Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

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The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program. The official report did not make clear on the two semifinals and final which events were the men's K-2 1000 m event and the men's K-4 1000 m event and would thus create confusion to the average reader.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
   Hungary (HUN)
Ferenc Csipes
Zsolt Gyulay
Attila Ábrahám
László Fidel
 Australia (AUS)
Ramon Andersson
Kelvin Graham
Ian Rowling
Steven Wood

Results

Heats

18 crews entered in three heats. These heats were used to seed the two semifinal events.

Heat 1
1.  Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, Attila Ábrahám, and László Fidel (HUN) 2:54.06
2.  Maciej Freimut, Grzegorz Kaleta, Grzegorz Krawców, and Wojciech Kurpiewski (POL) 2:55.28
3.  Róbert Erban, Juraj Kadnár, Attila Szabó, and Jozef Turza (TCH) 2:56.02
4.  Jonas Fager, Pablo Grate, Anders Ohlsén, and Hans Olsson (SWE) 2:56.22
5.  Belmiro Pentera, António Brinco, Rui Fernandes, and António Monteiro (POR) 3:02.38
6.  Juan Labrin, Cristian Maino, José Luis Marello, and Fernando Chaparro (ARG) 3:09.28
7.  Ju Jong-Gwan,
Park Byeong-Hun (KOR
)
3:12.51
Heat 2
1.  Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, Steven Wood, and Ramon Andersson (AUS) 2:57.06
2.  ) 2:57.67
3.  
Miguel Garcia, and Francisco Cabezas (ESP
)
2:58.67
4.  
Iduno Santoni (ITA
)
2:59.15
5.  
Patrick Lancerreau (FRA
)
3:02.60
6.  Richard Boyle, Finn O'Connor, Stephen Richards, and Mark Scheib (NZL) 3:03.58
Heat 3
1.  ) 2:52.17
2.  Geza Magyar, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Daniel Stoian (ROU) 2:54.34
3.  
Milko Kazakov, and Nikolay Yordanov (BUL
)
2:57.30
4.  Chris Barlow, Mark Hamilton, Mike Herbert, and Terry Kent (USA) 2:58.57
5.  
Hermann Kotze, Bennie Reynders, and Oscar Chalupsky (RSA
)
3:06.36

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1
1.  ) 2:54.80 QF
2.  Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, Attila Ábrahám, and László Fidel (HUN) 2:55.39 QF
3.  Chris Barlow, Mark Hamilton, Mike Herbert, and Terry Kent (USA) 2:56.57 QF
4.  Róbert Erban, Juraj Kadnár, Attila Szabó, and Jozef Turza (TCH) 2:56.62 QF
5.  
Milko Kazakov, and Nikolay Yordanov (BUL
)
2:57.42 QF
6.  
Patrick Lancerreau (FRA
)
2:58.98
7.  ) 2:59.35
8.  Richard Boyle, Finn O'Connor, Stephen Richards, and Mark Scheib (NZL) 3:00.66
9.  Juan Labrin, Cristian Maino, José Luis Marello, and Fernando Chaparro (ARG) 3:11.44
Semifinal 2
1.  Geza Magyar, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Daniel Stoian (ROU) 2:56.80 QF
2.  Jonas Fager, Pablo Grate, Anders Ohlsén, and Hans Olsson (SWE) 2:58.27 QF
3.  Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, Steven Wood, and Ramon Andersson (AUS) 2:58.83 QF
4.  Maciej Freimut, Grzegorz Kaleta, Grzegorz Krawców, and Wojciech Kurpiewski (POL) 2:59.20 QF
5.  
Miguel Garcia, and Francisco Cabezas (ESP
)
3:00.17
6.  
Iduno Santoni (ITA
)
3:00.48
7.  Belmiro Pentera, António Brinco, Rui Fernandes, and António Monteiro (POR) 3:00.90
8.  
Hermann Kotze, Bennie Reynders, and Oscar Chalupsky (RSA
)
3:10.82
-  Ju Jong-Gwan,
Park Byeong-Hun (KOR
)
Did not start

Final

The final was held on August 8.

Gold  ) 2:54.18
Silver  Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, Attila Ábrahám, and László Fidel (HUN) 2:54.82
Bronze  Kelvin Graham, Ian Rowling, Steven Wood, and Ramon Andersson (AUS) 2:56.97
4.  Róbert Erban, Juraj Kadnár, Attila Szabó, and Jozef Turza (TCH) 2:57.06
5.  Geza Magyar, Sorin Petcu, Romică Șerban, and Daniel Stoian (ROU) 3:00.11
6.  Maciej Freimut, Grzegorz Kaleta, Grzegorz Krawców, and Wojciech Kurpiewski (POL) 3:01.43
7.  Jonas Fager, Pablo Grate, Anders Ohlsén, and Hans Olsson (SWE) 3:01.46
8.  
Milko Kazakov, and Nikolay Yordanov (BUL
)
3:02.08
9.  Chris Barlow, Mark Hamilton, Mike Herbert, and Terry Kent (USA) 3:04.30

Germany upset Hungary, the defending

doping for testosterone two months prior to the 1992 games (Hoffmann would win gold in this event four years later in Atlanta
.).

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