Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

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The men's C-2 500 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 Hungary.svg  György Kolonics
and Csaba Horváth  (HUN)
Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky
and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)
Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghe Andriev
and Grigore Obreja  (ROU)

Results

Heats

19 teams entered in three heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced to the semifinals while the remaining teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  György Kolonics and Csaba Horváth  (HUN)1:43.907QS
2.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)1:45.635QS
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Kabanov and Pavel Konovalov  (RUS)1:46.307QS
4.Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan  (CRO)1:47.235QR
5.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Attila Buday and Tamas Buday, Jr.  (CAN)1:47.551QR
6.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov  (BLR)1:47.923QR
7.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Bednář and Petr Fuksa  (CZE)1:47.955QR
Heat 2
1.Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)1:44.477QS
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)1:45.145QS
3.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)1:45.545QS
4.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)1:45.893QR
5.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak  (KOR)1:47.453QR
6.Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Marcin Kobierski  (POL)1:48.357QR
7.Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov  (UZB)1:51.929QR
Heat 3
1.Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja  (ROU)1:43.548QS
2.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihraiev  (UKR)1:46.652QS
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Cannone and Antonio Marmorino  (ITA)1:46.996QS
4.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrew Train and Stephen Train  (GBR)1:47.892QR
5.Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov  (KAZ)1:49.252QR

Repechages

Two repechages were held. The top four finishers from each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Attila Buday and Tamas Buday, Jr.  (CAN)1:49.820QS
2.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrew Train and Stephen Train  (GBR)1:50.476QS
3.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Bednář and Petr Fuksa  (CZE)1:50.480QS
4.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak  (KOR)1:50.776QS
5.Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Vladimir Shayslamov and Sergey Shayslamov  (UZB)1:52.768
Repechage 2
1.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov  (BLR)1:47.837QS
2.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)1:47.965QS
3.Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Marcin Kobierski  (POL)1:48.093QS
4.Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan  (CRO)1:50.473QS
5.Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov  (KAZ)1:51.533QS

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held. The top four finishers from each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja  (ROU)1:41.653QF
2.Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)1:42.029QF
3.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)1:42.397QF
4.Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Kabanov and Pavel Konovalov  (RUS)1:43.141QF
5.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)1:43.757QF
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Attila Buday and Tamas Buday, Jr.  (CAN)1:44.213
7.Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chang-Gyu and Jeon Gwang-Rak  (KOR)1:44.453
8.Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Marcin Kobierski  (POL)1:44.793
9.Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Cannone and Antonio Marmorino  (ITA)1:47.557
Semifinal 2
1.Flag of Hungary.svg  György Kolonics and Csaba Horváth  (HUN)1:42.186QF
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)1:43.650QF
3.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov  (BLR)1:43.938QF
4.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)1:44.130QF
5.Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Dražen Funtak and Ivan Šabjan  (CRO)1:44.770
6.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Bednář and Petr Fuksa  (CZE)1:44.902
7.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Andrew Train and Stephen Train  (GBR)1:45.638
8.Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Sergei Sergeyev and Kaysar Nurmaganbetov  (KAZ)1:45.998
9.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Lytvynenko and Oleksiy Ihraiev  (UKR)1:51.010

Final

The final was held on August 4.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  György Kolonics and Csaba Horváth  (HUN)1:40.420
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Viktor Reneysky and Nicolae Juravschi  (MDA)1:40.456
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja  (ROU)1:41.336
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach  (GER)1:41.760
5.Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov  (BUL)1:42.208
6.Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Kabanov and Pavel Konovalov  (RUS)1:42.496
7.Flag of Spain.svg  José Alfredo Bea and Oleg Shelestenko  (ESP)1:43.572
8.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Csaba Orosz and Peter Páleš  (SVK)1:44.116
9.Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov  (BLR)1:46.840

Juravschi, in his third Summer Olympics with his third different country, convinced his old partner Reneysky, who he won gold with in this event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in 1994 to compete with him. The pair lost to the gold-medal winning Hungarians in a photo-finish by less than two centimeters (0.75 inches). Prior to that Reneysky was a coach for Belarus

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