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
1. 3:10.89 QF
2. 3:11.84 QF
3. 3:13.62 QF
4. 3:14.49
5. 3:17.60
Semifinal 2
1. 3:10.84 QF
2. 3:12.21 QF
3. 3:14.35 QF
4. 3:16.35
5. 3:13.76
Semifinal 3
1. 3:13.52 QF
2. 3:15.60 QF
3. 3:16.14 QF
4. 3:18.34
5. 3:11.21

Final

The final was held on July 31.
3:08.69
3:08.95
3:10.76
4. 3:11.35
5. 3:12.17
6. 3:12.38
7. 3:12.94
8. 3:14.67
9. 3:24.19


The Soviets, third at the 750 meter mark, edged out Spain who was the surprise winner in this event at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark ....

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