Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 500 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 500 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 500 m		men		women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 500 m		men		women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov (EUN)	Ulrich Papke and Ingo Spelly (GER)	Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)

Results

Heats

15 teams entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 1
1.	Gheorghe Andriev and Nicolae Juravschi (ROU)	1:43.89	QF
2.	Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)	1:44.00	QF
3.	Didier Hoyer and Olivier Boivin (FRA)	1:44.46	QS
4.	Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov (EUN)	1:45.25	QS
5.	Arne Nielsson and Christian Frederiksen (DEN)	1:49.58	QS
6.	Juan Aballí and Fernando Zamora (CUB)	1:53.50	QS
7.	José Martínez and José Ramón Ferrer (MEX)	1:55.50	QS
8.	Katsuya Toyama and Tsunehisa Uchino (JPN)	1:55.69	QS
Heat 2
1.	Ulrich Papke and Ingo Spelly (GER)	1:40.53	QF
2.	Attila Pálizs and György Kolonics (HUN)	1:41.71	QF
3.	Jan Bartůněk and Waldemar Fibigr (TCH)	1:42.42	QS
4.	Larry Cain and David Frost (CAN)	1:43.12	QS
5.	Narcisco Suárez and Enrique Míguez (ESP)	1:43.63	QS
6.	Stewart Carr and James Terrell (USA)	1:46.85	QS
7.	Tomasz Darski and Andrzej Sołoducha (POL)	1:46.93	QS

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1
1.	Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov (EUN)	1:40.74	QF
2.	Arne Nielsson and Christian Frederiksen (DEN)	1:41.58	QF
3.	Jan Bartůněk and Waldemar Fibigr (TCH)	1:42.18	QF
4.	José Martínez and José Ramón Ferrer (MEX)	1:46.55
5.	Stewart Carr and James Terrell (USA)	1:46.62
6.	Katsuya Toyama and Tsunehisa Uchino (JPN)	1:47.58
Semifinal 2
1.	Didier Hoyer and Olivier Boivin (FRA)	1:42.09	QF
2.	Larry Cain and David Frost (CAN)	1:42.35	QF
3.	Tomasz Darski and Andrzej Sołoducha (POL)	1:42.72
4.	Enrique Míguez and Narcisco Suárez (ESP)	1:42.82
5.	Juan Aballí and Fernando Zamora (CUB)	1:43.04

Final

The final was held on August 7.

	Dmitri Dovgalenok and Aleksandr Maseikov (EUN)	1:41.54
	Ulrich Papke and Ingo Spelly (GER)	1:41.68
	Martin Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov (BUL)	1:41.94
4.	Gheorghe Andriev and Nicolae Juravschi (ROU)	1:42.84
5.	Arne Nielsson and Christian Frederiksen (DEN)	1:42.92
6.	Didier Hoyer and Olivier Boivin (FRA)	1:43.04
7.	Attila Pálizs and György Kolonics (HUN)	1:43.27
8.	Jan Bartůněk and Waldemar Fibigr (TCH)	1:44.70
9.	Larry Cain and David Frost (CAN)	1:45.76

References

• 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. pp. 143–4. (Catalan), (English), (French), & (Spanish)
• Sports-reference.com 1992 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.