# Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi (ITA) | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson (SWE) | Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb (HUN) |

## Results
### Heats

18 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from both heats advanced directly to the finals. Fourth through seventh-place finishers in each heat along with the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semifinal.
Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 :
| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 2 | Italy | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 3:14.316 | QF |
| 2 | 5 | Sweden | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 3:15.102 | QF |
| 3 | 8 | Slovakia | Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer | 3:16.854 | QF |
| 4 | 11 | Great Britain | Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton | 3:19.392 | QS |
| 5 | 12 | Czech Republic | Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik | 3:20.760 | QS |
| 6 | 14 | Australia | Brian Morton and Luke Young | 3:20.934 | QS |
| 7 | 15 | Brazil | Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos | 3:21.228 | QS |
| 8 | 16 | Bulgaria | Marian Dimitrov and Dimitar Ivanov | 3:23.646 | |
| 9 | 18 | Argentina | Fernando Redondo and Abelardo Sztrum | 3:24.324 | |
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 :
| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 1 | Hungary | Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb | 3:13.677 | QF |
| 2 | 3 | Germany | Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter | 3:14.631 | QF |
| 3 | 4 | France | Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin | 3:14.835 | QF |
| 4 | 6 | Norway | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:15.483 | QS |
| 5 | 8 | Poland | Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:15.909 | QS |
| 6 | 9 | Denmark | Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal | 3:16.989 | QS |
| 7 | 10 | Russia | Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:17.067 | QS |
| 8 | 13 | Israel | Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin | 3:20.913 | QS |
| 9 | 18 | United States | Philippe Boccara and Cliff Meidl | 3:26.439 | |
Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results :
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Place | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Hungary | Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb | 2 | 1 | 3:13.677 | QF |
| 2 | Italy | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 1 | 1 | 3:14.316 | QF |
| 3 | Germany | Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter | 2 | 3 | 3:14.631 | QF |
| 4 | France | Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin | 2 | 3 | 3:14.835 | QF |
| 5 | Sweden | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 1 | 2 | 3:15.102 | QF |
| 6 | Norway | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 2 | 4 | 3:15.483 | QS |
| 7 | Poland | Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 2 | 5 | 3:15.909 | QS |
| 8 | Slovakia | Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer | 1 | 3 | 3:16.854 | QF |
| 9 | Denmark | Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal | 2 | 6 | 3:16.989 | QS |
| 10 | Russia | Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 2 | 7 | 3:17.067 | QS |
| 11 | Great Britain | Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton | 1 | 4 | 3:19.392 | QS |
| 12 | Czech Republic | Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik | 1 | 5 | 3:20.760 | QS |
| 13 | Israel | Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin | 2 | 8 | 3:20.913 | QS |
| 14 | Australia | Brian Morton and Luke Young | 1 | 6 | 3:20.934 | QS |
| 15 | Brazil | Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos | 1 | 7 | 3:21.228 | QS |
| 16 | Bulgaria | Marian Dimitrov and Dimitar Ivanov | 1 | 8 | 3:23.646 | |
| 17 | Argentina | Fernando Redondo and Abelardo Sztrum | 1 | 9 | 3:24.324 | |
| 18 | United States | Philippe Boccara and Cliff Meidl | 2 | 9 | 3:26.439 | |

### Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.
Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 :
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Russia | Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:17.114 | QF |
| 2 | Norway | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:17.288 | QF |
| 3 | Poland | Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:18.026 | QF |
| 4 | Denmark | Paw Madsen and Jesper Staal | 3:18.206 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | Paul Darby-Dowman and Ross Sabberton | 3:19.826 | |
| 6 | Brazil | Sebastián Cuattrin and Carlos Campos | 3:22.496 | |
| 7 | Israel | Rami Zur and Ro'l Yellin | 3:22.634 | |
| 8 | Australia | Brian Morton and Luke Young | 3:25.046 | |
| | Czech Republic | Jan Souček and Jan Andrlik | DISQ | |
The Czech Republic's reason for disqualification was not disclosed in the official report.

### Final

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 :
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Italy | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 3:14.461 |
| | Sweden | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 3:16.075 |
| | Hungary | Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb | 3:16.357 |
| 4 | Germany | Andreas Ihle and Olaf Winter | 3:16.627 |
| 5 | France | Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb and Philippe Aubertin | 3:17.635 |
| 6 | Slovakia | Juraj Bača and Michal Riszdorfer | 3:18.325 |
| 7 | Russia | Yevgeny Salakhov and Oleg Gorobiy | 3:18.937 |
| 8 | Poland | Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 3:19.939 |
| 9 | Norway | Eirik Verås Larsen and Nils Olav Fjeldheim | 3:20.515 |
Beniamino Bonomi was so excited after winning the gold that he fell overboard after saluting the Italian team.