Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Contents

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Hungary
Ferenc Novák
and Imre Pulai
Poland
Daniel Jędraszko
and Paweł Baraszkiewicz
Romania
Florin Popescu
and Mitică Pricop

Results

Heats

15 teams entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each heat advanced to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semfinal.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 Poland Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz 1:41.511 QF
2 Ukraine Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin 1:42.903 QF
3 Germany Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske 1:43.233 QF
4 Czech Republic Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka 1:44.175 QS
5 Spain José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató 1:44.973 QS
6 Croatia Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak 1:45.567 QS
7 Mexico José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero 1:45.927 QS
8 Canada Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. 1:46.557 QS
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 Romania Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu 1:41.904 QF
2 Cuba Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira 1:42.180 QF
3 Hungary Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai 1:42.816 QF
4 Kazakhstan Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev 1:45.810 QS
5 Great Britain Andrew Train and Stephen Train 1:46.986 QS
6 Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod 1:47.682 QS
7 Slovakia Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil 1:47.934 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Poland Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz 1 1 1:41.511 QF
2 Romania Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu 2 1 1:41.904 QF
3 Cuba Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira 2 2 1:42.180 QF
4 Hungary Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai 2 3 1:42.816 QF
5 Ukraine Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin 1 2 1:42.903 QF
6 Germany Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske 1 3 1:43.233 QF
7 Czech Republic Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka 1 4 1:44.175 QS
8 Spain José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató 1 5 1:44.973 QS
9 Croatia Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak 1 6 1:45.567 QS
10 Kazakhstan Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev 2 4 1:45.810 QS
11 Mexico José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero 1 7 1:45.927 QS
12 Canada Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. 1 8 1:46.557 QS
13 Great Britain Andrew Train and Stephen Train 2 5 1:46.986 QS
14 Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod 2 6 1:47.682 QS
15 Slovakia Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil 2 7 1:47.934 QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers from the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod 1:44.981 QF
2 Spain José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató 1:45.677 QF
3 Kazakhstan Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev 1:45.809 QF
4 Czech Republic Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka 1:46.013
5 Mexico José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero 1:46.811
6 Croatia Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak 1:46.955
7 Canada Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. 1:47.525
8 Slovakia Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil 1:48.749
9 Great Britain Andrew Train and Stephen Train 1:49.931

Final

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time
1 Hungary Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai 1:51.284
2 Poland Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz 1:51.536
3 Romania Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu 1:54.260
4 Spain José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató 1:56.600
5 Germany Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske 1:59.294
6 Russia Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod 2:00.134
7 Kazakhstan Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev 2:01.436
8 Ukraine Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin 2:02.612
9 Cuba Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira 2:17.126

Novák and Pulai were known as "The Monster and the Little Guy" because Pulai was 1.99 meters (6 ft. 6.25 in.) tall and weighed 97 kg (214 lbs) while Novák was 1.72 meters (5 ft. 8 in.) and weighed 77 kg (170 lbs). Pulai taped Novák's leg to the boat so that his partner would not fall to the high winds that took place on the day of the final.

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