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 1996 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the repechages.

Heat 1
1.		3:07.908	QF
2.		3:11.128	QF
3.		3:11.752	QS
4.		3:14.224	QS
5.		3:15.208	QS
6.		3:17.144	QS
7.		3:19.868	QS
8.		3:23.352	QS
Heat 2
1.		3:07.517	QF
2.		3:10.625	QF
3.		3:13.165	QS
4.		3:13.809	QS
5.		3:15.493	QS
6.		3:16.297	QS
7.		3:17.021	QS
8.		3:27.133	QS

Semifinals

The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		3:00.799	QF
2.		3:01.307	QF
3.		3:01.427	QF
4.		3:05.643
5.		3:06.611
6.		3:06.855
Semifinal 2
1.		3:01.806	QF
2.		3:02.202	QF
3.		3:03.218
4.		3:03.870
5.		3:06.850
6.		3:11.146

Final

The final was held on August 3.

		2:51.528
		2:53.184
		2:53.996
4.		2:54.772
5.		2:55.884
6.		2:55.908
7.		2:56.664
8.		2:56.696
9.		2:57.560

Germany stayed close to Hungary for the first 750 meters of the race before pulling away to win decisively.