Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres

These are the results of the men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Heats The 19 teams first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and all other teams advanced to the semifinals. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24. HeatPlaceAthlete CountryTimeNotes11 Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter 1:28.866 QF12 Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz 1:31.166 QS13 Damian Vindel and Francisco Llera 1:32.846 QS14 Yordan Yordanov and Ivan Hristov 1:33.222 QS15 Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen 1:33.938 QS16 Marian Baban and Stefan Vasile 1:34.410 QS17 Aleksey Babadjanov and Sergey Borzov 1:34.782 QS21 Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu 1:28.925 QF22 Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson 1:29.717 QS23 Anatoli Tishchenko and Vladimir Grushikhin 1:30.761 QS24 Clint Robinson and Nathan Baggaley 1:30.869 QS25 Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi 1:33.565 QS26 Yin Yijun and Wang Lei 1:37.061 QS31 Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki 1:29.069 QF32 Alvydas Duonėla and Egidijus Balčiūnas 1:30.521 QS33 Ognjen Filipović and Dragan Zorić 1:30.665 QS34 Bartosz Wolski and Rami Zur 1:31.893 QS35 Steven Jorens and Richard Dober 1:31.985 QS36 Sebastian Cuattrin and Sebastian Szubski 1:35.917 QS

Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the two semifinal races qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher teams were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26. Semifinal 11. 1:30.438 QF2. 1:31.786 QF3. 1:31.830 QF4. 1:32.1505. 1:33.1826. 1:33.4827. 1:34.3988. 1:37.466Semifinal 21. 1:30.270 QF2. 1:30.710 QF3. 1:30.998 QF4. 1:31.0305. 1:33.4826. 1:33.6547. 1:34.3188. 1:38.554

Final The final was raced on August 28. 1:27.040 1:27.920 1:27.9964. 1:28.0485. 1:29.0966. 1:29.5327. 1:29.8688. 1:30.8049. 1:31.048

References 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results Sport-reference.com 2004 men's K-2 500 m results Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results