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Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men

Date31 July – 4 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationLake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Participants46 from 23 countries

Germany’s Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche were the reigning Olympic champions, as well as the 1989, 1993, and 1994 World Champions, and were favored to defend their title at the 1996 Games, but they would have to deal with a challenge from Italy’s Beniamino Bonomi and Daniele Scarpa, the reigning World Champions. Maciej Freimut of Poland, a 1992 Olympic runner-up, had a new partner in Adam Wysocki, with whom he had been third in this event at the 1995 World Championships. Poland was second to Italy in the opening heats, while Germany and the Hungarian duo of Krisztián Bártfai and Zsolt Gyulay,the 1995 World runners-up, took a third heat. The Hungarians and Poles were then fourth and third in respectively in semi-final heats won by Italy and Germany. Hungary led the final for most of the course, but a flurry of activity saw them passed by five other nations, most notably Germany, who charged towards the finish line and managed to hold off the Italians by a mere 0.032 seconds to defend their title and get their revenge on Scarpa, who had helped deny them gold in the K-1 1000 (Bonomi had spent that day winning silver in the K-1 1000). Australia’s Danny Collins and Andrew Trim, meanwhile, were the surprise bronze medalists, stealing third place from Russians Oleg Goroby and Anatoly Tishchenko by 0.268 seconds.

PosNumberPairNOCR1RepSFFinal
1132/141Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER1:31.361 (1 h2)1:29.883 (1 h2)1:28.697 (1)Gold
2176/185Beniamino Bonomi / Daniele ScarpaITA1:31.491 (1 h1)1:29.661 (1 h1)1:28.729 (2)Silver
3021/009Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS1:31.433 (2 h2)1:29.937 (2 h1)1:29.409 (3)Bronze
4267/263Oleg Goroby / Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:31.589 (3 h2)1:30.031 (2 h2)1:29.677 (4)
5230/237Maciej Freimut / Adam WysockiPOL1:32.463 (2 h1)1:30.243 (3 h2)1:29.937 (5)
6158/156Krisztián Bártfai / Zsolt GyulayHUN1:32.030 (1 h3)1:30.725 (4 h1)1:30.001 (6)
7254/255Daniel Stoian / Romică ȘerbanROU1:32.926 (2 h3)1:30.611 (4 h2)1:30.053 (7)
8042/041Milko Kazanov / Andrian DushevBUL1:36.801 (6 h2)1:37.928 (1 h1)1:30.641 (3 h1)1:30.513 (8)
9091/094Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard StaalDEN1:32.641 (4 h2)1:36.419 (1 h2)1:30.659 (5 h2)1:30.753 (9)
5 h1 r3/4104/109Jovino González / Gregorio VicenteESP1:32.791 (3 h1)1:31.137 (5 h1)
6 h1 r3/4324/322Stein Jorgensen / John MooneyUSA1:33.642 (3 h3)1:32.253 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4240/239Rui Fernandes / Joaquim QueirósPOR1:33.859 (5 h1)1:37.499 (3 h2)1:31.559 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/4083/086Karel Leština / Jiří PolívkaCZE1:34.107 (6 h1)1:37.119 (2 h2)1:32.517 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/4292/295Markus Oscarsson / Staffan MalmstenSWE1:33.411 (4 h1)1:39.176 (2 h1)1:31.811 (7 h2)
8 h1 r3/4205/206Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas MizerasLTU1:36.685 (5 h2)1:40.500 (3 h1)1:32.693 (8 h1)
8 h2 r3/4027/028David Taboureau / Mark VendeweyerBEL1:37.118 (5 h3)1:39.619 (5 h2)1:34.807 (8 h2)
9 h1 r3/4006/005Diego Cánepa / Sergio MangínARG1:38.594 (6 h3)1:39.535 (4 h2)1:37.177 (9 h1)
9 h2 r3/4331/330Akram Yurabayev / Vitaly AnosovUZB1:39.291 (7 h1)1:42.524 (4 h1)1:35.543 (9 h2)
5 h1 r2/4211/212Roberto Heinze Flamand / Ralph HeinzeMEX1:36.918 (4 h3)1:42.848 (5 h1)
6 h1 r2/4200/201Andrey Mitkovets / Yury UlyachenkoKGZ1:43.722 (8 h3)1:44.324 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/4196/194Ilfat Gatyatullin / Dmitry TorlopovKAZ1:37.833 (8 h2)1:40.215 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/4173/172Conor Maloney / Gary MawerIRL1:43.074 (7 h3)1:44.376 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/4063/064Xu Haifeng / Wu YubiaoCHN1:37.677 (7 h2)1:41.035 (7 h2)

Round One

Date31 July 1996
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time10:50
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Beniamino Bonomi / Daniele ScarpaITA1:31.49145.45 (2)46.041 (2)Q
21Maciej Freimut / Adam WysockiPOL1:32.46346.44 (6)46.023 (1)Q
36Jovino González / Gregorio VicenteESP1:32.79145.21 (1)47.581 (4)Q
43Markus Oscarsson / Staffan MalmstenSWE1:33.41145.97 (4)47.441 (3)
55Rui Fernandes / Joaquim QueirósPOR1:33.85945.71 (3)48.149 (6)
67Karel Leština / Jiří PolívkaCZE1:34.10746.23 (5)47.877 (5)
78Akram Yurabayev / Vitaly AnosovUZB1:39.29146.68 (7)52.611 (7)

Heat #2

Time11:00
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
18Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER1:31.36145.38 (4)45.981 (1)Q
22Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS1:31.43344.81 (2)46.623 (2)Q
33Oleg Goroby / Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:31.58944.51 (1)47.079 (3)Q
44Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard StaalDEN1:32.64145.09 (3)47.551 (4)
51Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas MizerasLTU1:36.68546.09 (6)50.595 (7)
66Milko Kazanov / Andrian DushevBUL1:36.80145.71 (5)51.091 (8)
77Xu Haifeng / Wu YubiaoCHN1:37.67747.15 (7)50.527 (6)
85Ilfat Gatyatullin / Dmitry TorlopovKAZ1:37.83347.42 (8)50.413 (5)

Heat #3

Time11:10
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Krisztián Bártfai / Zsolt GyulayHUN1:32.03044.77 (1)47.260 (1)Q
25Daniel Stoian / Romică ȘerbanROU1:32.92645.18 (2)47.746 (2)Q
37Stein Jorgensen / John MooneyUSA1:33.64245.73 (3)47.912 (3)Q
41Roberto Heinze Flamand / Ralph HeinzeMEX1:36.91846.85 (4)50.068 (6)
54David Taboureau / Mark VendeweyerBEL1:37.11848.11 (6)49.008 (4)
63Diego Cánepa / Sergio MangínARG1:38.59448.68 (8)49.914 (5)
78Conor Maloney / Gary MawerIRL1:43.07447.80 (5)55.274 (7)
86Andrey Mitkovets / Yury UlyachenkoKGZ1:43.72248.40 (7)55.322 (8)

Repêchage

Date31 July 1996
FormatTop four in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time15:30
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Milko Kazanov / Andrian DushevBUL1:37.92848.81 (3)49.118 (1)Q
25Markus Oscarsson / Staffan MalmstenSWE1:39.17648.38 (1)50.796 (2)Q
36Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas MizerasLTU1:40.50048.57 (2)51.930 (3)Q
47Akram Yurabayev / Vitaly AnosovUZB1:42.52449.08 (4)53.444 (6)Q
54Roberto Heinze Flamand / Ralph HeinzeMEX1:42.84849.91 (5)52.938 (4)
61Andrey Mitkovets / Yury UlyachenkoKGZ1:44.32451.36 (7)52.964 (5)
72Conor Maloney / Gary MawerIRL1:44.37650.68 (6)53.696 (7)

Heat #2

Time15:40
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard StaalDEN1:36.41948.23 (3)48.189 (1)Q
23Karel Leština / Jiří PolívkaCZE1:37.11947.78 (1)49.339 (2)Q
34Rui Fernandes / Joaquim QueirósPOR1:37.49948.00 (2)49.499 (3)Q
47Diego Cánepa / Sergio MangínARG1:39.53549.99 (7)49.545 (4)Q
56David Taboureau / Mark VendeweyerBEL1:39.61949.76 (6)49.859 (5)q
62Ilfat Gatyatullin / Dmitry TorlopovKAZ1:40.21548.53 (4)51.685 (6)
78Xu Haifeng / Wu YubiaoCHN1:41.03548.90 (5)52.135 (7)

Semi-Finals

Date2 August 1996
FormatTop four in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:10
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Beniamino Bonomi / Daniele ScarpaITA1:29.66144.61 (5)45.051 (1)Q
26Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS1:29.93744.35 (4)45.587 (3)Q
38Milko Kazanov / Andrian DushevBUL1:30.64145.11 (7)45.531 (2)Q
44Krisztián Bártfai / Zsolt GyulayHUN1:30.72543.59 (1)47.135 (5)Q
53Jovino González / Gregorio VicenteESP1:31.13743.88 (2)47.257 (6)
67Stein Jorgensen / John MooneyUSA1:32.25344.12 (3)48.133 (8)
72Karel Leština / Jiří PolívkaCZE1:32.51744.85 (6)47.667 (7)
89Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas MizerasLTU1:32.69345.71 (8)46.983 (4)
91Diego Cánepa / Sergio MangínARG1:37.17746.55 (9)50.627 (9)

Heat #2

Time10:20
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER1:29.88343.76 (2)46.123 (2)Q
27Oleg Goroby / Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:30.03144.17 (4)45.861 (1)Q
34Maciej Freimut / Adam WysockiPOL1:30.24343.96 (3)46.283 (4)Q
46Daniel Stoian / Romică ȘerbanROU1:30.61143.55 (1)47.061 (7)Q
53Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard StaalDEN1:30.65944.38 (5)46.279 (3)q
62Rui Fernandes / Joaquim QueirósPOR1:31.55944.60 (6)46.959 (5)
78Markus Oscarsson / Staffan MalmstenSWE1:31.81144.83 (7)46.981 (6)
89David Taboureau / Mark VendeweyerBEL1:34.80745.61 (9)49.197 (8)
91Akram Yurabayev / Vitaly AnosovUZB1:35.54345.09 (8)50.453 (9)

Final Round

Date4 August 1996 — 10:00
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER1:28.69743.34 (2)45.357 (5)
25Beniamino Bonomi / Daniele ScarpaITA1:28.72943.91 (4)44.819 (1)
36Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS1:29.40944.16 (5)45.249 (4)
43Oleg Goroby / Anatoly TishchenkoRUS1:29.67744.66 (7)45.017 (2)
52Maciej Freimut / Adam WysockiPOL1:29.93743.64 (3)46.297 (8)
68Krisztián Bártfai / Zsolt GyulayHUN1:30.00143.00 (1)47.001 (9)
71Daniel Stoian / Romică ȘerbanROU1:30.05344.87 (8)45.183 (3)
87Milko Kazanov / Andrian DushevBUL1:30.51344.42 (6)46.093 (7)
99Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard StaalDEN1:30.75345.23 (9)45.523 (6)