The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats 18 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from both heats advanced directly to the finals. Fourth through seventh-place finishers in each heat along with the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semifinal. Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 2 Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi 3:14.316 QF 2 5 Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson 3:15.102 QF 3 8 Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer 3:16.854 QF 4 11 Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton 3:19.392 QS 5 12 Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik 3:20.760 QS 6 14 Brian Morton and Luke Young 3:20.934 QS 7 15 Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos 3:21.228 QS 8 16 Marian Dimitrov and Dimitar Ivanov 3:23.646 9 18 Fernando Redondo and Abelardo Sztrum 3:24.324
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 1 Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb 3:13.677 QF 2 3 Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter 3:14.631 QF 3 4 Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin 3:14.835 QF 4 6 Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim 3:15.483 QS 5 8 Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki 3:15.909 QS 6 9 Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal 3:16.989 QS 7 10 Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy 3:17.067 QS 8 13 Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin 3:20.913 QS 9 18 Philippe Boccara and Cliff Meidl 3:26.439
Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb 2 1 3:13.677 QF 2 Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi 1 1 3:14.316 QF 3 Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter 2 3 3:14.631 QF 4 Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin 2 3 3:14.835 QF 5 Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson 1 2 3:15.102 QF 6 Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim 2 4 3:15.483 QS 7 Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki 2 5 3:15.909 QS 8 Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer 1 3 3:16.854 QF 9 Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal 2 6 3:16.989 QS 10 Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy 2 7 3:17.067 QS 11 Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton 1 4 3:19.392 QS 12 Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik 1 5 3:20.760 QS 13 Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin 2 8 3:20.913 QS 14 Brian Morton and Luke Young 1 6 3:20.934 QS 15 Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos 1 7 3:21.228 QS 16 Marian Dimitrov and Dimitar Ivanov 1 8 3:23.646 17 Fernando Redondo and Abelardo Sztrum 1 9 3:24.324 18 Philippe Boccara and Cliff Meidl 2 9 3:26.439
Semifinal The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.
Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy 3:17.114 QF 2 Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim 3:17.288 QF 3 Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki 3:18.026 QF 4 Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal 3:18.206 5 Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton 3:19.826 6 Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos 3:22.496 7 Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin 3:22.634 8 Brian Morton and Luke Young 3:25.046 Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik DISQ
The Czech Republic's reason for disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.
Final Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi 3:14.461 Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson 3:16.075 Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb 3:16.357 4 Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter 3:16.627 5 Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin 3:17.635 6 Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer 3:18.325 7 Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy 3:18.937 8 Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki 3:19.939 9 Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim 3:20.515
Beniamino Bonomi was so excited after winning the gold that he fell overboard after saluting the Italian team.
References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. Sports-reference.com 2000 K-2 1000 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Pairs 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press, Limited. p. 476.