Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Canoeing at the
2004 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

These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.

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Medalists

Gold  Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson
Sweden (SWE)
Silver  Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi
Italy (ITA)
Bronze  Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim
Norway (NOR)

Heats

The 16 teams first raced in two heats. The top 3 teams in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the next nine fastest teams advanced to the semifinal, eliminating one team. The heats were raced on August 23.

Heat 1
1.  Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson (SWE) 3:09.536 QF
2.  Ben Fouhy and Steven Ferguson (NZL) 3:10.388 QF
3.  Daniel Collins and David Rhodes (AUS) 3:11.272 QF
4.  Javier Hernanz and Pablo Banos (ESP) 3:12.216 QS
5.  Zoltán Benkő and István Beé (HUN) 3:13.340 QS
6.  Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) 3:14.060 QS
7.  Jeffrey Smoke and Andrew Bussey (USA) 3:17.268 QS
8.  Anatoli Tishchenko and Vladimir Grushikhin (RUS) 3:22.332 QS
Heat 2
1.  Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim (NOR) 3:09.247 QF
2.  Ian Wynne and Paul Darby Dowman (GBR) 3:10.819 QF
3.  Jan Schäfer and Marco Herszel (GER) 3:11.627 QF
4.  Wouter D'Haene and Bob Maesen (BEL) 3:14.447 QS
5.  Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen (DEN) 3:19.171 QS
6.  Ognjen Filipović and Dragan Zorić (SCG) 3:19.299 QS
7.  Yin Yijun and Wang Lei (CHN) 3:21.279 QS
8.  Danila Turchin and Michail Tarasov (UZB) 3:24.031

Semifinal

The top three teams in the semifinal qualified for the final, joining the six teams that qualified directly from the heats. The other six teams were eliminated from the competition. The semifinal was raced on August 25.

1.  Wouter D'Haene and Bob Maesen (BEL) 3:11.757 QF
2.  Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) 3:12.597 QF
3.  Zoltán Benkő and István Beé (HUN) 3:13.609 QF
4.  Javier Hernanz and Pablo Banos (ESP) 3:13.701
5.  Anatoli Tishchenko and Vladimir Grushikhin (RUS) 3:14.089
6.  Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen (DEN) 3:15.417
7.  Jeffrey Smoke and Andrew Bussey (USA) 3:16.341
8.  Ognjen Filipović and Dragan Zorić (SCG) 3:58.793
 Yin Yijun and Wang Lei (CHN) DSQ

China, competing in Lane 1, was disqualified for competing too close to the buoy line from the 950 meter mark to the finish.

Final

The final was raced on August 27.

 Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson (SWE) 3:18.420
 Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) 3:19.484
 Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim (NOR) 3:19.528
4.  Daniel Collins and David Rhodes (AUS) 3:19.956
5.  Wouter D'Haene and Bob Maesen (BEL) 3:20.196
6.  Jan Schäfer and Marco Herszel (GER) 3:20.548
7.  Ian Wynne and Paul Darby Dowman (GBR) 3:20.848
8.  Ben Fouhy and Steven Ferguson (NZL) 3:21.336
9.  Zoltán Benkő and István Beé (HUN) 3:27.996

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