Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program that took place at Castelldefels.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 30 crews were entered into the event. The top two finishers from each of the four heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 11. 1:34.76 QS2. 1:35.04 QS3. 1:37.85 QR4. 1:40.58 QR5. 1:41.77 QR6. 1:41.85 QR7. 1:43.23 QR8. 1:49.42 QRHeat 21. 1:33.95 QS2. 1:35.75 QS3. 1:35.84 QR4. 1:36.07 QR5. 1:36.43 QR6. 1:37.73 QR7. 1:41.84 QR8. 1:54.10 QRHeat 31. 1:32.42 QS2. 1:32.60 QS3. 1:33.45 QR4. 1:33.84 QR5. 1:36.00 QR6. 1:41.51 QR7. 1:45.73 QR8. 1:46.95 QRHeat 41. 1:31.57 QS2. 1:33.61 QS3. 1:34.33 QR4. 1:37.44 QR5. 1:39.36 QR6. 1:43.81 QR

Repechages The 22 crews raced in three repechages. The top three finishers from each of the repechages and the fastest fourth-place finisher advanced directly to the semifinals.

Repechage 11. 1:31.22 QS2. 1:31.27 QS3. 1:32.11 QS4. 1:32.28 QS5. 1:33.67 6. 1:41.23 7. 1:43.54 8. 1:48.20 Repechage 21. 1:31.12 QS2. 1:33.57 QS3. 1:33.96 QS4. 1:36.00 5. 1:36.50 6. 1:37.15 7. 1:47.72 Repechage 31. 1:32.14 QS2. 1:32.14 QS3. 1:32.51 QS4. 1:33.42 5. 1:33.51 6. 1:37.37 7. 1:37.70

Brazil's intermediate time was not listed in the official report.

Semifinals The top four finishers in each of the two semifinals and the faster fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 11. 1:29.36 QF2. 1:29.43 QF3. 1:29.76 QF4. 1:29.80 QF5. 1:29.85 QF6. 1:31.99 7. 1:32.38 8. 1:32.57 9. 1:33.20 Semifinal 21. 1:28.11 QF2. 1:29.66 QF3. 1:30.02 QF4. 1:30.42 QF5. 1:30.83 6. 1:31.02 7. 1:32.33 8. 1:32.41 9. 1:34.06

Final The final was held on August 7.

1:28.27 1:29.84 1:30.004. 1:30.935. 1:31.486. 1:31.847. 1:32.348. 1:33.029. 1:33.76

The German's margin of victory is the largest in a men's 500 meter kayak event in Olympic history.

References 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. pp. 135–7. Sport-reference.com 1992 men's K-2 500 m results Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Pairs 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 474.