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Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres

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Men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date7 to 9 August
Competitors40 from 10 nations
Winning time2:55.085
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zoltán Kammerer
Dávid Tóth
Tamás Kulifai
Dániel Pauman
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štěrba
 Czech Republic
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The men's canoe sprint K-4 1,000 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

The Australian team comprising Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart and Jacob Clear won the gold medal. Hungary won the silver medal and the Czech Republic took bronze.

Competition format

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The competition comprised heats, a semi-final, and a final. Heat winners advanced to the final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-final. The top six from the semi-final also advanced to the final.[2]

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012 09:30
11:01
Heats
Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012 09:48 Final

Results

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Heats

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The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder to a semi-final.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Peter Gelle
Martin Jankovec
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
 Slovakia 2:55.173 Q
2 Marcus Groß
Norman Bröckl
Tim Wieskötter
Max Hoff
 Germany 2:56.987
3 Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær
Kasper Bleibach
 Denmark 3:05.134
4 Traian Neagu
Toni Ioneticu
Ștefan Vasile
Ionel Gavrilă
 Romania 3:12.371
5 Milenko Zorić
Ervin Holpert
Aleksandar Aleksić
Dejan Terzić
 Serbia 3:21.437

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Zoltán Kammerer
Dávid Tóth
Tamás Kulifai
Dániel Pauman
 Hungary 2:54.153 Q
2 Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štěrba
 Czech Republic 2:54.267
3 Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
 Australia 2:59.789
4 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Vasilev
Anton Ryakhov
Oleg Zhestkov
 Russia 3:04.781
5 Zhang Hongpeng
Zhou Peng
Shen Jie
Huang Zhipeng
 China 3:14.234

Semifinal

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The fastest six boats qualified for the final.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
 Australia 2:52.505 Q
2 Marcus Groß
Norman Bröckl
Tim Wieskötter
Max Hoff
 Germany 2:53.575 Q
3 Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štěrba
 Czech Republic 2:53.984 Q
4 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Vasilev
Anton Ryakhov
Oleg Zhestkov
 Russia 2:54.303 Q
5 Traian Neagu
Toni Ioneticu
Ștefan Vasile
Ionel Gavrilă
 Romania 2:55.027 Q
6 Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær
Kasper Bleibach
 Denmark 2:56.003 Q
7 Milenko Zorić
Ervin Holpert
Aleksandar Aleksić
Dejan Terzić
 Serbia 2:56.346
8 Zhang Hongpeng
Zhou Peng
Shen Jie
Huang Zhipeng
 China 3:00.315

Final

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
 Australia 2:55.085
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zoltán Kammerer
Dávid Tóth
Tamás Kulifai
Dániel Pauman
 Hungary 2:55.699
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štěrba
 Czech Republic 2:55.850
4 Marcus Groß
Norman Bröckl
Tim Wieskötter
Max Hoff
 Germany 2:56.172
5 Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær
Kasper Bleibach
 Denmark 2:56.542
6 Peter Gelle
Martin Jankovec
Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
 Slovakia 2:56.771
7 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Vasilev
Anton Ryakhov
Oleg Zhestkov
 Russia 2:57.375
8 Traian Neagu
Toni Ioneticu
Ștefan Vasile
Ionel Gavrilă
 Romania 2:58.223

References

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  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.