The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists edit
 Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
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 Ferenc Novákand Imre Pulai (HUN) |
 Daniel Jędraszkoand Paweł Baraszkiewicz (POL) |
 Mitică Pricopand Florin Popescu (ROU) |
Results edit
Heats edit
15 teams entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each heat advanced to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Poland
|
Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1:41.511 | QF |
| 2 |  Ukraine
|
Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin | 1:42.903 | QF |
| 3 |  Germany
|
Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske | 1:43.233 | QF |
| 4 |  Czech Republic
|
Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka | 1:44.175 | QS |
| 5 |  Spain
|
José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:44.973 | QS |
| 6 |  Croatia
|
Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak | 1:45.567 | QS |
| 7 |  Mexico
|
José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero | 1:45.927 | QS |
| 8 |  Canada
|
Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. | 1:46.557 | QS |
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Romania
|
Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu | 1:41.904 | QF |
| 2 |  Cuba
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Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira | 1:42.180 | QF |
| 3 | Hungary
|
Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai | 1:42.816 | QF |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan
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Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 1:45.810 | QS |
| 5 |  Great Britain
|
Andrew Train and Stephen Train | 1:46.986 | QS |
| 6 |  Russia
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Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 1:47.682 | QS |
| 7 |  Slovakia
|
Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil | 1:47.934 | QS |
Overall Results Heats
| Heats Overall Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Place | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Poland
|
Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1 | 1 | 1:41.511 | QF |
| 2 | Romania
|
Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu | 2 | 1 | 1:41.904 | QF |
| 3 | Cuba
|
Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira | 2 | 2 | 1:42.180 | QF |
| 4 | Hungary
|
Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai | 2 | 3 | 1:42.816 | QF |
| 5 | Ukraine
|
Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin | 1 | 2 | 1:42.903 | QF |
| 6 | Germany
|
Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske | 1 | 3 | 1:43.233 | QF |
| 7 | Czech Republic
|
Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka | 1 | 4 | 1:44.175 | QS |
| 8 | Spain
|
José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1 | 5 | 1:44.973 | QS |
| 9 | Croatia
|
Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak | 1 | 6 | 1:45.567 | QS |
| 10 | Kazakhstan
|
Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 2 | 4 | 1:45.810 | QS |
| 11 | Mexico
|
José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero | 1 | 7 | 1:45.927 | QS |
| 12 | Canada
|
Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. | 1 | 8 | 1:46.557 | QS |
| 13 | Great Britain
|
Andrew Train and Stephen Train | 2 | 5 | 1:46.986 | QS |
| 14 | Russia
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Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 2 | 6 | 1:47.682 | QS |
| 15 | Slovakia
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Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil | 2 | 7 | 1:47.934 | QS |
Semifinal edit
The top three finishers from the semifinal advanced to the final.
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Russia
|
Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 1:44.981 | QF |
| 2 | Spain
|
José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:45.677 | QF |
| 3 | Kazakhstan
|
Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 1:45.809 | QF |
| 4 | Czech Republic
|
Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka | 1:46.013 | |
| 5 | Mexico
|
José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero | 1:46.811 | |
| 6 | Croatia
|
Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak | 1:46.955 | |
| 7 | Canada
|
Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. | 1:47.525 | |
| 8 | Slovakia
|
Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil | 1:48.749 | |
| 9 | Great Britain
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Andrew Train and Stephen Train | 1:49.931 | |
Final edit
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Sunday 1 October 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | |
|
Hungary
|
Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai | 1:51.284 | |
|
Poland
|
Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1:51.536 | |
|
Romania
|
Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu | 1:54.260 | |
| 4 | Spain
|
José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:56.600 | |
| 5 | Germany
|
Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske | 1:59.294 | |
| 6 | Russia
|
Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 2:00.134 | |
| 7 | Kazakhstan
|
Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 2:01.436 | |
| 8 | Ukraine
|
Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin | 2:02.612 | |
| 9 | Cuba
|
Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira | 2:17.126 | |
Pulai and Novák were known as "The Monster and the Little Guy" because Pulai was 1.99 meters (6 ft. 6.25 in.) tall and weighed 97 kg (214 lbs) while Novák was 1.72 meters (5 ft. 8 in.) and weighed 77 kg (170 lbs). Pulai taped Novák's leg to the boat so that his partner would not fall to the strong winds blowing on the day of the final.
References edit
- 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 2000 C-2 500 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Doubles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 482.