The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists Gold Silver BronzeÁkos VereckeiGábor HorváthZoltán KammererBotond StorczJan SchäferMark ZabelBjörn BachStefan UlmGrzegorz KotowiczAdam SeroczyńskiDariusz BiałkowskiMarek Witkowski
Results
Heats 13 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the semifinal.
Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 1 Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz 2:58.096 QF 2 3 Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin 2:59.764 QF 3 4 Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski 3:00.166 QF 4 5 Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić 3:00.634 QS 5 9 Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson 3:04.420 QS 6 10 Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić 3:04.432 QS 7 12 Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon 3:05.806 QS
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 2 Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel 2:59.473 QF 2 6 Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček 3:00.955 QF 3 7 Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez 3:01.369 QF 4 8 Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka 3:02.053 QS 5 11 Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu 3:05.341 QS 6 13 Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean 3:05.893 QS
Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz 1 1 2:58.096 QF 2 Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel 2 1 2:59.764 QF 3 Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin 1 2 2:59.764 QF 4 Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski 1 3 3:00.166 QF 5 Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić 1 4 3:00.634 QS 6 Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček 2 2 3:00.955 QF 7 Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez 2 3 3:01.369 QF 8 Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka 2 4 3:02.053 QS 9 Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson 1 5 3:04.420 QS 10 Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić 1 6 3:04.432 QS 11 Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu 2 5 3:05.341 QS 12 Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon 1 7 3:05.806 QS 13 Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean 2 6 3:05.893 QS
Yugoslavia is shown as Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) in the sports-reference.com website.
Semifinals The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final. Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić 3:01.051 QF 2 Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson 3:02.611 QF 3 Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić 3:02.713 QF 4 Karel Leština, Pavel Hottmar, Pavel Holubář, and Jiří Polívka 3:02.851 5 Frédéric Gauthier, Maxime Boccon, Pierre Lubac, and Stéphane Gourichon 3:03.703 6 Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Marian Sîrbu 3:05.101 7 Ross Chaffer, Shane Suska, Peter Scott, and Cameron McFadzean 3:05.527
Final
Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000Place Athlete NationTime Ákos Vereckei, Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Horváth, and Botond Storcz 2:55.188 Björn Bach, Jan Schäfer, Stefan Ulm, and Mark Zabel 2:55.704 Dariusz Białkowski, Grzegorz Kotowicz, Adam Seroczyński, and Marek Witkowski 2:57.192 4 Róbert Erban, Richard Riszdorfer, Juraj Tarr, and Erik Vlček 2:57.696 5 Milko Kazanov, Petar Merkov, Yordan Yordanov, and Petar Sibinkić 2:59.112 6 Stein Jorgensen, John Mooney, Peter Newton, and Angel Pérez 2:59.472 7 Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Yevgeny Salakhov, and Roman Zarubin 2:59.778 8 Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, and Niklaes Persson 3:01.326 9 Igor Kovačić, Saša Vujanić, Jozef Soti, and Dragan Zorić 3:02.316
Germany won the K-4 1000 m world championships in 1997 and 1998 while Hungary won in 1999. Germany won the European championships in July 2000, but the Hungarians won the Olympic final by about 2.5 meter (8 feet).
References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. Sports-reference.com 2000 K-4 1000 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Fours 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 478.