Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-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 Women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Contents

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Germany
Birgit Fischer
and Katrin Wagner		 Hungary
Katalin Kovács
and Szilvia Szabó		 Poland
Beata Sokołowska
and Aneta Pastuszka

Results

Heats

13 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the rest advanced to the semifinal.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 2 Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:42.557 QF
2 3 Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:42.905 QF
3 7 Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 1:45.491 QF
4 8 Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.527 QS
5 11 United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:47.735 QS
6 12 Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.647 QS
7 13 Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:55.757 QS
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 1 Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:42.298 QF
2 4 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ and Mariana Limbău 1:43.204 QF
3 5 Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 1:44.476 QF
4 6 Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:45.250 QS
5 9 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Fiklisova 1:46.942 QS
6 10 Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:47.356 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 2 1 1:42.298 QF
2 Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1 1 1:42.557 QF
3 Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1 2 1:42.905 QF
4 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ and Mariana Limbău 2 2 1:43.204 QF
5 Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 2 3 1:44.476 QF
6 Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 2 4 1:45.250 QS
7 Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 1 3 1:45.491 QF
8 Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1 4 1:45.527 QS
9 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Fiklisova 2 5 1:46.942 QS
10 Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 2 6 1:47.356 QS
11 United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1 5 1:47.735 QS
12 Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1 6 1:48.647 QS
13 Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1 7 1:55.757 QS

Semifinal

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

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:44.682 QF
2 Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.144 QF
3 Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:46.554 QF
4 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Fiklisova 1:47.370 QS
5 Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.120
6 United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:48.300
7 Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:49.758

Final

The final was held on October 1.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time
1 Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:56.996
2 Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:58.580
3 Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:58.784
4 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ and Mariana Limbău 1:59.264
5 Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 2:01.046
6 Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 2:01.472
7 Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 2:04.208
8 Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 2:04.574
9 Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 2:04.994

Fischer made history in this race in three ways. First, she becane the first woman to win two or more medals in four Summer Olympics. Second, Fischer became the fourth woman to earn seven gold medals. Third, she joined American swimmer Jenny Thompson as the only non-gymnastics competitors to win ten medals in the Summer Olympics.

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