The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists Gold Silver BronzeThomas ReineckOlaf WinterDetlef HofmannMark ZabelAndrás RajnaGábor Horváth Ferenc Csipes Attila AdroviczOleg Gorobiy Sergey Verlin Georgiy Tsybulnikov Anatoli Tishchenko
Results
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 11. 3:07.908 QF2. 3:11.128 QF 3. 3:11.752 QS 4. 3:14.224 QS 5. 3:15.208 QS6. 3:17.144 QS7. 3:19.868 QS8. 3:23.352 QSHeat 21. 3:07.517 QF 2. 3:10.625 QF3. 3:13.165 QS4. 3:13.809 QS5. 3:15.493 QS6. 3:16.297 QS7. 3:17.021 QS8. 3:27.133 QS
Semifinals The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.
Semifinal 11. 3:00.799 QF2. 3:01.307 QF3. 3:01.427 QF4. 3:05.643 5. 3:06.611 6. 3:06.855 Semifinal 21. 3:01.806 QF2. 3:02.202 QF3. 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 2:53.9964. 2:54.7725. 2:55.8846. 2:55.9087. 2:56.6648. 2:56.6969. 2:57.560
Germany stayed close to Hungary for the first 750 meters of the race before pulling away to win decisively.
References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 171. Sports-reference.com 1996 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.