Canoeing at the 1996 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 1996 Summer Olympics program.

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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 Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer
and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)
Flag of Romania.svg  Marcel Glăvan
and Antonel Borșan  (ROU)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Csaba Horváth
and György Kolonics  (HUN)

Results

Heats

17 teams entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals and the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Romania.svg  Marcel Glăvan and Antonel Borșan  (ROU)4:06.481QF
2.Flag of Hungary.svg  Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics  (HUN)4:08.709QF
3.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)4:12.789QS
4.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)4:15.529QS
5.Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Goliasz and Dariusz Koszykowski  (POL)4:22.181QS
6.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak  (KOR)4:23.961QS
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Giles and Dan Howe  (CAN)4:33.613QS
8.Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov  (UZB)4:43.221QS
9.Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Pieter Lehrer and Jacob Lehrer  (ANT)5:20.421QS
Heat 2
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)4:00.851QF
2.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrew Train and Stephen Train  (GBR)4:01.263QF
3.Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan  (CRO)4:02.831QS
4.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)4:05.203QS
5.Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov  (KAZ)4:10.399QS
6.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihriaev  (UKR)4:13.363QS
7.Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)4:25.183QS
8.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petr Fuksa and Pavel Bednář  (CZE)4:25.295QS

Semifinals

Two semifinals took place. The top two finishers from each semifinal and the fastest third-place finisher advanced directly to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Giles and Dan Howe  (CAN)3:45.077QF
2.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)3:45.129QF
3.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihriaev  (UKR)3:46.845
4.Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan  (CRO)3:48.677
5.Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Goliasz and Dariusz Koszykowski  (POL)3:48.721
6.Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov  (UZB)3:57.037
Semifinal 2
1.Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)3:44.008QF
2.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)3:44.628QF
3.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)3:45.616QF
4.Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov  (KAZ)3:51.360
5.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petr Fuksa and Pavel Bednář  (CZE)3:51.576
6.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak  (KOR)3:52.044

The Antiguan and Barbudan crew did not participate in the semifinal.

Final

The final was held on August 3.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)3:31.870
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Marcel Glăvan and Antonel Borșan  (ROU)3:32.294
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics  (HUN)3:32.514
4.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)3:34.382
5.Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)3:35.198
6.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrew Train and Stephen Train  (GBR)3:36.694
7.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)3:36.938
8.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)3:37.154
9.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Giles and Dan Howe  (CAN)3:46.102

Romania established an early lead, gradually expanding it through the 750 meter mark. Meanwhile, the Germans were in last place after 250 meters before moving up to fourth place at 500 meters. Gathering strength in the third quarter of the race, the Germans launched a sustained sprint to the finish that made up 2.15 seconds on the Romanians in the last 250 meters of the race to pass them right before the finish.

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