Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres

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The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat times were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinal and final events were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ivan Patzaichin
and Serghei Covaliov  (ROU)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann
and Gyula Petrikovics  (HUN)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Naum Prokupets
and Mikhail Zamotin  (URS)

Results

Heats

The 13 teams first raced in two heats on October 22. One team was disqualified during the heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final and the remaining six teams were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Naum Prokupets and Mikhail Zamotin  (URS)4:09.9QF
2.Flag of Sweden.svg  Berndt Lindelöf and Erik Zeidlitz  (SWE)4:10.5QF
3.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Roland Kapf and Klaus Lewandowsky  (FRG)4:11.4QF
4.Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Martínez and Felix Altamirano  (MEX)4:11.9QS
5.Flag of France.svg  Bernard Bouffinier and Jean-François Millot  (FRA)4:13.1QS
6.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Rudolf Pěnkava and Svatopluk Skarupský  (TCH)4:31.3QS
7.Flag of the United States.svg  William Gates and Malcolm Hickox  (USA)4:37.0QS
Heat 2
1.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ivan Patzaichin and Serghei Covaliov  (ROU)4:03.4QF
2.Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann and Gyula Petrikovics  (HUN)4:04.4QF
3.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Jürgen Harpke and Helmut Wagner  (GDR)4:21.8QF
4.Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Ivan Valov and Aleksandar Damyanov  (BUL)4:26.1QS
5.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tetsumasa Yamaguchi and Nobuatsu Yoshino  (JPN)4:30.9QS
-Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  John Wood and Scott Lee  (CAN)DISQ

Canada was in fifth place halfway through the 2nd heat, but was disqualified in the official report for reasons not disclosed.

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on October 24) advanced to the final.

1.Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Martínez and Felix Altamirano  (MEX)4:15.01QF
2.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Rudolf Pěnkava and Svatopluk Skarupský  (TCH)4:20.19QF
3.Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Ivan Valov and Aleksandar Damyanov  (BUL)4:22.17QF
4.Flag of France.svg  Bernard Bouffinier and Jean-François Millot  (FRA)4:22.76
5.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tetsumasa Yamaguchi and Nobuatsu Yoshino  (JPN)4:29.54
6.Flag of the United States.svg  William Gates and Malcolm Hickox  (USA)4:33.49

Final

The final was held on October 25.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ivan Patzaichin and Serghei Covaliov  (ROU)4:07.18
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Wichmann and Gyula Petrikovics  (HUN)4:08.77
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Naum Prokupets and Mikhail Zamotin  (URS)4:11.30
4.Flag of Mexico.svg  Juan Martínez and Felix Altamirano  (MEX)4:15.24
5.Flag of Sweden.svg  Berndt Lindelöf and Erik Zeidlitz  (SWE)4:16.60
6.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Jürgen Harpke and Helmut Wagner  (GDR)4:22.53
7.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Roland Kapf and Klaus Lewandowsky  (FRG)4:26.36
8.Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Ivan Valov and Aleksandar Damyanov  (BUL)4:26.74
-Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Rudolf Pěnkava and Svatopluk Skarupský  (TCH)DISQ

Czechoslovakia was sixth at the halfway mark in the official report, but was disqualified for reasons not disclosed.

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