Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 19 teams entered in three heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced to the semifinals while the remaining teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 11. 1:43.907 QS2. 1:45.635 QS3. 1:46.307 QS4. 1:47.235 QR5. 1:47.551 QR6. 1:47.923 QR7. 1:47.955 QRHeat 21. 1:44.477 QS2. 1:45.145 QS3. 1:45.545 QS4. 1:45.893 QR5. 1:47.453 QR6. 1:48.357 QR7. 1:51.929 QRHeat 31. 1:43.548 QS2. 1:46.652 QS3. 1:46.996 QS4. 1:47.892 QR5. 1:49.252 QR

Repechages Two repechages were held. The top four finishers from each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 11. 1:49.820 QS2. 1:50.476 QS3. 1:50.480 QS4. 1:50.776 QS5. 1:52.768 Repechage 21. 1:47.837 QS2. 1:47.965 QS3. 1:48.093 QS4. 1:50.473 QS5. 1:51.533 QS

Semifinals Two semifinals were held. The top four finishers from each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 11. 1:41.653 QF2. 1:42.029 QF3. 1:42.397 QF4. 1:43.141 QF5. 1:43.757 QF6. 1:44.213 7. 1:44.453 8. 1:44.793 9. 1:47.557 Semifinal 21. 1:42.186 QF2. 1:43.650 QF3. 1:43.938 QF 4. 1:44.130 QF5. 1:44.770 6. 1:44.902 7. 1:45.638 8. 1:45.998 9. 1:51.010

Final The final was held on August 4.

1:40.420 1:40.456 1:41.3364. 1:41.7605. 1:42.2086. 1:42.4967. 1:43.5728. 1:44.1169. 1:46.840

Juravschi, in his third Summer Olympics with his third different country, convinced his old partner Reneysky, who he won gold with in this event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in 1994 to compete with him. The pair lost to the gold-medal winning Hungarians in a photo-finish by less than two centimeters (0.75 inches). Prior to that Reneysky was a coach for Belarus

References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. pp. 172–3. Sports-reference.com 1996 C-2 500 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Doubles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 482.