| Date | 28 September 2000 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith, New South Wales | |
| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final. | |
| Pos | Number | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yevgeny Salakhov / Oleg Goroby |  RUS | 3:17.114 | 46.63 (2) | 1:36.620 (2) | 2:26.000 (1) | 49.990 (5) | 49.380 (1) | 51.114 (6) | |||
| 2 | 4 | Eirik Verås Larsen / Nils Olav Fjeldheim |  NOR | 3:17.288 | 47.69 (5) | 1:37.310 (4) | 2:27.180 (2) | 49.620 (3) | 49.870 (3) | 50.108 (2) | |||
| 3 | 3 | Marek Twardowski / Adam Wysocki |  POL | 3:18.026 | 48.07 (7) | 1:37.640 (5) | 2:29.910 (6) | 49.570 (2) | 52.270 (6) | 48.116 (1) | |||
| 4 | 7 | Paw Madsen / Jesper Møllegaard Staal |  DEN | 3:18.206 | 46.09 (1) | 1:34.890 (1) | 2:27.630 (3) | 48.800 (1) | 52.740 (8) | 50.576 (4) | |||
| 5 | 5 | Paul Darby-Dowman / Ross Sabberton |  GBR | 3:19.826 | 47.34 (4) | 1:39.030 (6) | 2:28.660 (4) | 51.690 (=6) | 49.630 (2) | 51.166 (7) | |||
| 6 | 8 | Guto / Sébastian Cuattrín |  BRA | 3:22.496 | 48.32 (8) | 1:40.010 (8) | 2:31.910 (7) | 51.690 (=6) | 51.900 (4) | 50.586 (5) | |||
| 7 | 9 | Rami Zur / Ro'l Yellin |  ISR | 3:22.634 | 47.97 (6) | 1:39.900 (7) | 2:32.190 (8) | 51.930 (8) | 52.290 (7) | 50.444 (3) | |||
| 8 | 2 | Brian Morton / Luke Young |  AUS | 3:25.046 | 47.04 (3) | 1:36.940 (3) | 2:29.170 (5) | 49.900 (4) | 52.230 (5) | 1:05.876 (8) | |||
| 6 | Jan Souček / Jan Andrlík |  CZE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |
