# Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE) | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) |

## Results
### Heats

18 crews entered in three heats. These rounds were used for seeding in the semifinals.
Heat 1 :
| 1. | Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | 1:41.82 |
| 2. | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) | 1:42.54 |
| 3. | Sanda Toma and Carmen Simion (ROU) | 1:44.26 |
| 4. | Anna Wood and Kerri Randle (AUS) | 1:44.76 |
| 5. | Jeanette Knudsen and Yvonne Knudsen (DEN) | 1:45.82 |
| 6. | Belén Sánchez and Joaquina Costa (ESP) | 1:46.64 |
| 7. | Hege Brannsten and Ingeborg Rasmussen (NOR) | 1:49.58 |
| Heat 2 ||||
| 1. | Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE) | 1:42.23 |
| 2. | Zhao Xiaoli and Ning Menghua (CHN) | 1:43.07 |
| 3. | Pavlína Jobánková and Jitka Janáčková (TCH) | 1:47.66 |
| 4. | Miyuki Kobayashi and Keiko Muto (JPN) | 1:48.40 |
| 5. | Bonka Pindzheva and Mariya Kichukova (BUL) | 1:50.04 |
| Heat 3 ||||
| 1. | Alison Herst and Klara MacAskill (CAN) | 1:43.73 |
| 2. | Izabela Dylewska and Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL) | 1:45.19 |
| 3. | Sabine Goetschy and Bernadette Brégeon (FRA) | 1:47.66 |
| 4. | Irina Samoylova and Galina Savenko (EUN) | 1:46.06 |
| 5. | Lesley Carstens and Dene Simpson (RSA) | 1:52.02 |
| 6. | Cathy Marino-Geers and Traci Phillips (USA) | 1:53.52 |

### Semifinals

The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 :
| 1. | Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | 1:40.50 | QF |
| 2. | Alison Herst and Klara MacAskill (CAN) | 1:42.30 | QF |
| 3. | Sanda Toma and Carmen Simion (ROU) | 1:42.35 | QF |
| 4. | Zhao Xiaoli and Ning Menghua (CHN) | 1:42.86 | QF |
| 5. | Jeanette Knudsen and Yvonne Knudsen (DEN) | 1:43.58 | QF |
| 6. | Sabine Goetschy and Bernadette Brégeon (FRA) | 1:43.61 | |
| 7. | Anna Wood and Kerri Randle (AUS) | 1:44.05 | |
| 8. | Irina Samoylova and Galina Savenko (EUN) | 1:45.20 | |
| 9. | Miyuki Kobayashi and Keiko Muto (JPN) | 1:46.38 | |
| Semifinal 2 ||||
| 1. | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) | 1:40.63 | QF |
| 2. | Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE) | 1:41.08 | QF |
| 3. | Izabela Dylewska and Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL) | 1:43.50 | QF |
| 4. | Belén Sánchez and Joaquina Costa (ESP) | 1:53.37 | QF |
| 5. | Cathy Marino-Geers and Traci Phillips (USA) | 1:45.50 | |
| 6. | Pavlína Jobánková and Jitka Janáčková (TCH) | 1:45.95 | |
| 7. | Hege Brannsten and Ingeborg Rasmussen (NOR) | 1:47.48 | |
| 8. | Bonka Pindzheva and Mariya Kichukova (BUL) | 1:50.28 | |
| 9. | Lesley Carstens and Dene Simpson (RSA) | 1:54.80 | |

### Final

The final was held on August 7.
| | Ramona Portwich and Anke von Seck (GER) | 1:40.29 |
| | Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE) | 1:40.41 |
| | Rita Kőbán and Éva Dónusz (HUN) | 1:40.81 |
| 4. | Sanda Toma and Carmen Simion (ROU) | 1:42.12 |
| 5. | Alison Herst and Klara MacAskill (CAN) | 1:42.14 |
| 6. | Izabela Dylewska and Elżbieta Urbańczyk (POL) | 1:42.44 |
| 7. | Zhao Xiaoli and Ning Menghua (CHN) | 1:42.46 |
| 8. | Jeanette Knudsen and Yvonne Knudsen (DEN) | 1:43.98 |
| 9. | Belén Sánchez and Joaquina Costa (ESP) | 1:44.96 |