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Canadian Doubles, 500 metres, Men

Date24 – 28 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kopelatodramio Skhoinia, Schinias National Park
Participants28 from 14 countries

Cuba’s Ibrahim Rojas and Ledys Balceiro had won the C-2 500 at the 2001 and 2002 World Championships and the 2003 Pan American Games, but had lost the most recent World title to both Paweł Baraszkiewicz and Daniel Jędraszko of Poland, the 2000 Olympic runners-up, and Romania’s Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu, the latter of whom was a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist and both of whom were the 2002 World and European runners-up and the 2004 European bronze medalists. Hungary’s György Kozmann and György Kolonics, the latter of whom was a 1996 Olympic champion, were the reigning European champions. All of these duos were medal possibilities in the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The opening heats, however, were won by Germany’s Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek, the 2002 European bronze medalists, and China’s Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun, who had allegedly only entered the Games to practice for future competitions. They, along with the Cuban and the Polish crews, who were runners-up in China’s heat and third in Germany’s heat respectively, advanced directly to the finals. Hungary and Romania, who had been fourth in Germany and China’s heats respectively, were sent to the semi-final, in which the latter defeated the former. The final was an incredibly tight race in which everyone except the final duo, Poland, crossed within 0.932 seconds of each other. After sorting out the chaos, it was determined that China had taken a surprise gold medal, its first of any color in Olympic canoeing, while Cuba had been runner-up by 0.072 seconds and Russia’s Aleksandr Kostoglod and Aleksandr Kovalyov, the 2001 European runners-up, had taken bronze 0.092 seconds later. This was not Kostoglod and Kovalyov’s first medal of the regatta, as they had taken silver in the C-2 1000 the day before.

PosNumberPairNOCR1SFFinal
164/65Meng Guanliang / Yang WenjunCHN1:38.916 (1 h2)1:40.278 (1)Gold
270/71Ibrahim Rojas / Ledys BalceiroCUB1:39.860 (2 h2)1:40.350 (2)Silver
3199/200Aleksandr Kostoglod / Aleksandr KovalyovRUS1:40.128 (3 h2)1:40.442 (3)Bronze
4187/188Silviu Simioncencu / Florin PopescuROU1:41.368 (4 h2)1:41.424 (1)1:40.618 (4)
5108/109Christian Gille / Tomasz WylenzekGER1:40.128 (1 h1)1:40.802 (5)
624/25Aliaksandr Kurliandzuk / Aliaksandr BahdanovichBLR1:41.576 (5 h2)1:42.484 (3)1:40.858 (6)
7125/126György Kozmann / György KolonicsHUN1:41.324 (4 h1)1:41.472 (2)1:41.138 (7)
845/46Attila Buday / Tamas Buday, Jr.CAN1:40.488 (2 h1)1:41.210 (8)
9177/178Paweł Baraszkiewicz / Daniel JędraszkoPOL1:40.524 (3 h1)1:42.046 (9)
4 h1 r2/3221/222Maksym Prokopenko / Ruslan DzhalilovUKR1:44.532 (5 h1)1:42.860 (4)
5 h1 r2/381/82José Alfredo Bea / David MascatóESP1:43.708 (6 h2)1:43.160 (5)
6 h1 r2/3214/215Peter Páleš / Daniel BiksadskýSVK1:45.860 (6 h1)1:44.732 (6)
7 h1 r2/391/92Yannick Lavigne / José LenoirFRA1:49.940 (7 h2)1:45.548 (7)
8 h1 r2/3236/237Jordan Malloch / Nate JohnsonUSA1:48.172 (7 h1)1:46.424 (8)

Round One

Date24 August 2004 — 10:45
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final. All others advanced to the semi-final.

Heat #1

Time10:45
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Christian Gille / Tomasz WylenzekGER1:40.12849.33 (1)50.798 (1)QOB
26Attila Buday / Tamas Buday, Jr.CAN1:40.48849.58 (3)50.908 (2)Q
35Paweł Baraszkiewicz / Daniel JędraszkoPOL1:40.52449.43 (2)51.094 (3)Q
44György Kozmann / György KolonicsHUN1:41.32449.77 (4)51.554 (4)q
53Maksym Prokopenko / Ruslan DzhalilovUKR1:44.53252.28 (6)52.252 (5)q
67Peter Páleš / Daniel BiksadskýSVK1:45.86051.01 (5)54.850 (6)q
71Jordan Malloch / Nate JohnsonUSA1:48.17252.56 (7)55.612 (7)q

Heat #2

Time10:55
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
12Meng Guanliang / Yang WenjunCHN1:38.91648.27 (1)50.646 (3)QOB
24Ibrahim Rojas / Ledys BalceiroCUB1:39.86049.36 (3)50.500 (2)Q
31Aleksandr Kostoglod / Aleksandr KovalyovRUS1:40.12849.00 (2)51.128 (4)Q
45Silviu Simioncencu / Florin PopescuROU1:41.36851.01 (6)50.358 (1)q
57Aliaksandr Kurliandzuk / Aliaksandr BahdanovichBLR1:41.57650.27 (4)51.306 (5)q
66José Alfredo Bea / David MascatóESP1:43.70850.36 (5)53.348 (6)q
73Yannick Lavigne / José LenoirFRA1:49.94052.02 (7)57.920 (7)q

Semi-Finals

Date26 August 2004 — 10:00
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Silviu Simioncencu / Florin PopescuROU1:41.42450.16 (4)51.264 (1)Q
25György Kozmann / György KolonicsHUN1:41.47249.63 (1)51.842 (3)Q
33Aliaksandr Kurliandzuk / Aliaksandr BahdanovichBLR1:42.48450.85 (5)51.634 (2)Q
46Maksym Prokopenko / Ruslan DzhalilovUKR1:42.86049.93 (2)52.930 (4)
57José Alfredo Bea / David MascatóESP1:43.16050.02 (3)53.140 (5)
62Peter Páleš / Daniel BiksadskýSVK1:44.73251.35 (6)53.382 (6)
71Yannick Lavigne / José LenoirFRA1:45.54851.93 (7)53.618 (7)
88Jordan Malloch / Nate JohnsonUSA1:46.42452.19 (8)54.234 (8)

Final Round

Date28 August 2004 — 10:10
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Meng Guanliang / Yang WenjunCHN1:40.27849.61 (4)50.668 (1)
26Ibrahim Rojas / Ledys BalceiroCUB1:40.35048.91 (1)51.440 (8)
32Aleksandr Kostoglod / Aleksandr KovalyovRUS1:40.44249.09 (2)51.352 (7)
48Silviu Simioncencu / Florin PopescuROU1:40.61849.71 (5)50.908 (3)
55Christian Gille / Tomasz WylenzekGER1:40.80249.90 (6)50.902 (2)
69Aliaksandr Kurliandzuk / Aliaksandr BahdanovichBLR1:40.85849.52 (3)51.338 (6)
71György Kozmann / György KolonicsHUN1:41.13850.02 (7)51.118 (5)
83Attila Buday / Tamas Buday, Jr.CAN1:41.21050.17 (8)51.040 (4)
97Paweł Baraszkiewicz / Daniel JędraszkoPOL1:42.04650.26 (9)51.786 (9)