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

The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.

Canoeing at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1men
C-2men
K-1menwomen
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mwomen
K-4 1000 mmen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Andreas Dittmer
and Gunar Kirchbach (GER)		  Marcel Glavan
and Antonel Borsan (ROU)		  Csaba Horváth
and György Kolonics (HUN)

Results

Heats

17 teams entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals and the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 1
1. Marcel Glavan and Antonel Borsan (ROU)4:06.481QF
2. Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics (HUN)4:08.709QF
3. Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš (SVK)4:12.789QS
4. Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)4:15.529QS
5. Tomasz Goliasz and Dariusz Koszykowski (POL)4:22.181QS
6. Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak (KOR)4:23.961QS
7. Steve Giles and Dan Howe (CAN)4:33.613QS
8. Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov (UZB)4:43.221QS
9. Pieter Lehrer and Jacob Lehrer (ANT)5:20.421QS
Heat 2
1. Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach (GER)4:00.851QF
2. Andrew Train and Stephen Train (GBR)4:01.263QF
3. Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan (CRO)4:02.831QS
4. José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko (ESP)4:05.203QS
5. Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ)4:10.399QS
6. Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihriaev (UKR)4:13.363QS
7. Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi (MDA)4:25.183QS
8. Petr Fuksa and Pavel Bednář (CZE)4:25.295QS

Semifinals

Two semifinals took place. The top two finishers from each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced directly to the final.

Semifinal 1
1. Steve Giles and Dan Howe (CAN)3:45.077QF
2. Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)3:45.129QF
3. Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihriaev (UKR)3:46.845
4. Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan (CRO)3:48.677
5. Tomasz Goliasz and Dariusz Koszykowski (POL)3:48.721
6. Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov (UZB)3:57.037
Semifinal 2
1. Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi (MDA)3:44.008QF
2. Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš (SVK)3:44.628QF
3. José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko (ESP)3:45.616QF
4. Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov (KAZ)3:51.360
5. Petr Fuksa and Pavel Bednář (CZE)3:51.576
6. Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak (KOR)3:52.044

The Antiguan and Barbudan crew did not participate in the semifinal.

Final

The final was held on August 3.

 Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach (GER)3:31.870
 Marcel Glavan and Antonel Borsan (ROU)3:32.294
 Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics (HUN)3:32.514
4. Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)3:34.382
5. Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi (MDA)3:35.198
6. Andrew Train and Stephen Train (GBR)3:36.694
7. Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš (SVK)3:36.938
8. José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko (ESP)3:37.154
9. Steve Giles and Dan Howe (CAN)3:46.102

Romania established an early lead, gradually expanding it through the 750 meter mark. Meanwhile, the Germans were in last place after 250 meters before moving up to fourth place at 500 meters. Gathering strength in the third quarter of the race, the Germans launched a sustained sprint to the finish that made up 2.15 seconds on the Romanians in the last 250 meters of the race to pass them right before the finish.

References
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