| Date | 26 – 30 September 2000 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales |
| Participants | 52 from 13 countries |
| Olympic Record | 2:51.528 / Detlef Hofmann • Olaf Winter • Thomas Reineck • Mark Zabel  GER / 3 August 1996 / Details |
Germany had won the K-4 1000 at the last two Olympics, as well as at two of the last three editions of the World Championships, but Hungary was the 1997 European and 1999 World Champion and was well-positioned to steal the title from their traditional rivals in 2000. Poland, meanwhile, was the reigning European champion. Hungary and Germany won the opening heats, with Poland third behind Russia in Hungary’s heat, but all advanced automatically to the final, where the Hungarians were able to edge out the Germans by 0.517 seconds to take the gold medal. The two-time Olympic champions thus settled for silver while Poland staved off a challenge from Slovakia to take bronze. Two members of the Hungarian crew, Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz, went on to become double Olympic champions by winning the K-2 500 at the same Games.
| Date | 26 September 2000 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final round; all others advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Time | 10:50 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Hungary |  HUN | 2:58.096 | 43.06 (2) | 1:26.970 (1) | 2:12.920 (2) | 43.910 (2) | 45.950 (3) | 45.176 (1) | |||||
| Gábor Horváth • Zoltán Kammerer • Botond Storcz • Ákos Vereckei | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 2:59.764 | 42.67 (1) | 1:27.400 (2) | 2:12.570 (1) | 44.730 (4) | 45.170 (1) | 47.194 (4) | |||||
| Oleg Goroby • Yevgeny Salakhov • Anatoly Tishchenko • Roman Zarubin | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Poland |  POL | 3:00.166 | 44.1 (5) | 1:27.830 (3) | 2:13.300 (3) | 43.730 (1) | 45.470 (2) | 46.866 (3) | |||||
| Dariusz Białkowski • Grzegorz Kotowicz • Adam Seroczyński • Marek Witkowski | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Bulgaria |  BUL | 3:00.634 | 43.58 (4) | 1:28.570 (4) | 2:14.570 (4) | 44.990 (5) | 46.000 (4) | 46.064 (2) | |||||
| Milko Kazanov • Petar Merkov • Yordan Yordanov • Petar Sibinkich | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Sweden |  SWE | 3:04.420 | 43.35 (3) | 1:29.270 (5) | 2:16.100 (5) | 45.920 (7) | 46.830 (6) | 48.320 (7) | |||||
| Jonas Fager • Anders Gustafsson • Erik Lindeberg • Niklaes Persson | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Yugoslavia |  SCG | 3:04.432 | 45.38 (7) | 1:29.570 (6) | 2:16.360 (6) | 44.190 (3) | 46.790 (5) | 48.072 (6) | |||||
| Igor Kovačić • Saša Vujanić • Jožef Šoti • Dragan Zorić | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | France |  FRA | 3:05.806 | 44.74 (6) | 1:30.430 (7) | 2:17.880 (7) | 45.690 (6) | 47.450 (7) | 47.926 (5) | |||||
| Frédéric Gauthier • Maxime Boccon • Pierre Lubac • Stéphane Gourichon | |||||||||||||||
| Time | 11:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Germany | GER | 2:59.473 | 42.81 (2) | 1:26.820 (1) | 2:12.810 (1) | 44.010 (=1) | 45.990 (3) | 46.663 (1) | |||||
| Björn Bach • Jan Schäfer • Stefan Ulm • Mark Zabel | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Slovakia |  SVK | 3:00.955 | 43.29 (3) | 1:27.300 (2) | 2:13.220 (2) | 44.010 (=1) | 45.920 (2) | 47.735 (4) | |||||
| Róbert Erban • Richard Riszdorfer • Juraj Tarr • Erik Vlček | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | United States |  USA | 3:01.369 | 42.28 (1) | 1:28.810 (4) | 2:14.200 (3) | 46.530 (6) | 45.390 (1) | 47.169 (3) | |||||
| Stein Jorgensen • John Mooney • Peter Newton • Ángel Pérez | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 3:02.053 | 44.48 (6) | 1:28.610 (3) | 2:15.350 (4) | 44.130 (3) | 46.740 (4) | 46.703 (2) | |||||
| Karel Leština • Pavel Hottmar • Pavel Holubář • Jiří Polívka | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Romania |  ROU | 3:05.341 | 43.87 (5) | 1:29.350 (6) | 2:16.240 (5) | 45.480 (4) | 46.890 (5) | 49.101 (5) | |||||
| Corneli Vasile Curuzan • Sorin Petcu • Romică Șerban • Marian Sîrbu | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Australia |  AUS | 3:05.893 | 43.46 (4) | 1:29.180 (5) | 2:16.580 (6) | 45.720 (5) | 47.400 (6) | 49.313 (6) | |||||
| Ross Chaffer • Shane Suska • Peter Scott • Cameron McFadzean | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 28 September 2000 — 10:30 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Bulgaria | BUL | 3:01.051 | 42.73 (1) | 1:27.760 (1) | 2:13.430 (1) | 45.030 (4) | 45.670 (2) | 47.621 (2) | |||||
| Milko Kazanov • Petar Merkov • Yordan Yordanov • Petar Sibinkich | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Sweden | SWE | 3:02.611 | 42.91 (2) | 1:28.200 (2) | 2:14.240 (2) | 45.290 (5) | 46.040 (3) | 48.371 (6) | |||||
| Jonas Fager • Anders Gustafsson • Erik Lindeberg • Niklaes Persson | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Yugoslavia | SCG | 3:02.713 | 43.51 (4) | 1:28.410 (3) | 2:14.830 (3) | 44.900 (3) | 46.420 (5) | 47.883 (4) | |||||
| Igor Kovačić • Saša Vujanić • Jožef Šoti • Dragan Zorić | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Czech Republic | CZE | 3:02.851 | 43.84 (5) | 1:29.530 (6) | 2:15.180 (4) | 45.690 (6) | 45.650 (1) | 47.671 (3) | |||||
| Karel Leština • Pavel Hottmar • Pavel Holubář • Jiří Polívka | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | France | FRA | 3:03.703 | 44.73 (7) | 1:28.740 (4) | 2:16.430 (6) | 44.010 (1) | 47.690 (6) | 47.273 (1) | |||||
| Frédéric Gauthier • Maxime Boccon • Pierre Lubac • Stéphane Gourichon | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Romania | ROU | 3:05.101 | 43.18 (3) | 1:29.820 (7) | 2:15.930 (5) | 46.640 (7) | 46.110 (4) | 49.171 (7) | |||||
| Corneli Vasile Curuzan • Sorin Petcu • Romică Șerban • Marian Sîrbu | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Australia | AUS | 3:05.527 | 44.38 (6) | 1:28.850 (5) | 2:17.260 (7) | 44.470 (2) | 48.410 (7) | 48.267 (5) | |||||
| Ross Chaffer • Shane Suska • Peter Scott • Cameron McFadzean | |||||||||||||||
| Date | 30 September 2000 — 10:55 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Hungary | HUN | 2:55.188 | 42.32 (3) | 1:25.530 (1) | 2:10.350 (2) | 43.210 (1) | 44.820 (3) | 44.838 (3) | |||||
| Gábor Horváth • Zoltán Kammerer • Botond Storcz • Ákos Vereckei | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Germany | GER | 2:55.704 | 41.73 (1) | 1:25.960 (2) | 2:10.150 (1) | 44.230 (3) | 44.190 (1) | 45.554 (5) | |||||
| Björn Bach • Jan Schäfer • Stefan Ulm • Mark Zabel | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Poland | POL | 2:57.192 | 42.61 (4) | 1:27.180 (4) | 2:11.940 (4) | 44.570 (6) | 44.760 (2) | 45.252 (4) | |||||
| Dariusz Białkowski • Grzegorz Kotowicz • Adam Seroczyński • Marek Witkowski | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Slovakia | SVK | 2:57.696 | 44.18 (9) | 1:28.160 (6) | 2:13.230 (5) | 43.980 (2) | 45.070 (6) | 44.466 (1) | |||||
| Róbert Erban • Richard Riszdorfer • Juraj Tarr • Erik Vlček | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:59.112 | 42.86 (5) | 1:28.380 (7) | 2:14.360 (8) | 45.520 (8) | 45.980 (8) | 44.752 (2) | |||||
| Milko Kazanov • Petar Merkov • Yordan Yordanov • Petar Sibinkich | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | United States | USA | 2:59.472 | 43.35 (7) | 1:27.780 (5) | 2:13.520 (6) | 44.430 (5) | 45.740 (7) | 45.952 (6) | |||||
| Stein Jorgensen • John Mooney • Peter Newton • Ángel Pérez | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Russian Federation | RUS | 2:59.778 | 42.16 (2) | 1:26.430 (3) | 2:11.430 (3) | 44.270 (4) | 45.000 (=4) | 48.348 (9) | |||||
| Oleg Goroby • Yevgeny Salakhov • Anatoly Tishchenko • Roman Zarubin | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Sweden | SWE | 3:01.326 | 43.81 (8) | 1:29.150 (9) | 2:14.150 (7) | 45.340 (7) | 45.000 (=4) | 47.176 (8) | |||||
| Jonas Fager • Anders Gustafsson • Erik Lindeberg • Niklaes Persson | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | Yugoslavia | SCG | 3:02.316 | 43.15 (6) | 1:28.700 (8) | 2:15.290 (9) | 45.550 (9) | 46.590 (9) | 47.026 (7) | |||||
| Igor Kovačić • Saša Vujanić • Jožef Šoti • Dragan Zorić | |||||||||||||||
