The Women's K-2 500 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 13 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the rest advanced to the semifinal.
Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 2 Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:42.557 QF 2 3 Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:42.905 QF 3 7 Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 1:45.491 QF 4 8 Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.527 QS 5 11 Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:47.735 QS 6 12 Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.647 QS 7 13 Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:55.757 QS
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 1 Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:42.298 QF 2 4 Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 1:43.204 QF 3 5 Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 1:44.476 QF 4 6 Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:45.250 QS 5 9 Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 1:46.942 QS 6 10 Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:47.356 QS Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 2 1 1:42.298 QF 2 Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1 1 1:42.557 QF 3 Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1 2 1:42.905 QF 4 Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 2 2 1:43.204 QF 5 Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 2 3 1:44.476 QF 6 Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 2 4 1:45.250 QS 7 Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 1 3 1:45.491 QF 8 Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1 4 1:45.527 QS 9 Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 2 5 1:46.942 QS 10 Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 2 6 1:47.356 QS 11 Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1 5 1:47.735 QS 12 Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1 6 1:48.647 QS 13 Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1 7 1:55.757 QS
Semifinal The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final. Heat 1 of 1 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:44.682 QF 2 Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.144 QF 3 Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:46.554 QF 4 Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 1:47.370 5 Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.120 6 Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:48.300 7 Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:49.758
Final The final was held on 1 October.
Heat 1 of 1 Date: Sunday 1 October 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:56.996 Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:58.580 Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:58.784 4 Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 1:59.264 5 Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 2:01.046 6 Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 2:01.472 7 Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 2:04.208 8 Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 2:04.574 9 Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 2:04.994
Fischer made history in this race in three ways. First, she became the first woman to win two or more medals in four Summer Olympics. Second, Fischer became the fourth woman to earn seven gold medals. Third, she joined American swimmer Jenny Thompson as the only non-gymnastics competitors to win ten medals in the Summer Olympics.
References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. Sports-reference.com 2000 women's K-2 500 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Pairs 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 494.