Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

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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.

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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  Birgit Fischer
and Katrin Wagner  (GER)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Katalin Kovács
and Szilvia Szabó  (HUN)
Flag of Poland.svg  Beata Sokołowska
and Aneta Pastuszka  (POL)

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
PlaceOverallNationAthletesTimeQual.
12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:42.557QF
23Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:42.905QF
37Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 1:45.491QF
48Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.527QS
511Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:47.735QS
612Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.647QS
713Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:55.757QS
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
PlaceOverallNationAthletesTimeQual.
11Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:42.298QF
24Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 1:43.204QF
35Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 1:44.476QF
46Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:45.250QS
59Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 1:46.942QS
610Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:47.356QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
PlaceAthleteNationHeatPlaceTimeQual.
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 211:42.298QF
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 111:42.557QF
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 121:42.905QF
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 221:43.204QF
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 231:44.476QF
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 241:45.250QS
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 131:45.491QF
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 141:45.527QS
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 251:46.942QS
10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 261:47.356QS
11Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 151:47.735QS
12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 161:48.647QS
13Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 171:55.757QS

Semifinal

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

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
PlaceNationAthletesTimeQual.
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 1:44.682QF
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 1:45.144QF
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 1:46.554QF
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova 1:47.370
5Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich 1:48.120
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin 1:48.300
7Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula 1:49.758

Final

The final was held on 1 October.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
PlaceNationAthletesTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner 1:56.996
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó 1:58.580
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka 1:58.784
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău 1:59.264
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux 2:01.046
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood 2:01.472
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez 2:04.208
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson 2:04.574
9Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina 2:04.994

Fischer made history in this race in three ways. First, she became 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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