Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
| Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
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| C-1 500 m | men | |
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 500 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | men | women |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | men | women |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 500 m | women | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
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[edit]
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Antonio Rossiand Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) |
 Markus Oscarssonand Henrik Nilsson (SWE) |
 Krisztián Bártfaiand Krisztián Veréb (HUN) |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
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 | Italy
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Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 3:14.316 | QF |
| 2 | 5 | Sweden
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Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 3:15.102 | QF |
| 3 | 8 |  Slovakia
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Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer | 3:16.854 | QF |
| 4 | 11 |  Great Britain
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Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton | 3:19.392 | QS |
| 5 | 12 |  Czech Republic
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Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik | 3:20.760 | QS |
| 6 | 14 |  Australia
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Brian Morton and Luke Young | 3:20.934 | QS |
| 7 | 15 |  Brazil
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Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos | 3:21.228 | QS |
| 8 | 16 |  Bulgaria
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Marian Dimitrov and Dimitar Ivanov | 3:23.646 | |
| 9 | 18 |  Argentina
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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 | Hungary
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Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb | 3:13.677 | QF |
| 2 | 3 |  Germany
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Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter | 3:14.631 | QF |
| 3 | 4 |  France
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Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin | 3:14.835 | QF |
| 4 | 6 |  Norway
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Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:15.483 | QS |
| 5 | 8 |  Poland
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Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:15.909 | QS |
| 6 | 9 |  Denmark
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Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal | 3:16.989 | QS |
| 7 | 10 |  Russia
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Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:17.067 | QS |
| 8 | 13 |  Israel
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Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin | 3:20.913 | QS |
| 9 | 18 |  United States
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Philippe Boccara and Cliff Meidl | 3:26.439 | |
Overall Results Heats
Semifinal[edit]
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 | Russia
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Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:17.114 | QF |
| 2 | Norway
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Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:17.288 | QF |
| 3 | Poland
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Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:18.026 | QF |
| 4 | Denmark
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Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal | 3:18.206 | |
| 5 | Great Britain
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Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton | 3:19.826 | |
| 6 | Brazil
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Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos | 3:22.496 | |
| 7 | Israel
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Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin | 3:22.634 | |
| 8 | Australia
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Brian Morton and Luke Young | 3:25.046 | |
| Czech Republic
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Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik | DISQ | ||
The Czech Republic's reason for disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.
Final[edit]
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time |
|
Italy
|
Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 3:14.461 |
|
Sweden
|
Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 3:16.075 |
|
Hungary
|
Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb | 3:16.357 |
| 4 | Germany
|
Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter | 3:16.627 |
| 5 | France
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Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin | 3:17.635 |
| 6 | Slovakia
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Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer | 3:18.325 |
| 7 | Russia
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Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:18.937 |
| 8 | Poland
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Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:19.939 |
| 9 | Norway
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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[edit]
- 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. (in English and French)
- 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.
