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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 1996 Summer Olympics program.
16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the repechages.
Heat 1
1.
Thomas Reineck , Mark Zabel , Detlef Hofmann , and Olaf Winter (GER )
3:07.908
QF
2.
Anatoli Tishchenko , Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Verlin , and Georgiy Tsybulnikov (RUS )
3:11.128
QF
3.
James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson (AUS )
3:11.752
QS
4.
Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente (ESP )
3:14.224
QS
5.
Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell (CAN )
3:15.208
QS
6.
Andrea Covi , Enrico Lupetti , Ivano Lussignoli , and Luca Negri (ITA )
3:17.144
QS
7.
Karel Leština , Pavel Mráz , Martin Otáhal , and Jiří Polívka (CZE )
3:19.868
QS
8.
Curt Bader , Philippe Boccara , Mark Hamilton , and Cliff Meidl (USA )
3:23.352
QS
Heat 2
1.
Ferenc Csipes , Gábor Horváth , Attila Adrovicz , and András Rajna (HUN )
3:07.517
QF
2.
Grzegorz Kaleta , Piotr Markiewicz , Marek Witowski , and Adam Wysocki (POL )
3:10.625
QF
3.
Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov (BUL )
3:13.165
QS
4.
Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager (SWE )
3:13.809
QS
5.
Ilfat Gatyatullin , Dmitry Torlopov , Andrey Safaryan , and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ )
3:15.493
QS
6.
V'iacheslav Kulida , Olesksiy Slivinsky , Andriy Borzukov , and Andriy Petrov (UKR )
3:16.297
QS
7.
Morten Ivarsen , Mattis Næss , Tom Selvik , and Thomas Roander (NOR )
3:17.021
QS
8.
Vladimir Kazantsev , Konstantin Yashin , Anatoly Tyurin , and Andrey Shilin (UZB )
3:27.133
QS
The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
1.
Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente (ESP )
3:00.799
QF
2.
Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell (CAN )
3:01.307
QF
3.
Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov (BUL )
3:01.427
QF
4.
V'iacheslav Kulida , Olesksiy Slivinsky , Andriy Borzukov , and Andriy Petrov (UKR )
3:05.643
5.
Karel Leština , Pavel Mráz , Martin Otáhal , and Jiří Polívka (CZE )
3:06.611
6.
Curt Bader , Philippe Boccara , Mark Hamilton , and Cliff Meidl (USA )
3:06.855
Semifinal 2
1.
James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson (AUS )
3:01.806
QF
2.
Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager (SWE )
3:02.202
QF
3.
Andrea Covi , Enrico Lupetti , Ivano Lussignoli , and Luca Negri (ITA )
3:03.218
4.
Morten Ivarsen , Mattis Næss , Tom Selvik , and Thomas Roander (NOR )
3:03.870
5.
Ilfat Gatyatullin , Dmitry Torlopov , Andrey Safaryan , and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ )
3:06.850
6.
Vladimir Kazantsev , Konstantin Yashin , Anatoly Tyurin , and Andrey Shilin (UZB )
3:11.146
The final was held on August 3.
Thomas Reineck , Mark Zabel , Detlef Hofmann , and Olaf Winter (GER )
2:51.528
Ferenc Csipes , Gábor Horváth , Attila Adrovicz , and András Rajna (HUN )
2:53.184
Anatoli Tishchenko , Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Verlin , and Georgiy Tsybulnikov (RUS )
2:53.996
4.
Grzegorz Kaleta , Piotr Markiewicz , Marek Witowski , and Adam Wysocki (POL )
2:54.772
5.
Miguel García , Jovino González , Emilio Merchán , and Gregorio Vicente (ESP )
2:55.884
6.
Paw Madsen , Mattias Oscarsson , Henrik Nilsson , and Jonas Fager (SWE )
2:55.908
7.
Mihai Apostol , Renn Crichlow , Peter Giles , and Liam Jewell (CAN )
2:56.664
8.
Petar Karadzhov , Petar Merkov , Nikolay Yordanov , and Georgi Choykov (BUL )
2:56.696
9.
James Walker , Paul Lynch , Brian Morton , and Ramon Andersson (AUS )
2:57.560
Germany stayed close to Hungary for the first 750 meters of the race before pulling away to win decisively.
1964 : Nikolai Chuzhikov , Anatoli Grishin , Vyacheslav Ionov , Vladimir Morozov (URS )
1968 : Steinar Amundsen , Tore Berger , Egil Søby , Jan Johansen (NOR )
1972 : Yuri Filatov , Yuri Stetsenko , Vladimir Morozov , Valeri Didenko (URS )
1976 : Sergei Chukhray , Aleksandr Degtyarev , Yuri Filatov , Vladimir Morozov (URS )
1980 : Rüdiger Helm , Bernd Olbricht , Harald Marg , Bernd Duvigneau (GDR )
1984 : Grant Bramwell , Ian Ferguson , Paul MacDonald , Alan Thompson (NZL )
1988 : Zsolt Gyulay , Ferenc Csipes , Sándor Hódosi , Attila Ábrahám (HUN )
1992 : Mario Von Appen , Oliver Kegel , Thomas Reineck , André Wohllebe (GER )
1996 : Thomas Reineck , Olaf Winter , Detlef Hofmann , Mark Zabel (GER )
2000 : Zoltán Kammerer , Botond Storcz , Ákos Vereckei , Gábor Horváth (HUN )
2004 : Zoltán Kammerer , Botond Storcz , Ákos Vereckei , Gábor Horváth (HUN )
2008 : Raman Piatrushenka , Aliaksei Abalmasau , Artur Litvinchuk , Vadzim Makhneu (BLR )
2012 : Tate Smith , Dave Smith , Murray Stewart , Jacob Clear (AUS )
2016 : Max Rendschmidt , Tom Liebscher , Max Hoff , Marcus Gross (GER )