# Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres

The men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The C-2 event was raced in two-man sprint canoes.
Competition consisted of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals and the final. All boats competed in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advanced directly to the final, while the top nine finishers from both heats moved on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal joined the heats winners in the final.
Heats took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Aliaksandr Bahdanovich and Andrei Bahdanovich (BLR) | Christian Gille and Tomasz Wylenzek (GER) | György Kozmann and Tamás Kiss (HUN) |

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 17:10-17:30 | Heats |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 16:30-16:40 | Semifinal |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 17:05-17:15 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek | Germany | 3:40.939 | QF |
| 2 | Constantin Ciprian Popa, Niculae Flocea | Romania | 3:41.846 | QF |
| 3 | Andrew Russell, Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny | Canada | 3:43.491 | QF |
| 4 | György Kozmann, Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 3:46.020 | QS |
| 5 | Bertrand Hémonic, William Tchamba | France | 3:46.431 | QS |
| 6 | Everardo Cristóbal, Dimas Camilo | Mexico | 3:51.684 | QS |
| 7 | Ruslan Dzhalilov, Petro Kruk | Ukraine | 4:06.744 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Andrei Bahdanovich | Belarus | 3:40.369 | QF |
| 2 | Serguey Torres, Karel Aguilar Chacón | Cuba | 3:41.171 | QF |
| 3 | Sergey Ulegin, Aleksandr Kostoglod | Russia | 3:41.291 | QF |
| 4 | Chen Zhongyun, Zhang Zhiwu | China | 3:41.658 | QS |
| 5 | Wojciech Tyszyński, Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Poland | 3:42.177 | QS |
| 6 | Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev | Bulgaria | 3:54.111 | QS |

### Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wojciech Tyszyński, Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Poland | 3:42.435 | QF |
| 2 | György Kozmann, Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 3:42.482 | QF |
| 3 | Chen Zhongyun, Zhang Zhiwu | China | 3:42.619 | QF |
| 4 | Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev | Bulgaria | 3:45.019 | |
| 5 | Ruslan Dzhalilov, Petro Kruk | Ukraine | 3:46.050 | |
| 6 | Bertrand Hémonic, William Tchamba | France | 3:48.406 | |
| 7 | Everardo Cristóbal, Dimas Camilo | Mexico | 3:49.695 | |

### Final

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Aliaksandr Bahdanovich, Andrei Bahdanovich | Belarus | 3:36.365 |
| | Christian Gille, Tomasz Wylenzek | Germany | 3:36.588 |
| | György Kozmann, Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 3:40.258 |
| 4 | Constantin Ciprian Popa, Niculae Flocea | Romania | 3:40.342 |
| 5 | Chen Zhongyun, Zhang Zhiwu | China | 3:40.593 |
| 6 | Andrew Russell, Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny | Canada | 3:41.165 |
| 7 | Wojciech Tyszyński, Paweł Baraszkiewicz | Poland | 3:42.845 |
| 8 | Sergey Ulegin, Aleksandr Kostoglod | Russia | 3:44.669 |
| 9 | Serguey Torres, Karel Aguilar Chacón | Cuba | 3:48.877 |