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Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men

Date28 – 30 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationBassin olympique, Île Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec
Participants42 from 21 countries

The men’s K-2 500 was held for the first time at the Olympics in 1976 and, having won two of the last three World Championships, the Soviets were favored to take the inaugural crown at the Games. The nation was represented by Vladimir Romanovsky and Serhiy Nahorniy in Montreal. Poland’s Ryszard Oborski and Grzegorz Śledziewski, meanwhile, had won the 1974 World Championships, while Hungary’s József Deme and János Rátkai had been runners-up at the 1973 and 1974 Worlds, as well as in the K-2 1000 at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Romania, the 1973 World bronze medalist, repeated that feat in 1975 with Larion Serghei and Policarp Malîhin and sent them to compete at the 1976 Games. The only other nation to win World medals was East Germany (bronze in 1974, silver in 1975), who was represented by Bernd Olbricht and Joachim Mattern in Montreal.

The opening heats were won by Romania, the Belgian duo of Jean-Pierre Burny and Paul Hoekstra, and the East Germans, the latter of whom posted the round’s fastest time. Hoekstra had competed for the Netherlands through 1970, and had won a silver medal in the Olympic K-2 1000 in 1964, but began representing Belgium in 1971 and, with Burny, was runner-up in the K-2 500 at that year’s World Championships. Hungary and Poland, meanwhile, survived only through the repêchage. The Spanish duo of José Seguín and Guillermo del Riego surprised in the semi-final round by finishing in the fastest time, albeit only 0.01 seconds faster than the Soviets, while the East Germans won the third heat and helped eliminate Poland. The medal round was close, but not overly so, with East Germany, the Soviet Union, and Romania finishing in that order with at least a little breathing room. East Germany and the Soviet Union also won medals in the K-2 1000, but the results were flipped, with the former emerging victorious and the latter completing the course as runners-up.

PosNumberPairNOCR1RepSFFinal
176/77Bernd Olbricht / Joachim MatternGDR1:40.14 (1 h2)1:39.06 (1 h2)1:35.87 (1)GoldOB
2204/207Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey NagornyURS1:40.23 (2 h2)1:38.65 (1 h1)1:36.81 (2)Silver
3173/171Larion Serghei / Policarp MalîhinROU1:43.49 (1 h3)1:40.38 (3 h3)1:37.43 (3)Bronze
449/44José Seguín / Guillermo del RiegoESP1:41.24 (3 h2)1:38.64 (1 h3)1:38.50 (4)
5105/109József Deme / János RátkaiHUN1:42.75 (5 h2)1:42.51 (1 h1)1:38.92 (2 h1)1:38.81 (5)
6229/230Hannu Kojo / Kari MarkkanenFIN1:44.51 (2 h3)1:40.06 (3 h2)1:39.59 (6)
7179/182Anders Andersson / Lars AnderssonSWE1:42.56 (4 h2)1:43.60 (1 h2)1:39.86 (2 h2)1:39.63 (7)
84/5John Southwood / John SumegiAUS1:42.40 (2 h1)1:40.01 (2 h3)1:39.77 (8)
912/15Jean-Pierre Burny / Paul HoekstraBEL1:42.32 (1 h1)1:39.58 (3 h1)1:40.48 (9)
4 h1 r3/420/22Lazar Hristov / Borislav BorisovBUL1:46.02 (3 h3)1:42.21 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/4160/162Ryszard Oborski / Grzegorz ŚledziewskiPOL1:46.31 (6 h2)1:47.30 (2 h3)1:41.65 (4 h2)
4 h3 r3/431/35Denis Barré / Steve KingCAN1:46.47 (4 h3)1:47.21 (1 h3)1:41.47 (4 h3)
5 h1 r3/4123/128Paolo Lepori / Pier Duilio PuccettiITA1:49.59 (5 h3)1:45.30 (2 h2)1:43.51 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/483/92Rudolf Blaß / Erich PaschFRG1:48.89 (7 h1)1:46.12 (3 h1)1:42.64 (5 h2)
5 h3 r3/451/53Bruno Bicocchi / Antoine CiprianiFRA1:45.40 (4 h1)1:44.98 (2 h1)1:43.36 (5 h3)
6 h1 r3/4151/152Rod Gavin / John LeonardNZL1:47.03 (5 h1)1:47.45 (3 h3)1:45.61 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4100/101Arend Bloem / Lo JacobsNED1:44.88 (3 h1)1:43.63 (6 h2)
6 h3 r3/4137/140Juan Bostelmann / Hermelindo SotoMEX1:48.88 (6 h1)1:45.82 (3 h2)1:44.65 (6 h3)
4 h1 r2/4115/117Declan Burns / Brendan O'ConnellIRL1:56.86 (6 h3)1:47.56 (4 h1)
4 h3 r2/4215/218Michael Johnson / Bill LeachUSA1:55.10 (8 h1)1:49.95 (4 h3)
5 h3 r2/497/94Ng Hin Wan / Hui CheongHKG2:08.70 (7 h3)2:06.42 (5 h3)

Round One

Date28 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time11:10
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
16Jean-Pierre Burny / Paul HoekstraBEL1:42.3248.92 (2)53.40 (1)QOB
27John Southwood / John SumegiAUS1:42.4048.53 (1)53.87 (2)Q
33Arend Bloem / Lo JacobsNED1:44.8849.67 (4)55.21 (4)Q
41Bruno Bicocchi / Antoine CiprianiFRA1:45.4050.16 (5)55.24 (5)
55Rod Gavin / John LeonardNZL1:47.0352.07 (7)54.96 (3)
68Juan Bostelmann / Hermelindo SotoMEX1:48.8851.53 (6)57.35 (6)
74Rudolf Blaß / Erich PaschFRG1:48.8949.30 (3)59.59 (7)
82Michael Johnson / Bill LeachUSA1:55.1052.38 (8)1:02.72 (8)

Heat #2

Time11:20
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Bernd Olbricht / Joachim MatternGDR1:40.1449.19 (3)50.95 (1)QOB
23Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey NagornyURS1:40.2348.50 (1)51.73 (2)Q
35José Seguín / Guillermo del RiegoESP1:41.2448.82 (2)52.42 (4)Q
48Anders Andersson / Lars AnderssonSWE1:42.5649.93 (5)52.63 (5)
52József Deme / János RátkaiHUN1:42.7550.37 (6)52.38 (3)
64Ryszard Oborski / Grzegorz ŚledziewskiPOL1:46.3149.56 (4)56.75 (6)

Heat #3

Time11:30
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Larion Serghei / Policarp MalîhinROU1:43.4949.11 (1)54.38 (1)Q
22Hannu Kojo / Kari MarkkanenFIN1:44.5150.02 (3)54.49 (2)Q
34Lazar Hristov / Borislav BorisovBUL1:46.0250.57 (4)55.45 (3)Q
43Denis Barré / Steve KingCAN1:46.4749.54 (2)56.93 (4)
57Paolo Lepori / Pier Duilio PuccettiITA1:49.5951.26 (5)58.33 (5)
66Declan Burns / Brendan O'ConnellIRL1:56.8652.00 (6)1:04.86 (6)
71Ng Hin Wan / Hui CheongHKG2:08.701:00.56 (7)1:08.14 (7)

Repêchage

Date28 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time17:00
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14József Deme / János RátkaiHUN1:42.5150.01 (1)52.50 (1)Q
21Bruno Bicocchi / Antoine CiprianiFRA1:44.9850.36 (2)54.62 (2)Q
32Rudolf Blaß / Erich PaschFRG1:46.1250.69 (3)55.43 (3)Q
43Declan Burns / Brendan O'ConnellIRL1:47.5651.60 (4)55.96 (4)

Heat #2

Time17:10
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Anders Andersson / Lars AnderssonSWE1:43.6049.70 (1)53.90 (3)Q
21Paolo Lepori / Pier Duilio PuccettiITA1:45.3051.80 (2)53.50 (1)Q
33Juan Bostelmann / Hermelindo SotoMEX1:45.8252.30 (3)53.52 (2)Q

Heat #3

Time17:20
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11Denis Barré / Steve KingCAN1:47.2148.64 (1)58.57 (4)Q
23Ryszard Oborski / Grzegorz ŚledziewskiPOL1:47.3048.91 (2)58.39 (2)Q
32Rod Gavin / John LeonardNZL1:47.4550.43 (3)57.02 (1)Q
44Michael Johnson / Bill LeachUSA1:49.9551.54 (4)58.41 (3)
55Ng Hin Wan / Hui CheongHKG2:06.4259.63 (5)1:06.79 (5)

Semi-Finals

Date30 July 1976
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time11:30
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
16Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey NagornyURS1:38.6548.08 (1)50.57 (2)QOB
25József Deme / János RátkaiHUN1:38.9248.91 (4)50.01 (1)Q
34Jean-Pierre Burny / Paul HoekstraBEL1:39.5848.49 (2)51.09 (3)Q
42Lazar Hristov / Borislav BorisovBUL1:42.2148.70 (3)53.51 (4)
51Paolo Lepori / Pier Duilio PuccettiITA1:43.5149.59 (5)53.92 (5)
63Rod Gavin / John LeonardNZL1:45.6150.07 (6)55.54 (6)

Heat #2

Time11:40
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Bernd Olbricht / Joachim MatternGDR1:39.0648.51 (2)50.55 (1)Q
23Anders Andersson / Lars AnderssonSWE1:39.8648.71 (3)51.15 (3)Q
36Hannu Kojo / Kari MarkkanenFIN1:40.0649.25 (5)50.81 (2)Q
41Ryszard Oborski / Grzegorz ŚledziewskiPOL1:41.6548.97 (4)52.68 (4)
54Rudolf Blaß / Erich PaschFRG1:42.6448.23 (1)54.41 (6)
65Arend Bloem / Lo JacobsNED1:43.6349.99 (6)53.64 (5)

Heat #3

Time11:50
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
11José Seguín / Guillermo del RiegoESP1:38.6447.61 (2)51.03 (1)QOB
23John Southwood / John SumegiAUS1:40.0147.85 (3)52.16 (2)Q
34Larion Serghei / Policarp MalîhinROU1:40.3847.33 (1)53.05 (4)Q
42Denis Barré / Steve KingCAN1:41.4748.08 (4)53.39 (5)
56Bruno Bicocchi / Antoine CiprianiFRA1:43.3648.82 (5)54.54 (6)
65Juan Bostelmann / Hermelindo SotoMEX1:44.6551.66 (6)52.99 (3)

Final Round

Date30 July 1976 — 17:30
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Bernd Olbricht / Joachim MatternGDR1:35.8748.05 (=4)47.82 (1)OB
24Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey NagornyURS1:36.8148.05 (=4)48.76 (2)
32Larion Serghei / Policarp MalîhinROU1:37.4347.37 (2)50.06 (4)
48José Seguín / Guillermo del RiegoESP1:38.5046.71 (1)51.79 (7)
53József Deme / János RátkaiHUN1:38.8148.82 (8)49.99 (3)
69Hannu Kojo / Kari MarkkanenFIN1:39.5949.19 (9)50.40 (5)
76Anders Andersson / Lars AnderssonSWE1:39.6348.43 (=6)51.20 (6)
81John Southwood / John SumegiAUS1:39.7747.71 (3)52.06 (9)
97Jean-Pierre Burny / Paul HoekstraBEL1:40.4848.43 (=6)52.05 (8)