| Date | 30 July – 3 August 1996 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia |
| Participants | 48 from 24 countries |
Germany’s Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche were the defending Olympic champions in the K-2 1000, as well as the 1993 World Champions and the 1995 runners-up. Italy’s Daniele Scarpa and Antonio Rossi, meanwhile, were the 1995 World Champions and the 1993 and 1994 runners-up. These two nations were the favorites in the event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and were joined in winning their heats in the opening round by Australia’s Grant Leury and Peter Scott.
Italy won the first heat in the semi-finals, nearly eliminating Leury and Scott in the process, who survived only by being the fastest of the fifth place finishers. The Germans, meanwhile, were bested by both Dariusz Białkowski and Grzegorz Kotowicz of Poland, the 1995 World bronze medalists, and Patrick Lancereau and Pierre Lubac of France. The Italians were dominant in the medal round, winning gold by nearly a second and a half over the Germans, who settled for silver. The race for the final podium spot, meanwhile, turned into a three-way battle between Bulgarians Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov, Poland, and France, who finished in that order, 0.196 apart.
Although Bluhm and Gutsche failed to defend their crown, they would have their revenge against Scarpa in the K-2 500, where they took gold over Italy by a mere 0.032 seconds. Rossi, meanwhile, would go on to become a double Olympic champion by winning the K-1 500 the following day.
| Pos | Pair | NOC | R1 | Rep | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Rossi / Daniele Scarpa |  ITA | 3:33.786 (1 h1) | – | 3:16.848 (1 h1) | 3:09.190 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche |  GER | 3:39.388 (1 h2) | – | 3:19.394 (3 h2) | 3:10.518 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Andrian Dushev / Milko Kazanov |  BUL | 3:39.914 (3 h1) | – | 3:18.480 (3 h1) | 3:11.206 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz Białkowski |  POL | 3:37.986 (2 h1) | – | 3:18.026 (1 h2) | 3:11.262 (4) | |||
| 5 | Pierre Lubac / Patrick Lancereau |  FRA | 3:40.198 (2 h3) | – | 3:18.722 (2 h2) | 3:11.402 (5) | |||
| 6 | Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard Staal |  DEN | 3:41.640 (2 h2) | – | 3:17.420 (2 h1) | 3:12.054 (6) | |||
| 7 | Peter Scott / Grant Leury |  AUS | 3:40.114 (1 h3) | – | 3:19.056 (5 h1) | 3:13.054 (7) | |||
| 8 | Staffan Malmsten / Markus Oscarsson |  SWE | 3:44.174 (4 h3) | 3:34.480 (2 h1) | 3:19.606 (4 h2) | 3:14.182 (8) | |||
| 9 | Róbert Hegedűs / Péter Almási |  HUN | 3:40.754 (3 h3) | – | 3:18.524 (4 h1) | 3:14.282 (9) | |||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | John Mooney / Peter Newton |  USA | 3:46.852 (4 h2) | 3:34.424 (1 h2) | 3:19.834 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | Juraj Kadnár / Attila Szabó |  SVK | 3:49.026 (6 h1) | 3:34.436 (2 h2) | 3:20.904 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | Rui Fernandes / Joaquim Queirós |  POR | 3:59.390 (9 h1) | 3:36.488 (5 h2) | 3:22.270 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r3/4 | Petr Hruška / René Kučera |  CZE | 3:42.882 (4 h1) | 3:35.216 (3 h1) | 3:21.384 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r3/4 | Aleksandr Ivanik / Andrey Tissin |  RUS | 3:46.558 (6 h3) | 3:35.200 (3 h2) | 3:22.306 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h1 r3/4 | Juan José Román / Juan Sánchez |  ESP | 3:43.970 (5 h1) | 3:36.264 (4 h2) | 3:24.032 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r3/4 | Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas Mizeras |  LTU | 3:51.842 (7 h3) | 3:38.428 (4 h1) | 3:24.462 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 9 h1 r3/4 | Abelardo Sztrum / Javier Correa |  ARG | 3:49.864 (5 h2) | 3:34.244 (1 h1) | 3:28.128 (9 h1) | – | |||
| 9 h2 r3/4 | Grayson Bourne / Paul Darby-Dowman |  GBR | 3:43.384 (3 h2) | – | 3:25.346 (9 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | Yevgeny Yegorov / Sergey Skrypnik |  KAZ | 3:50.394 (7 h1) | 3:40.040 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | Conor Maloney / Gary Mawer |  IRL | 4:03.432 (6 h2) | 3:40.656 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | David Taboureau / Mark Vendeweyer |  BEL | 3:44.778 (5 h3) | 3:36.976 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/4 | Xu Haifeng / Wu Yubiao |  CHN | 3:50.978 (8 h1) | 3:41.196 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/4 | Andrey Mitkovets / Yury Ulyachenko |  KGZ | 4:08.916 (7 h2) | 3:44.200 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 8 h1 r2/4 | Rafael Islamov / Vladimir Alimdyanov |  UZB | 4:01.522 (8 h3) | 3:43.320 (8 h1) | – | – |
| Date | 30 July 1996 |
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| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Time | 11:50 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Rossi / Daniele Scarpa | ITA | 3:33.786 | 50.42 (1) | 1:44.88 (1) | 2:39.14 (1) | 54.46 (5) | 54.26 (1) | 54.646 (2) | ||
| 2 | Dariusz Białkowski / Grzegorz Kotowicz | POL | 3:37.986 | 50.72 (2) | 1:45.15 (2) | 2:40.02 (2) | 54.43 (4) | 54.87 (2) | 57.966 (3) | ||
| 3 | Milko Kazanov / Andrian Dushev | BUL | 3:39.914 | 51.08 (3) | 1:45.44 (3) | 2:40.40 (3) | 54.36 (2) | 54.96 (3) | 59.514 (6) | ||
| 4 | Petr Hruška / René Kučera | CZE | 3:42.882 | 51.79 (4) | 1:47.15 (4) | 2:44.55 (4) | 55.36 (6) | 57.40 (5) | 58.332 (4) | ||
| 5 | Juan José Román / Juan Sánchez | ESP | 3:43.970 | 52.57 (6) | 1:49.78 (8) | 2:45.11 (5) | 57.21 (8) | 55.33 (4) | 58.860 (5) | ||
| 6 | Juraj Kadnár / Attila Szabó | SVK | 3:49.026 | 54.15 (9) | 1:47.84 (6) | 2:48.54 (6) | 53.69 (1) | 1:00.70 (6) | 1:00.486 (8) | ||
| 7 | Yevgeny Yegorov / Sergey Skrypnik | KAZ | 3:50.394 | 53.48 (8) | 1:50.97 (9) | 2:56.87 (9) | 57.49 (9) | 1:05.90 (9) | 53.524 (1) | ||
| 8 | Xu Haifeng / Wu Yubiao | CHN | 3:50.978 | 52.18 (5) | 1:48.56 (7) | 2:50.65 (7) | 56.38 (7) | 1:02.09 (7) | 1:00.328 (7) | ||
| 9 | Rui Fernandes / Joaquim Queirós | POR | 3:59.390 | 53.03 (7) | 1:47.45 (5) | 2:51.49 (8) | 54.42 (3) | 1:04.04 (8) | 1:07.900 (9) |
| Time | 12:00 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche | GER | 3:39.388 | 51.07 (1) | 1:46.23 (1) | 2:43.51 (1) | 55.16 (=1) | 57.28 (3) | 55.878 (1) | ||
| 2 | Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard Staal | DEN | 3:41.640 | 51.46 (2) | 1:46.62 (2) | 2:43.84 (2) | 55.16 (=1) | 57.22 (2) | 57.800 (3) | ||
| 3 | Grayson Bourne / Paul Darby-Dowman | GBR | 3:43.384 | 55.43 (7) | 1:50.79 (4) | 2:47.21 (3) | 55.36 (3) | 56.42 (1) | 56.174 (2) | ||
| 4 | John Mooney / Peter Newton | USA | 3:46.852 | 51.83 (3) | 1:48.52 (3) | 2:47.42 (4) | 56.69 (4) | 58.90 (5) | 59.432 (5) | ||
| 5 | Abelardo Sztrum / Javier Correa | ARG | 3:49.864 | 54.61 (5) | 1:52.66 (5) | 2:51.38 (5) | 58.05 (5) | 58.72 (4) | 58.484 (4) | ||
| 6 | Conor Maloney / Gary Mawer | IRL | 4:03.432 | 54.34 (4) | 1:54.00 (6) | 2:57.60 (6) | 59.66 (6) | 1:03.60 (6) | 1:05.832 (7) | ||
| 7 | Andrey Mitkovets / Yury Ulyachenko | KGZ | 4:08.916 | 54.98 (6) | 1:58.26 (7) | 3:04.63 (7) | 1:03.28 (7) | 1:06.37 (7) | 1:04.286 (6) |
| Time | 12:10 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Leury / Peter Scott | AUS | 3:40.114 | 52.32 (3) | 1:48.05 (2) | 2:44.57 (1) | 55.73 (2) | 56.52 (2) | 55.544 (2) | ||
| 2 | Patrick Lancereau / Pierre Lubac | FRA | 3:40.198 | 54.33 (7) | 1:50.48 (6) | 2:45.38 (3) | 56.15 (5) | 54.90 (1) | 54.818 (1) | ||
| 3 | Róbert Hegedűs / Péter Almási | HUN | 3:40.754 | 52.00 (2) | 1:48.37 (3) | 2:44.97 (2) | 56.37 (6) | 56.60 (3) | 55.784 (3) | ||
| 4 | Markus Oscarsson / Staffan Malmsten | SWE | 3:44.174 | 51.70 (1) | 1:47.77 (1) | 2:46.43 (4) | 56.07 (4) | 58.66 (6) | 57.744 (5) | ||
| 5 | David Taboureau / Mark Vendeweyer | BEL | 3:44.778 | 53.73 (6) | 1:51.09 (7) | 2:48.56 (6) | 57.36 (7) | 57.47 (4) | 56.218 (4) | ||
| 6 | Aleksandr Ivanik / Andrey Tissin | RUS | 3:46.558 | 54.91 (8) | 1:49.65 (5) | 2:47.79 (5) | 54.74 (1) | 58.14 (5) | 58.768 (6) | ||
| 7 | Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas Mizeras | LTU | 3:51.842 | 52.76 (4) | 1:48.62 (4) | 2:49.13 (7) | 55.86 (3) | 1:00.51 (7) | 1:02.712 (7) | ||
| 8 | Rafael Islamov / Vladimir Alimdyanov | UZB | 4:01.522 | 53.11 (5) | 1:54.58 (8) | 2:58.23 (8) | 1:01.47 (8) | 1:03.65 (8) | 1:03.292 (8) |
| Date | 30 July 1996 |
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| Format | Top 4 in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Time | 15:40 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abelardo Sztrum / Javier Correa | ARG | 3:34.244 | 52.02 (3) | 1:47.40 (3) | 2:43.24 (4) | 55.38 (5) | 55.84 (3) | 51.004 (1) | ||
| 2 | Markus Oscarsson / Staffan Malmsten | SWE | 3:34.480 | 51.55 (2) | 1:46.53 (2) | 2:42.36 (1) | 54.98 (3) | 55.83 (2) | 52.120 (2) | ||
| 3 | Petr Hruška / René Kučera | CZE | 3:35.216 | 52.42 (4) | 1:47.75 (4) | 2:42.96 (3) | 55.33 (4) | 55.21 (1) | 52.256 (3) | ||
| 4 | Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas Mizeras | LTU | 3:38.428 | 51.06 (1) | 1:46.00 (1) | 2:42.64 (2) | 54.94 (2) | 56.64 (6) | 55.788 (6) | ||
| 5 | Yevgeny Yegorov / Sergey Skrypnik | KAZ | 3:40.040 | 53.46 (6) | 1:50.66 (8) | 2:47.08 (8) | 57.20 (8) | 56.42 (4) | 52.960 (4) | ||
| 6 | Conor Maloney / Gary Mawer | IRL | 3:40.656 | 53.06 (5) | 1:48.76 (6) | 2:45.80 (6) | 55.70 (6) | 57.04 (8) | 54.856 (5) | ||
| 7 | Xu Haifeng / Wu Yubiao | CHN | 3:41.196 | 54.41 (8) | 1:48.31 (5) | 2:44.88 (5) | 53.90 (1) | 56.57 (5) | 56.316 (7) | ||
| 8 | Rafael Islamov / Vladimir Alimdyanov | UZB | 3:43.320 | 53.93 (7) | 1:49.83 (7) | 2:46.62 (7) | 55.90 (7) | 56.79 (7) | 56.700 (8) |
| Time | 15:50 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Mooney / Peter Newton | USA | 3:34.424 | 52.89 (5) | 1:47.52 (5) | 2:43.19 (5) | 54.63 (4) | 55.67 (3) | 51.234 (1) | ||
| 2 | Juraj Kadnár / Attila Szabó | SVK | 3:34.436 | 51.29 (1) | 1:46.55 (3) | 2:41.76 (1) | 55.26 (5) | 55.21 (2) | 52.676 (3) | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Ivanik / Andrey Tissin | RUS | 3:35.200 | 51.88 (3) | 1:45.84 (1) | 2:42.78 (4) | 53.96 (1) | 56.94 (6) | 52.420 (2) | ||
| 4 | Juan José Román / Juan Sánchez | ESP | 3:36.264 | 51.56 (2) | 1:46.98 (4) | 2:42.13 (2) | 55.42 (6) | 55.15 (1) | 54.134 (6) | ||
| 5 | Rui Fernandes / Joaquim Queirós | POR | 3:36.488 | 52.14 (4) | 1:46.19 (2) | 2:42.45 (3) | 54.05 (2) | 56.26 (5) | 54.038 (5) | ||
| 6 | David Taboureau / Mark Vendeweyer | BEL | 3:36.976 | 53.67 (6) | 1:48.06 (6) | 2:44.22 (6) | 54.39 (3) | 56.16 (4) | 52.756 (4) | ||
| 7 | Andrey Mitkovets / Yury Ulyachenko | KGZ | 3:44.200 | 54.39 (7) | 1:51.26 (7) | 2:49.81 (7) | 56.87 (7) | 58.55 (7) | 54.390 (7) |
| Date | 1 August 1996 |
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| Format | Top 4 in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the final. |
| Time | 10:10 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Rossi / Daniele Scarpa | ITA | 3:16.848 | 47.92 (5) | 1:36.99 (4) | 2:26.66 (2) | 49.07 (3) | 49.67 (1) | 50.188 (4) | ||
| 2 | Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard Staal | DEN | 3:17.420 | 47.23 (3) | 1:35.79 (1) | 2:26.31 (1) | 48.56 (2) | 50.52 (2) | 51.110 (5) | ||
| 3 | Milko Kazanov / Andrian Dushev | BUL | 3:18.480 | 48.97 (8) | 1:37.38 (5) | 2:28.81 (4) | 48.41 (1) | 51.43 (4) | 49.670 (2) | ||
| 4 | Róbert Hegedűs / Péter Almási | HUN | 3:18.524 | 46.86 (2) | 1:36.22 (2) | 2:29.12 (5) | 49.36 (4) | 52.90 (7) | 49.404 (1) | ||
| 5 | Grant Leury / Peter Scott | AUS | 3:19.056 | 46.46 (1) | 1:36.62 (3) | 2:27.89 (3) | 50.16 (6) | 51.27 (3) | 51.166 (6) | ||
| 6 | Juraj Kadnár / Attila Szabó | SVK | 3:20.904 | 47.61 (4) | 1:38.38 (7) | 2:30.96 (7) | 50.77 (=8) | 52.58 (6) | 49.944 (3) | ||
| 7 | Petr Hruška / René Kučera | CZE | 3:21.384 | 48.32 (6) | 1:37.78 (6) | 2:29.72 (6) | 49.46 (5) | 51.94 (5) | 51.664 (7) | ||
| 8 | Juan José Román / Juan Sánchez | ESP | 3:24.032 | 48.66 (7) | 1:38.97 (8) | 2:32.20 (8) | 50.31 (7) | 53.23 (8) | 51.832 (8) | ||
| 9 | Abelardo Sztrum / Javier Correa | ARG | 3:28.128 | 49.38 (9) | 1:40.15 (9) | 2:34.24 (9) | 50.77 (=8) | 54.09 (9) | 53.888 (9) |
| Time | 10:20 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dariusz Białkowski / Grzegorz Kotowicz | POL | 3:18.026 | 47.04 (2) | 1:36.68 (2) | 2:28.26 (2) | 49.64 (2) | 51.58 (5) | 49.766 (3) | ||
| 2 | Patrick Lancereau / Pierre Lubac | FRA | 3:18.722 | 49.82 (7) | 1:37.98 (3) | 2:29.33 (3) | 48.16 (1) | 51.35 (3) | 49.392 (2) | ||
| 3 | Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche | GER | 3:19.394 | 46.43 (1) | 1:36.09 (1) | 2:27.96 (1) | 49.66 (3) | 51.87 (6) | 51.434 (7) | ||
| 4 | Markus Oscarsson / Staffan Malmsten | SWE | 3:19.606 | 49.44 (6) | 1:40.00 (7) | 2:31.39 (5) | 50.56 (6) | 51.39 (4) | 48.216 (1) | ||
| 5 | John Mooney / Peter Newton | USA | 3:19.834 | 48.68 (4) | 1:38.48 (4) | 2:29.79 (4) | 49.80 (4) | 51.31 (2) | 50.044 (5) | ||
| 6 | Rui Fernandes / Joaquim Queirós | POR | 3:22.270 | 50.50 (9) | 1:41.62 (9) | 2:31.73 (6) | 51.12 (9) | 50.11 (1) | 50.540 (6) | ||
| 7 | Aleksandr Ivanik / Andrey Tissin | RUS | 3:22.306 | 49.05 (5) | 1:39.54 (6) | 2:32.28 (7) | 50.49 (5) | 52.74 (8) | 50.026 (4) | ||
| 8 | Vidas Kupčinskas / Vaidas Mizeras | LTU | 3:24.462 | 48.11 (3) | 1:39.02 (5) | 2:32.87 (8) | 50.91 (7) | 53.85 (9) | 51.592 (8) | ||
| 9 | Grayson Bourne / Paul Darby-Dowman | GBR | 3:25.346 | 50.10 (8) | 1:41.18 (8) | 2:33.22 (9) | 51.08 (8) | 52.04 (7) | 52.126 (9) |
| Date | 3 August 1996 — 10:15 |
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| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Rossi / Daniele Scarpa | ITA | 3:09.190 | 46.29 (3) | 1:33.61 (3) | 2:21.37 (1) | 47.32 (3) | 47.76 (2) | 47.820 (4) | ||
| 2 | Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche | GER | 3:10.518 | 45.56 (1) | 1:32.72 (1) | 2:23.49 (5) | 47.16 (1) | 50.77 (9) | 47.028 (2) | ||
| 3 | Andrian Dushev / Milko Kazanov | BUL | 3:11.206 | 47.68 (7) | 1:35.60 (7) | 2:24.32 (7) | 47.92 (8) | 48.72 (4) | 46.886 (1) | ||
| 4 | Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz Białkowski | POL | 3:11.262 | 46.61 (4) | 1:34.12 (4) | 2:22.59 (4) | 47.51 (4) | 48.47 (3) | 48.672 (6) | ||
| 5 | Pierre Lubac / Patrick Lancereau | FRA | 3:11.402 | 48.21 (8) | 1:36.03 (8) | 2:21.69 (2) | 47.82 (6) | 45.66 (1) | 49.712 (8) | ||
| 6 | Thor Nielsen / Jesper Møllegaard Staal | DEN | 3:12.054 | 45.91 (2) | 1:33.19 (2) | 2:21.98 (3) | 47.28 (2) | 48.79 (5) | 50.074 (9) | ||
| 7 | Peter Scott / Grant Leury | AUS | 3:13.054 | 46.98 (5) | 1:34.74 (5) | 2:23.91 (6) | 47.76 (5) | 49.17 (6) | 49.144 (7) | ||
| 8 | Staffan Malmsten / Markus Oscarsson | SWE | 3:14.182 | 48.58 (9) | 1:36.93 (9) | 2:26.78 (9) | 48.35 (9) | 49.85 (7) | 47.402 (3) | ||
| 9 | Róbert Hegedűs / Péter Almási | HUN | 3:14.282 | 47.32 (6) | 1:35.20 (6) | 2:25.91 (8) | 47.88 (7) | 50.71 (8) | 48.372 (5) |
