Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.
Medalists
Heats
The 16 teams first raced in two heats. The top 3 teams in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the next nine fastest teams advanced to the semifinal, eliminating one team. The heats were raced on August 23.Heat | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
1 | 1 | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 3:09.536 | QF | |
1 | 2 | Ben Fouhy and Steven Ferguson | 3:10.388 | QF | |
1 | 3 | Daniel Collins and David Rhodes | 3:11.272 | QF | |
1 | 4 | Javier Hernanz and Pablo Banos | 3:12.216 | QS | |
1 | 5 | Zoltán Benkő and István Beé | 3:13.340 | QS | |
1 | 6 | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 3:14.060 | QS | |
1 | 7 | Jeffrey Smoke and Andrew Bussey | 3:17.268 | QS | |
1 | 8 | Anatoli Tishchenko and Vladimir Grushikhin | 3:22.332 | QS | |
2 | 1 | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:09.247 | QF | |
2 | 2 | Ian Wynne and Paul Darby Dowman | 3:10.819 | QF | |
2 | 3 | Jan Schäfer and Marco Herszel | 3:11.627 | QF | |
2 | 4 | Wouter D'Haene and Bob Maesen | 3:14.447 | QS | |
2 | 5 | Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen | 3:19.171 | QS | |
2 | 6 | Ognjen Filipović and Dragan Zorić | 3:19.299 | QS | |
2 | 7 | Yin Yijun and Wang Lei | 3:21.279 | QS | |
2 | 8 | Danila Turchin and Michail Tarasov | 3:24.031 | - |
Semifinal
The top three teams in the semifinal qualified for the final, joining the six teams that qualified directly from the heats. The other six teams were eliminated from the competition. The semifinal was raced on August 25.China, competing in Lane 1, was disqualified for competing too close to the buoy line from the 950 meter mark to the finish.