Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

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The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists[]

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Antonio Rossi
and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) 		 Kay Bluhm
and Torsten Gutsche (GER) 		 Andrian Dushev
and Milko Kazanov (BUL)

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Heat 1
1.  Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) 3:33.786 QS
2.  Grzegorz Kotowicz and Dariusz Białkowski (POL) 3:37.986 QS
3.  Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov (BUL) 3:39.914 QS
4.  Petr Hruška and René Kučera (CZE) 3:42.682 QR
5.  Juan José Román and Juan Manuel Sánchez (ESP) 3:43.970 QR
6.  Juraj Kadnár and Attila Szabó (SVK) 3:49.026 QR
7.  Yevgeny Yegorov and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ) 3:50.394 QR
8.  Xu Haifeng and Wu Yubiao (CHN) 3:50.978 QR
9.  Rui Fernandes and Joaquim Queiróz (POR) 3:59.390 QR
Heat 2
1.  Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche (GER) 3:39.388 QS
2.  Thor Nielsen and Jesper Staal (DEN) 3:41.640 QS
3.  Grayson Bourne and Paul Darby-Dowman (GBR) 3:43.384 QS
4.  Peter Newton and John Mooney (USA) 3:46.852 QR
5.  Javier Correa and Abelardo Sztrum (ARG) 3:49.864 QR
6.  Gary Mawer and Conor Maloney (IRL) 4:03.432 QR
7.  Andrey Mitkovets and Yury Ulyachenko (KGZ) 4:08.916 QR
Heat 3
1.  Peter Scott and Grant Leury (AUS) 3:40.114 QS
2.  Pierre Lubac and Patrick Lancereau (FRA) 3:40.198 QS
3.  Róbert Hegedűs and Péter Almási (HUN) 3:40.754 QS
4.  Staffan Malmsten and Markus Oscarsson (SWE) 3:44.174 QR
5.  David Taboreau and Mark Vendeweyer (BEL) 3:44.778 QR
6.  Aleksandr Ivanik and Andrey Tisin (RUS) 3:46.558 QR
7.  Vidas Kupčinskas and Vaidas Mizeras (LTU) 3:51.842 QR
8.  Rafayel Islamov and Vladimir Alimdyanov (UZB) 4:01.522 QR

Repechages[]

The top four crews in each of the two repechages and the fastest fifth-place finsher advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.  Javier Correa and Abelardo Sztrum (ARG) 3:34.244 QS
2.  Staffan Malmsten and Markus Oscarsson (SWE) 3:34.480 QS
3.  Petr Hruška and René Kučera (CZE) 3:35.216 QS
4.  Vidas Kupčinskas and Vaidas Mizeras (LTU) 3:38.428 QS
5.  Yevgeny Yegorov and Sergey Skrypnik (KAZ) 3:40.040
6.  Gary Mawer and Conor Maloney (IRL) 3:40.656
7.  Xu Haifeng and Wu Yubiao (CHN) 3:41.196
8.  Rafayel Islamov and Vladimir Alimdyanov (UZB) 3:43.320
Repechage 2
1.  Peter Newton and John Mooney (USA) 3:34.424 QS
2.  Juraj Kadnár and Attila Szabó (SVK) 3:34.436 QS
3.  Aleksandr Ivanik and Andrey Tisin (RUS) 3:35.200 QS
4.  Juan José Román and Juan Manuel Sánchez (ESP) 3:36.264 QS
5.  Rui Fernandes and Joaquim Queiróz (POR) 3:36.488 QS
6.  David Taboreau and Mark Vendeweyer (BEL) 3:36.976
7.  Andrey Mitkovets and Yury Ulyachenko (KGZ) 3:44.200

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1
1.  Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) 3:16.848 QF
2.  Thor Nielsen and Jesper Staal (DEN) 3:17.420 QF
3.  Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov (BUL) 3:18.480 QF
4.  Róbert Hegedűs and Péter Almási (HUN) 3:18.524 QF
5.  Peter Scott and Grant Leury (AUS) 3:19.056 QF
6.  Juraj Kadnár and Attila Szabó (SVK) 3:20.904
7.  Petr Hruška and René Kučera (CZE) 3:21.384
8.  Juan José Román and Juan Manuel Sánchez (ESP) 3:24.032
9.  Javier Correa and Abelardo Sztrum (ARG) 3:28.128
Semifinal 2
1.  Grzegorz Kotowicz and Dariusz Białkowski (POL) 3:18.026 QF
2.  Pierre Lubac and Patrick Lancereau (FRA) 3:18.722 QF
3.  Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche (GER) 3:19.394 QF
4.  Staffan Malmsten and Markus Oscarsson (SWE) 3:19.606 QF
5.  Peter Newton and John Mooney (USA) 3:19.834
6.  Rui Fernandes and Joaquim Queiróz (POR) 3:22.270
7.  Aleksandr Ivanik and Andrey Tisin (RUS) 3:22.306
8.  Vidas Kupčinskas and Vaidas Mizeras (LTU) 3:24.462
9.  Grayson Bourne and Paul Darby-Dowman (GBR) 3:25.346

Final[]

The final was held on August 3.

Gold  Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) 3:09.190
Silver  Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche (GER) 3:10.518
Bronze  Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov (BUL) 3:11.206
4.  Grzegorz Kotowicz and Dariusz Białkowski (POL) 3:11.262
5.  Pierre Lubac and Patrick Lancereau (FRA) 3:11.402
6.  Thor Nielsen and Jesper Staal (DEN) 3:12.054
7.  Peter Scott and Grant Leury (AUS) 3:13.054
8.  Staffan Malmsten and Markus Oscarsson (SWE) 3:14.182
9.  Róbert Hegedűs and Péter Almási (HUN) 3:14.282

Germany led the first half of the race, but could not match the finishing power of the Italians. Scarpa, competing in his fourth Olympics, won a silver in the men's K-2 500 m event the following day.

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