BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the men's kayak four (K4) 1,000 meters final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Friday:

    1. Raman Piatrushenka/Aliaksei Abalmasau/Artur Litvinchuk/Vadzim Makhneu, Belarus, 2 minutes 55.714 seconds

    2. Richard Riszdorfer/Michal Riszdorfer/Erik Vlcek/Juraj Tarr, Slovakia, 2:56.593

    3. Lutz Altepost/Norman Brockl/Torsten Eckbrett/Bjorn Goldschmidt, Germany, 2:56.676

    4. Franco Benedini/Antonio Rossi/Alberto Ricchetti/Luca Piemonte, Italy, 2:57.626

    5. Marton Sik/Istvan Bee/Akos Vereckei/Gabor Bozsik, Hungary, 2:59.009

    6. Marek Twardowski/Tomasz Mendelski/Pawel Baumann/Adam Wysocki, Poland, 2:59.505

    7. Li Zhen/Liu Haitao/Zhou Peng/Lin Miao, China, 3:00.078

    8. Ilya Medvedev/Evgeny Salakhov/Anton Vasilyev/Konstantin Vishnyakov, Russia, 3:00.654

    9. Brady Reardon/Angus Mortimer/Chris Pellini/Rhys Hill, Canada, 3:01.630.