Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

These are the results of the men's C-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The C-2 event is raced by two-man sprint canoes.

Canoeing at the
2004 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
 Meng Guanliang
and Yang Wenjun (CHN)		  Ibrahim Rojas
and Ledis Balceiro (CUB)		  Alexander Kostoglod
and Aleksandr Kovalyov (RUS)

Heats

The 14 teams first raced in two heats on August 24. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final, and the remaining 8 teams moved on to the semifinal.

Heat Place Athlete Country Time Notes
11Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek Germany1:40.128QF
12Attila Buday and Tamas Buday Jr. Canada1:40.488QF
13Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko Poland1:40.524QF
14György Kozmann and György Kolonics Hungary1:41.324QS
15Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov Ukraine1:44.532QS
16Peter Páleš and Daniel Biksadsky Slovakia1:45.860QS
17Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson United States1:48.172QS
21Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun China1:38.916QF
22Ibrahim Rojas and Ledis Balceiro Cuba1:39.860QF
23Alexander Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov Russia1:40.128QF
24Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu Romania1:41.368QS
25Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Belarus1:41.576QS
26José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató Spain1:43.708QS
27Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir France1:49.940QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on August 26) advanced to the final, joining the six teams who had moved directly from the heats. All other teams were eliminated.

1. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu (ROU)1:41.424QF
2. György Kozmann and György Kolonics (HUN)1:41.472QF
3. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (BLR)1:42.484QF
4. Maksym Prokopenko and Ruslan Dzhalilov (UKR)1:42.860
5. José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató (ESP)1:43.160
6. Peter Páleš and Daniel Biksadsky (SVK)1:44.732
7. Yannick Lavigne and Jose Lenoir (FRA)1:45.548
8. Jordan Malloch and Nathan Johnson (USA)1:46.424

Final

The final was held on August 28.

 Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun (CHN)1:40.278
 Ibrahim Rojas and Ledis Balceiro (CUB)1:40.350
 Alexander Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov (RUS)1:40.442
4. Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu (ROU)1:40.618
5. Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek (GER)1:40.802
6. Aliaksandr Kurliandchyk and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (BLR)1:40.858
7. György Kozmann and György Kolonics (HUN)1:41.138
8. Attila Buday and Tamas Buday Jr. (CAN)1:41.210
9. Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko (POL)1:42.046

The Chinese duo had just won their first World Cup races weeks earlier and were only looking to gain experience for the next Summer Olympics in Beijing. The race was so close that race officials could not determine the winners until most of the canoers were out of their boats and the canoes were on the dock.

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