The men's sprint k4 500 metre of Canoeing 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 6-8 August 2024 in the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. With 11 teams competing, the event was won by the team from Germany, with Australia taking the silver medal and Spain taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight boats. In each round, the top few with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest team in the final is the winner of the event.
Preview[]
Eleven teams qualified for the event with Germany as the overwhelming favorite for the title, having won every world championships since 2017.
| Team | Athlete |
|---|---|
| Australia | Jackson Collins |
| Riley Fitzsimmons | |
| Noah Havard | |
| Pierre van der Westhuyzen | |
| Canada | Laurent Lavigne |
| Nicholas Matveev | |
| Simon McTavish | |
| Pierre-Luc Poulin | |
| China | Bu Tingkai |
| Dong Yi | |
| Wang Congkang | |
| Zhang Dong | |
| Denmark | Victor Gairy Aasmul |
| Morten Graversen | |
| Lasse Bro Madsen | |
| Magnus Sibbersen | |
| Germany | Max Lemke |
| Tom Liebscher-Lucz | |
| Max Rendschmidt | |
| Jacob Schopf | |
| Hungary | Kolos Attila Csizmadia |
| Istvan Kuli | |
| Bence Nadas | |
| Sandor Totka | |
| Lithuania | Mindaugas Maldonis |
| Simonas Maldonis | |
| Ignas Navakauskas | |
| Arturas Seja | |
| New Zealand | Max Brown |
| Grant Clancy | |
| Kurtis Imrie | |
| Hamish Legarth | |
| Serbia | Marko Dragosavljevic |
| Andjelo Dzombeta | |
| Marko Novakovic | |
| Vladimir Torubarov | |
| Spain | Carlos Arevalo |
| Marcus Cooper | |
| Saul Craviotto | |
| Rodrigo Germade | |
| Ukraine | Dmytro Danylenko |
| Oleh Kukharyk | |
| Ivan Semykin | |
| Ihor Trunov |
Summary[]
Heats[]
| Heat 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 |  Serbia |
1:20.99 | SF | ||
| 2 |  Hungary |
1:21.18 | SF | ||
| 3 |  Lithuania |
1:21.51 | QF | ||
| 4 |  Ukraine |
1:21.55 | QF | ||
| 5 |  Canada |
1:22.84 | QF | ||
| 6 |  Denmark |
1:22.98 | QF | ||
| Heat 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 |  Germany |
1:20.51 | SF | ||
| 2 |  Spain |
1:20.60 | SF | ||
| 3 |  Australia |
1:22.28 | QF | ||
| 4 |  New Zealand |
1:23.26 | QF | ||
| 5 |  China |
1:25.00 | QF | ||
Quarterfinals[]
| Quarterfinal Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 | Australia |
1:19.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | New Zealand |
1:20.56 | Q | ||
| 3 | Denmark |
1:20.56 | Q | ||
| 4 | Canada |
1:20.65 | Q | ||
| 5 | Ukraine |
1:20.94 | Q | ||
| 6 | Lithuania |
1:21.09 | Q | ||
| 7 | China |
1:21.31 | |||
Semifinals[]
| Semifinal 1 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 | Australia |
1:19.22 | Q | ||
| 2 | Serbia |
1:19.91 | Q | ||
| 3 | Spain |
1:19.98 | Q | ||
| 4 | Ukraine |
1:20.67 | Q | ||
| 5 | Canada |
1:20.70 | |||
| Semifinal 2 Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 | Germany |
1:20.57 | Q | ||
| 2 | Hungary |
1:21.07 | Q | ||
| 3 | Lithuania |
1:21.27 | Q | ||
| 4 | New Zealand |
1:21.73 | Q | ||
| 5 | Denmark |
1:21.88 | |||
Finals[]
| Final Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Time | Info | ||
| 1 | Germany |
1:19.80 | |||
| 2 | Australia |
1:19.84 | |||
| 3 | Spain |
1:20.05 | |||
| 4 | Ukraine |
1:21.01 | |||
| 5 | Lithuania |
1:21.13 | |||
| 6 | Serbia |
1:21.52 | |||
| 7 | Hungary |
1:21.99 | |||
| 8 | New Zealand |
1:22.19 | |||
Results[]
| Result | Team |
|---|---|
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Germany
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Australia
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Spain
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| 4 | Ukraine
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| 5 | Lithuania
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| 6 | Serbia
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| 7 | Hungary
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| 8 | New Zealand
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| 9 | Canada
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| 10 | Denmark
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| 11 | China
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| 2024 Summer Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Canoeing 2024 | |
| ā2020 | 2028 ā |
| Men | Women |
| Slalom | |
| K1 | K1 |
| C1 | C1 |
| Kayak cross | Kayak cross |
| Sprint | |
| K1 1000 m | K1 500 m |
| K2 500 m | K2 500 m |
| K4 500 m | K4 500 m |
| C1 1000 m | C1 200 m |
| C2 500 m | C2 500 m |