Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats The 25 crews first raced in three heats on September 5. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals. One was disqualified and the remaining 15 teams were relegated to the repechage heats.

Heat 11. 3:41.63 QS2. 3:43.34 QS3. 3:45.06 QS4. 3:46.32 QR5. 3:52.12 QR6. 3:53.23 QR7. 3:53.92 QR8. 3:57.41 QR9. 3:59.04 QRHeat 21. 3:46.05 QS2. 3:48.13 QS3. 3:50.06 QS4. 3:51.30 QR5. 3:51.93 QR6. 3:54.75 QR7. 3:55.38 QR8. 4:23.20 QRHeat 31. 3:42.18 QS2. 3:43.33 QS3. 3:45.78 QS4. 3:47.02 QR5. 3:56.48 QR6. 4:03.99 QR7. 4:04.00 QR - DISQ

Norway was disqualified for reasons not given in the official report.

Repechages Taking place on September 7, the top three competitors in each of the three repechages advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 11. 3:40.52 QS2. 3:40.54 QS3. 3:40.65 QS4. 3:45.18 5. 3:45.65 6. 3:46.05 Repechage 21. 3:41.77 QS2. 3:47.91 QS3. 3:49.48 QS4. 3:54.03 Repechage 31. 3:40.44 QS2. 3:41.23 QS3. 3:42.93 QS4. 3:44.15 5. 3:50.61

Semifinals The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on September 8) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 11. 3:30.71 QF2. 3:34.50 QF3. 3:35.16 QF4. 3:38.61 5. 3:41.64 6. 3:46.43 Semifinal 21. 3:32.82 QF2. 3:34.60 QF3. 3:36.39 QF4. 3:36.40 5. 3:39.36 6. 3:42.52 Semifinal 31. 3:30.69 QF2. 3:34.09 QF3. 3:35.21 QF4. 3:35.46 5. 3:38.56 6. 3:40.06

Final The final was held on September 9.

3:31.23 3:32.00 3:33.634. 3:34.165. 3:35.666. 3:36.517. 3:36.618. 3:38.679. 3:45.40

External links 1972 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. pp. 489–90. Sports-reference.com 1972 K-2 1000 m results.