Canoeing_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_K-2_1000_metres
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.
 Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
 Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) |
 Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche (GER) |
 Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov (BUL) |
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.
Repechages
The top four crews in each of the two repechages and the fastest fifth-place finisher 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.
| Antonio Rossi and Daniele Scarpa (ITA) | 3:09.190 |
| Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche (GER) | 3:10.518 |
| 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.
- 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. pp. 170–1. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1996 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.