Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Canoeing at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 1000 m
C-2 1000 m
C-2 10000 m
K-1 1000 m
K-1 10000 m
K-1 10000 m folding
K-2 1000 m
K-2 10000 m
K-2 10000 m folding

These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on Saturday, August 8.

Twenty-four canoers from twelve nations competed.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Austria (AUT)
Adolf Kainz
Alfons Dorfner
 Germany (GER)
Ewald Tilker
Fritz Bondroit
 Netherlands (NED)
Nicolaas Tates
Wim van der Kroft

Results

Heats

The 12 teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

Place Canoer Time Qual.
1  Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) 4:10.0 QF
2  Nicolaas Tates and Wim van der Kroft (NED) 4:22.2 QF
3  František Brzák and Josef Dusil (TCH) 4:22.7 QF
4  Verner Løvgreen and Axel Svendsen (DEN) 4:24.8 QF
5  Ernest Riedel and Burr Folks (USA) 4:24.8
6  René Lacelle and Jules Mackowiak (FRA) 4:34.6

Heat 2

Place Canoer Time Qual.
1  Sixten Jansson and Gunnar Lundqvist (SWE) 4:11.8 QF
2  Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit (GER) 4:11.0 QF
3  Rudolf Vilim and Werner Klingelfuss (SUI) 4:30.8 QF
4  Edward Deir and Frank Willis (CAN) 4:32.0 QF
5  Frans De Blaes and Albert Joris (BEL) 4:42.1
6  Gábor Cseh and Sándor Gelle (HUN) 4:50.7

Final

Place Canoer Time
1  Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) 4:03.8
2  Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit (GER) 4:08.9
3  Nicolaas Tates and Wim van der Kroft (NED) 4:12.2
4  František Brzák and Josef Dusil (TCH) 4:15.2
5  Rudolf Vilim and Werner Klingelfuss (SUI) 4:22.8
6  Edward Deir and Frank Willis (CAN) 4:24.5
7  Verner Løvgreen and Axel Svendsen (DEN) 4:26.6
 Sixten Jansson and Gunnar Lundqvist (SWE) DSQ

Jannson and Lundqvist originally finished second, but were disqualified for bumping into Tilker and Bondroit.

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