Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games – Men's K-4 500 metres

Men's K-4 500 metres at the 2019 European Games
Venue	Zaslavl Regatta Course
Date	25–27 June
Competitors	44 from 11 nations
Winning time	1:32.376
Medalists
Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov    Russia   Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke    Germany   Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek    Slovakia

The men's K-4 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2019 European Games in Minsk took place between 25 and 27 June at the Zaslavl Regatta Course.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 25 June 2019	14:15	Heats
	17:25	Semifinal
Thursday 27 June 2019	10:20	Final

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.^[3][4]

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk	Belarus	1:18.496	QF, GB
2	Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade	Spain	1:19.118	QF
3	Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov	Russia	1:19.756	QF
4	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela	Portugal	1:20.393	QS
5	Aurelian Mădălin Ciocan Florin Ionuţ Vlase Constantin Mironescu George Săndulescu	Romania	1:21.733	QS
6	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:47.013	QS

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke	Germany	1:18.869	QF
2	Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek	Slovakia	1:19.049	QF
3	Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Balázs Birkás István Kuli	Hungary	1:19.304	QF
4	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget	France	1:21.124	QS
5	Przemysław Korsak Dawid Putto Piotr Mazur Norbert Kurczyński	Poland	1:23.292	QS

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela	Portugal	1:20.379	QF
2	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget	France	1:20.482	QF
3	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:21.657	QF
4	Aurelian Mădălin Ciocan Florin Ionuţ Vlase Constantin Mironescu George Săndulescu	Romania	1:21.747
5	Przemysław Korsak Dawid Putto Piotr Mazur Norbert Kurczyński	Poland	1:21.874

Final

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Artem Kuzakhmetov Aleksandr Sergeyev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov	Russia	1:32.376
	Max Rendschmidt Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher Max Lemke	Germany	1:32.541
	Samuel Baláž Erik Vlček Csaba Zalka Adam Botek	Slovakia	1:33.721
4	Emanuel Silva João Ribeiro Messias Baptista David Varela	Portugal	1:33.976
5	Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro Nicola Ripamonti Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:34.351
6	Aliaksei Misiuchenka Stanislau Daineka Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk	Belarus	1:35.236
7	Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka Balázs Birkás István Kuli	Hungary	1:36.341
8	Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont Guillaume Burger Francis Mouget	France	1:37.688
9	Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade	Spain	1:40.216

References

1. "REGATTA COURSE ZASLAVL". Minsk 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
2. "Canoe Sprint | Competition Schedule" (PDF). Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
3. "Canoe Sprint | Men's K4 500m - Heat 1" (PDF). Minsk 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
4. "Canoe Sprint | Men's K4 500m - Heat 2" (PDF). Minsk 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
5. "Canoe Sprint | Men's K4 500m - Semi-Final" (PDF). Minsk 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
6. "Canoe Sprint | Men's K4 500m - Final" (PDF). Minsk 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.