| | Event type
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men
| Date | 4 – 5 August 2021 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 32 from 14 countries |
This is one of the four events to be held at every Summer Games since canoeing was introduced in 1936, making its 20th appearance in 2021. The reigning world champions, Max Hoff and Jacob Schopf, and reigning Olympic champions, Max Rendschmidt and Marcus Gross, were all from Germany, but only Hoff and Schopf competed in Tokyo. Their main rivals were expected to come from Spain’s Francisco Cubelos and Inigo Pena, the silver medallists at the 2018 and 2019 ICF World Championships.
In the preliminaries, the Spaniards won their heat, but the Germans were surprisingly defeated by an unknown pair of 22-year-olds from Australia, Thomas Green and the South African-born Jean van der Westhuyzen. Van der Westhuyzen grew up idolising Hoff, and even had his picture as his screen saver on his mobile phone.
The Australians and Germans both won their heats in the semi-finals, and everybody eagerly anticipated their battle in the A Final, and they were not disappointed. Australia took the lead right from the start and, after a close-fought race with the German pair, Green and van der Westhuyzen finally claimed a surprise gold medal. The Czech pair of Radek Slouf and Josef Dostal were not only team-mates but were also best friends, and they won the bronze.
It was the first international regatta for Green and van der Westhuyzen as a K-2 combination. Due to the global pandemic situation, and Australia’s tough lockdown laws, the duo trained and prepared only at home for the previous two seasons, not being able to figure on the international canoeing scene. This made their achievement more surprising and remarkable, as they won Australia´s first ever Olympic gold medal in this event.
| Pos | Number | Pair | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
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| 1 | 9/6 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green |  AUS | 3:08.773 (1 h1) | – | 3:17.077 (1 h1) | 3:15.280 (1 h1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 114/120 | Max Hoff / Jacob Schopf |  GER | 3:09.830 (2 h1) | – | 3:17.554 (1 h2) | 3:15.584 (2 h1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 79/82 | Josef Dostál / Radek Šlouf |  CZE | 3:13.425 (2 h2) | – | 3:18.240 (4 h1) | 3:16.106 (3 h1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 134/133 | Bence Nádas / Bálint Kopasz |  HUN | 3:11.877 (1 h2) | – | 3:18.316 (2 h2) | 3:16.535 (4 h1) | |||
| 5 | 174/176 | Max Brown / Kurtis Imrie |  NZL | 3:17.210 (4 h1) | 3:10.220 (2 h1) | 3:17.684 (2 h1) | 3:17.267 (5 h1) | |||
| 6 | 91/95 | Francisco Cubelos / Íñigo Peña |  ESP | 3:10.138 (1 h3) | – | 3:19.133 (4 h2) | 3:17.327 (6 h1) | |||
| 7 | 25/29 | Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia |  BLR | 3:18.952 (5 h1) | 3:10.126 (1 h1) | 3:18.875 (3 h2) | 3:17.769 (7 h1) | |||
| 8 | 59/57 | Wang Congkang / Bu Tingkai |  CHN | 3:10.292 (2 h3) | – | 3:17.784 (3 h1) | 3:19.612 (8 h1) | |||
| 9 | 200/207 | Roman Anoshkin / Maksim Spesivtsev |  ROC | 3:20.610 (3 h3) | 3:14.045 (4 h1) | – | 3:19.680 (1 h2) | |||
| 10 | 225/226 | Samuel Baláž / Adam Botek |  SVK | 3:13.982 (3 h1) | 3:11.458 (2 h2) | 3:20.917 (6 h2) | 3:21.087 (2 h2) | |||
| 11 | 149/148 | Samuele Burgo / Luca Beccaro |  ITA | 3:28.047 (4 h2) | 3:12.667 (3 h1) | 3:20.591 (5 h1) | 3:22.408 (3 h2) | |||
| 12 | 130/136 | Kornél Béke / Ádám Varga | HUN | 3:26.732 (4 h3) | 3:15.225 (3 h2) | 3:20.197 (5 h2) | 3:24.223 (4 h2) | |||
| 13 | 5/10 | Riley Fitzsimmons / Jordan Wood | AUS | 3:18.453 (3 h2) | 3:10.619 (1 h2) | 3:21.860 (6 h1) | 3:24.757 (5 h2) | |||
| 14 | 44/43 | Brian Malfesi / Vincent Jourdenais |  CAN | 3:22.068 (6 h1) | 3:15.736 (4 h2) | – | 3:25.181 (6 h2) | |||
| 15 | 103/102 | Étienne Hubert / Guillaume Burger |  FRA | 3:29.296 (5 h2) | 3:18.284 (5 h1) | – | 3:32.690 (7 h2) | |||
| 16 | 215/216 | Tuva'a Clifton / Rudolf Berking-Williams |  SAM | 3:55.617 (5 h3) | 3:46.523 (5 h2) | – | 3:56.171 (8 h2) |
Round One
| Date | 4 August 2021 — 11:22 |
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| Format | First two in each heat to semi-finals, all others to quarter-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 11:22 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 3:08.773 | 44.76 (4) | 1:31.89 (2) | 2:20.69 (1) | 47.13 (1) | 48.80 (2) | 48.08 (1) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Max Hoff / Jacob Schopf | GER | 3:09.830 | 44.73 (2) | 1:32.53 (3) | 2:21.09 (3) | 47.80 (4) | 48.56 (1) | 48.74 (2) | ||
| 3 | 4 | Samuel Baláž / Adam Botek | SVK | 3:13.982 | 44.04 (1) | 1:31.51 (1) | 2:20.97 (2) | 47.47 (2) | 49.46 (4) | 53.01 (3) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Max Brown / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 3:17.210 | 44.75 (3) | 1:32.53 (3) | 2:23.51 (4) | 47.78 (3) | 50.98 (6) | 53.70 (4) | ||
| 5 | 3 | Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia | BLR | 3:18.952 | 45.21 (5) | 1:33.31 (5) | 2:23.93 (5) | 48.10 (5) | 50.62 (5) | 55.02 (5) | ||
| 6 | 6 | Brian Malfesi / Vincent Jourdenais | CAN | 3:22.068 | 47.27 (6) | 1:37.55 (6) | 2:26.72 (6) | 50.28 (6) | 49.17 (3) | 55.34 (6) |
Heat #2
| Time | 11:30 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Bence Nádas / Bálint Kopasz | HUN | 3:11.877 | 45.07 (2) | 1:32.35 (1) | 2:21.05 (1) | 47.28 (1) | 48.70 (1) | 50.82 (1) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Josef Dostál / Radek Šlouf | CZE | 3:13.425 | 45.16 (3) | 1:32.57 (2) | 2:21.27 (2) | 47.41 (2) | 48.70 (1) | 52.15 (2) | ||
| 3 | 6 | Riley Fitzsimmons / Jordan Wood | AUS | 3:18.453 | 44.73 (1) | 1:33.01 (3) | 2:23.28 (3) | 48.28 (3) | 50.27 (3) | 55.17 (3) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Samuele Burgo / Luca Beccaro | ITA | 3:28.047 | 46.18 (4) | 1:34.91 (4) | 2:27.88 (4) | 48.73 (4) | 52.97 (4) | 1:00.16 (5) | ||
| 5 | 4 | Étienne Hubert / Guillaume Burger | FRA | 3:29.296 | 46.48 (5) | 1:37.94 (5) | 2:31.75 (5) | 51.46 (5) | 53.81 (5) | 57.54 (4) |
Heat #3
| Time | 11:38 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Francisco Cubelos / Íñigo Peña | ESP | 3:10.138 | 45.25 (2) | 1:33.63 (3) | 2:21.44 (1) | 48.38 (3) | 47.81 (1) | 48.69 (2) | ||
| 2 | 6 | Wang Congkang / Bu Tingkai | CHN | 3:10.292 | 45.35 (3) | 1:33.13 (2) | 2:21.81 (2) | 47.78 (1) | 48.68 (2) | 48.48 (1) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Roman Anoshkin / Maksim Spesivtsev | ROC | 3:20.610 | 44.99 (1) | 1:32.78 (1) | 2:22.69 (3) | 47.79 (2) | 49.91 (3) | 57.92 (4) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Kornél Béke / Ádám Varga | HUN | 3:26.732 | 45.85 (4) | 1:34.77 (4) | 2:28.94 (4) | 48.92 (4) | 54.17 (4) | 57.79 (3) | ||
| 5 | 2 | Tuva'a Clifton / Rudolf Berking-Williams | SAM | 3:55.617 | 55.47 (5) | 1:55.86 (5) | 2:56.26 (5) | 1:00.39 (5) | 1:00.40 (5) | 59.35 (5) |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 4 August 2021 — 13:18 |
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| Format | First three to semi-finals, all others to Final B. |
Heat #1
| Time | 13:18 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia | BLR | 3:10.126 | 45.25 (2) | 1:33.08 (2) | 2:21.19 (1) | 47.83 (1) | 48.11 (1) | 48.93 (2) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Max Brown / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 3:10.220 | 44.82 (1) | 1:32.95 (1) | 2:21.54 (2) | 48.13 (2) | 48.59 (2) | 48.68 (1) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Samuele Burgo / Luca Beccaro | ITA | 3:12.667 | 46.05 (3) | 1:34.73 (4) | 2:23.46 (3) | 48.68 (4) | 48.73 (3) | 49.20 (3) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Roman Anoshkin / Maksim Spesivtsev | ROC | 3:14.045 | 46.25 (4) | 1:34.71 (3) | 2:24.02 (4) | 48.46 (3) | 49.31 (4) | 50.02 (5) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Étienne Hubert / Guillaume Burger | FRA | 3:18.284 | 47.12 (5) | 1:37.88 (5) | 2:28.88 (5) | 50.76 (5) | 51.00 (5) | 49.40 (4) |
Heat #2
| Time | 13:26 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Riley Fitzsimmons / Jordan Wood | AUS | 3:10.619 | 44.64 (1) | 1:32.39 (1) | 2:21.57 (1) | 47.75 (1) | 49.18 (3) | 49.04 (2) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Samuel Baláž / Adam Botek | SVK | 3:11.458 | 44.82 (2) | 1:33.20 (2) | 2:21.97 (2) | 48.38 (2) | 48.77 (2) | 49.48 (3) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Kornél Béke / Ádám Varga | HUN | 3:15.225 | 45.68 (3) | 1:35.61 (3) | 2:26.54 (4) | 49.93 (3) | 50.93 (4) | 48.68 (1) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Brian Malfesi / Vincent Jourdenais | CAN | 3:15.736 | 46.79 (4) | 1:37.90 (4) | 2:26.13 (3) | 51.11 (4) | 48.23 (1) | 49.60 (4) | ||
| 5 | 2 | Tuva'a Clifton / Rudolf Berking-Williams | SAM | 3:46.523 | 53.40 (5) | 1:51.29 (5) | 2:49.21 (5) | 57.89 (5) | 57.92 (5) | 57.31 (5) |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 5 August 2021 — 10:26 |
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| Format | First four in each heat to Final A, all others to Final B. |
Heat #1
| Time | 10:26 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 3:17.077 | 45.37 (1) | 1:34.27 (1) | 2:25.65 (1) | 48.90 (1) | 51.38 (3) | 51.42 (5) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Max Brown / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 3:17.684 | 46.52 (4) | 1:36.23 (3) | 2:28.11 (4) | 49.71 (3) | 51.88 (4) | 49.57 (1) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wang Congkang / Bu Tingkai | CHN | 3:17.784 | 47.45 (6) | 1:36.79 (5) | 2:27.70 (3) | 49.34 (2) | 50.91 (1) | 50.08 (2) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Josef Dostál / Radek Šlouf | CZE | 3:18.240 | 46.50 (3) | 1:36.28 (4) | 2:27.25 (2) | 49.78 (4) | 50.97 (2) | 50.99 (4) | ||
| 5 | 7 | Samuele Burgo / Luca Beccaro | ITA | 3:20.591 | 47.15 (5) | 1:37.56 (6) | 2:29.67 (6) | 50.41 (6) | 52.11 (5) | 50.92 (3) | ||
| 6 | 6 | Riley Fitzsimmons / Jordan Wood | AUS | 3:21.860 | 46.24 (2) | 1:36.16 (2) | 2:28.31 (5) | 49.92 (5) | 52.15 (6) | 53.55 (6) |
Heat #2
| Time | 10:34 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Max Hoff / Jacob Schopf | GER | 3:17.554 | 46.26 (2) | 1:36.45 (3) | 2:26.64 (1) | 50.19 (4) | 50.19 (2) | 50.91 (3) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Bence Nádas / Bálint Kopasz | HUN | 3:18.316 | 46.55 (3) | 1:35.91 (2) | 2:26.70 (2) | 49.36 (1) | 50.79 (3) | 51.61 (4) | ||
| 3 | 6 | Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia | BLR | 3:18.875 | 47.28 (5) | 1:37.81 (5) | 2:29.11 (6) | 50.53 (5) | 51.30 (4) | 49.76 (1) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Francisco Cubelos / Íñigo Peña | ESP | 3:19.133 | 47.48 (6) | 1:38.36 (6) | 2:28.27 (5) | 50.88 (6) | 49.91 (1) | 50.86 (2) | ||
| 5 | 7 | Kornél Béke / Ádám Varga | HUN | 3:20.197 | 46.91 (4) | 1:36.68 (4) | 2:28.01 (4) | 49.77 (2) | 51.33 (5) | 52.18 (5) | ||
| 6 | 2 | Samuel Baláž / Adam Botek | SVK | 3:20.917 | 45.49 (1) | 1:35.47 (1) | 2:27.50 (3) | 49.98 (3) | 52.03 (6) | 53.41 (6) |
Final Round
| Date | 5 August 2021 — 12:47 |
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Final A
| Time | 12:55 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 3:15.280 | 45.66 (1) | 1:34.54 (1) | 2:25.31 (1) | 48.88 (1) | 50.77 (5) | 49.97 (4) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Max Hoff / Jacob Schopf | GER | 3:15.584 | 46.03 (2) | 1:35.71 (3) | 2:25.38 (2) | 49.68 (4) | 49.67 (1) | 50.20 (7) | ||
| 3 | 1 | Josef Dostál / Radek Šlouf | CZE | 3:16.106 | 46.90 (6) | 1:35.79 (4) | 2:26.19 (3) | 48.89 (2) | 50.40 (2) | 49.91 (3) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Bence Nádas / Bálint Kopasz | HUN | 3:16.535 | 46.30 (3) | 1:35.47 (2) | 2:26.52 (4) | 49.17 (3) | 51.05 (6) | 50.01 (5) | ||
| 5 | 3 | Max Brown / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 3:17.267 | 46.49 (4) | 1:36.88 (5) | 2:27.95 (6) | 50.39 (7) | 51.07 (7) | 49.31 (2) | ||
| 6 | 8 | Francisco Cubelos / Íñigo Peña | ESP | 3:17.327 | 46.86 (5) | 1:37.62 (7) | 2:28.31 (7) | 50.76 (8) | 50.69 (3) | 49.01 (1) | ||
| 7 | 2 | Mikita Borykau / Aleh Yurenia | BLR | 3:17.769 | 47.01 (7) | 1:37.02 (6) | 2:27.74 (5) | 50.01 (5) | 50.72 (4) | 50.02 (6) | ||
| 8 | 7 | Wang Congkang / Bu Tingkai | CHN | 3:19.612 | 47.61 (8) | 1:37.81 (8) | 2:29.27 (8) | 50.20 (6) | 51.46 (8) | 50.34 (8) |
Final B
| Time | 12:47 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Roman Anoshkin / Maksim Spesivtsev | ROC | 3:19.680 | 46.72 (3) | 1:36.69 (1) | 2:27.83 (1) | 49.97 (1) | 51.14 (1) | 51.85 (3) | ||
| 2 | 6 | Samuel Baláž / Adam Botek | SVK | 3:21.087 | 46.49 (1) | 1:37.55 (2) | 2:29.33 (2) | 51.06 (3) | 51.78 (2) | 51.75 (2) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Samuele Burgo / Luca Beccaro | ITA | 3:22.408 | 47.48 (5) | 1:38.40 (4) | 2:30.40 (3) | 50.92 (2) | 52.00 (3) | 52.00 (4) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Kornél Béke / Ádám Varga | HUN | 3:24.223 | 46.95 (4) | 1:39.12 (5) | 2:32.08 (5) | 52.17 (5) | 52.96 (4) | 52.14 (5) | ||
| 5 | 3 | Riley Fitzsimmons / Jordan Wood | AUS | 3:24.757 | 46.66 (2) | 1:37.76 (3) | 2:30.88 (4) | 51.10 (4) | 53.12 (5) | 53.87 (6) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Brian Malfesi / Vincent Jourdenais | CAN | 3:25.181 | 48.05 (6) | 1:40.24 (6) | 2:33.67 (6) | 52.19 (6) | 53.43 (6) | 51.51 (1) | ||
| 7 | 8 | Étienne Hubert / Guillaume Burger | FRA | 3:32.690 | 49.35 (7) | 1:42.90 (7) | 2:37.93 (7) | 53.55 (7) | 55.03 (7) | 54.76 (7) | ||
| 8 | 1 | Tuva'a Clifton / Rudolf Berking-Williams | SAM | 3:56.171 | 52.27 (8) | 1:53.54 (8) | 2:54.87 (8) | 1:01.27 (8) | 1:01.33 (8) | 1:01.30 (8) |