Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 17 teams entered in three heats on September 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals and the remaining eight teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 11. 1:44.53 QS2. 1:46.52 QS3. 1:48.75 QS4. 1:56.02 QR5. 2:01.08 QRHeat 21. 1:43.09 QS2. 1:43.83 QS3. 1:43.92 QS4. 1:46.30 QR5. 1:46.95 QR6. 1:48.90 QRHeat 31. 1:42.67 QS2. 1:42.80 QS3. 1:43.16 QS4. 1:44.91 QR5. 1:46.93 QR6. 1:51.48 QR

Repechages Taking place on September 26, the top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals.

Repechage 11. 1:52.63 QS2. 1:53.07 QS3. 1:53.36 QS4. 1:53.69 Repechage 21. 1:50.23 QS2. 1:50.44 QS3. 1:55.13 QS4. 2:05.58

Semifinals Three semifinals were held on September 28. The top three finishers from each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 11. 1:45.91 QF2. 1:45.99 QF3. 1:48.60 QF4. 1:50.31 5. 1:50.89 Semifinal 21. 1:45.16 QF2. 1:49.06 QF3. 1:50.14 QF4. 1:50.63 5. 1:53.32 Semifinal 31. 1:46.07 QF2. 1:46.25 QF3. 1:47.24 QF4. 1:47.70 5. 1:49.92

Final The final was held on September 30.

1:41.77 1:43.61 1:43.814. 1:44.325. 1:44.366. 1:44.857. 1:45.848. 1:45.909. 1:51.00

The Bulgarians false started from Lane 2 and the race had to be restarted.

References 1988 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. pp. 345–6. Sports-reference.com 1988 C-2 500 m results. YouTube.com replay of the 1988 final. - accessed 13 August 2009.