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Canoeing At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 Metres
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. Medalists Results Heats 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. Semifinals The top two finishers in the each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final. Final The final was held on August 3. Germany stayed close to Hungary for the first 750 meters of the race before pulling away to win decisively. References1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3.p. 171. *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Fours 1000 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 478. {{DEFAULTSORT:Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres Men's K-4 1000 Men's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. The cockpit is sometimes covered by a spray deck that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray, differentiating the craft from a canoe. The spray deck makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers to roll the kayak: that is, to capsize and right it without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler. ] Some modern boats vary considerably from a traditional design but still claim the title "kayak", for instance in eliminating the cockpit by seating the paddler on top of the boat ("sit-on-top" kayaks); having inflated air chambers surrounding the boat; replacing the single hull with twin hulls; and replacing paddles with other human-powered propulsion methods, such as foot-powered rotational propellers and "fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Walker (canoeist)
James "Jimmy" Walker (born 8 December 1971) is an Australian sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s. He finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1971 births Australian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Lupetti
Enrico Lupetti (born April 30, 1967) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Four years later in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., Lupetti was eliminated in the semifinals of the same event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1967 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Italy {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Covi
Andrea Covi (born 16 June 1968) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1968 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Italy Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Jewell
Liam Jewell (born March 19, 1968) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. He finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile External links * 1968 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Giles (canoeist)
Peter Mark Giles (born April 18, 1970) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed in the mid-1990s. He finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... His brother, Stephen Giles, is also an Olympic canoeist. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1970 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Sportspeople from London, Ontario Canoeists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renn Crichlow
Renn Crichlow (born May 9, 1968) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with gold (K-1 500 m: 1991), a silver (K-1 500 m: 1993), and a bronze (K-1 200 m: 1995). Crichlow also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996. Crichlow was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in the Ottawa suburb of Nepean. He pursued many sports and eventually found his way to the Rideau Canoe Club. He won his first Canadian Canoe Association National Championship at the age of 16. Crichlow went on to become Canada's most successful male sprint kayaker up to that time. He was the first Canadian male kayaker to win a medal at the Junior World Championships and the first to win a World Championship gold. In 1995, Crichlow was admitted to Harvard Medical School and began his training as a medical doctor, while s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Apostol
Mihai Apostol (born April 28, 1971) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the early-1990s to the early 2000s. Apostol was born in Romania, but defected to Canada with two teammates while attending the 1989 world junior paddling championship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was 18 years old at the time. After defecting, Apostol took up residence in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and adapted well to life in Canada by making the Canadian National Kayak team in 1991 and moving from Halifax to Vancouver to join the rest of the team. In Vancouver, supporting himself and without the financial help that most of his teammates received from their families, Mihai worked part-time while attending college (Douglas College, New Westminster BC) and trained full-time with the National Team. Despite moving to Vancouver, Apostol continued to represent Banook Canoe Club at the club level and eventually became a world-class sprint kayaker, excelling especially in shorter sprints. He achieved Canadian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorio Vicente
Gregorio Vicente (born 22 April 1969) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ... in 1996. References * 1969 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Spain Spanish male canoeists 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Merchán
Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ... in 1996. References Canoe09.ca profile* in ''La Opinion de Zamora'' newspaper 1976 births Living people Spanish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Spain Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 20th-century Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovino González
Jovino González, (born October 16, 1975) is a Spanish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ... in 1996. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1975 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Spain Spanish male canoeists Place of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel García (canoeist)
Miguel García Fernández (born 6 February 1973, in Luanco) is a Spanish canoe sprinter who competed in the early to mid-1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 200 m at the 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mexico City. Garcia also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ... in 1996. References * * External links * * * 1973 births Living people Spanish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Spain Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
