The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
| align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze |
Grant Bramwell Ian Ferguson Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson | Per-Inge Bengtsson Tommy Karls Lars-Erik Moberg Thomas Ohlsson | François Barouh Philippe Boccara Pascal Boucherit Didier Vavasseur |
15 crews entered in two heats on August 7. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining nine teams were relegated to the repechages.
| Heat 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 3:05.99 | QS | |
| 2. | 3:06.97 | QS | |||
| 3. | 3:07.30 | QS | |||
| 4. | 3:08.07 | QR | |||
| 5. | 3:08.90 | QR | |||
| 6. | 3:10.93 | QR | |||
| 7. | 3:21.05 | QR | |||
| 8. | 3:21.05 | QR | |||
| Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | 3:06.57 | QS | |||
| 2. | 3:08.32 | QS | |||
| 3. | 3:08.33 | QS | |||
| 4. | 3:11.41 | QR | |||
| 5. | 3:12.89 | QR | |||
| 6. | 3:13.17 | QR | |||
| 7. | 3:15.77 | QR |
Nine teams competed in two repechages on August 7. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals.
| Repechage 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 3:16.52 | QS | |
| 2. | 3:17.70 | QS | |||
| 3. | 3:18.04 | QS | |||
| 4. | 3:19.72 | ||||
| 5. | 3:46.92 | ||||
| Repechage 2 | |||||
| 1. | 3:18.67 | QS | |||
| 2. | 3:21.87 | QS | |||
| 3. | 3:08.33 | QS | |||
| 4. | Did not finish |
Italy recorded a time of 48.45 at the 250 m mark which was in fourth, but did not finish.
The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on August 9) advanced to the final.
| Semifinal 1 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 3:05.67 | QF | |
| 2. | 3:06.78 | QF | |||
| 3. | 3:07.52 | QF | |||
| 4. | 3:07.97 | ||||
| Semifinal 2 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 3:06.57 | QF | |
| 2. | 3:09.03 | QF | |||
| 3. | 3:09.65 | QF | |||
| 4. | 3:10.36 | ||||
| Semifinal 3 | |||||
| width=30 | 1. | width=80 | 3:08.44 | QF | |
| 2. | 3:09.10 | QF | |||
| 3. | 3:09.98 | QF | |||
| 4. | 3:12.82 |
The final was held on August 11.
| width=30 bgcolor=gold | width=60 | 3:02.28 | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 3:02.81 | |||
| 3:03.94 | ||||
| 4. | 3:04.39 | |||
| 5. | 3:04.59 | |||
| 6. | 3:04.71 | |||
| 7. | 3:06.02 | |||
| 8. | 3:06.47 | |||
| 9. | 3:06.66 |