Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
# Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 20 canoeists (10 boats of 2) from at least 10 nations competed.

## Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events that have been held at every Summer Olympics since the introduction of canoeing in 1936.

The reigning World Champions are Max Hoff and Jacob Schopf of Germany, who have been named to the German team. The reigning Olympic champions are Max Rendschmidt and Marcus Gross, also of Germany; Rendschmidt has been named to the team, but Gross has not.

## Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other men's kayak events. A total of 13 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

* 6 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
* 3 places awarded to 3 different continents (excluding Europe) through the World Championships, which are then competed for at continental tournaments
* 1 places awarded through a European continental tournament

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.

The three continental spots were awarded to the Americas (#14 Canada), Oceania (#15 New Zealand), and Asia (#21 Japan); Africa had the lowest next-ranked team (#24 South Africa). The continental tournaments were won by Canada (via World Championship rather than continental tournament, which was cancelled), China, Hungary, and New Zealand. The World Championships places were allocated as follows:

| Rank | Kayaker | Nation | Qualification | Selected competitors |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Max Hoff Jacob Schopf | Germany | Quota #1 in K-2 (#1, #2 athlete quotas) | Max Hoff Jacob Schopf |
| 2 | Francisco Cubelos Iñigo Peña | Spain | Quota #2 in K-2 (#3, #4 athlete quotas) | |
| 3 | Cyrille Carré Étienne Hubert | France | Quota #3 in K-2 (#5, #6 athlete quotas) | |
| 4 | Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | Quota #4 in K-2 (#7, #8 athlete quotas) | |
| 5 | Jordan Wood Riley Fitzsimmons | Australia | Quota #5 in K-2 (#9, #10 athlete quotas) | |
| 6 | Luca Beccaro Samuele Burgo | Italy | Quota #6 in K-2 (#11, #12 athlete quotas) | |

Continental places:

| Nation | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Canada | Americas quota in K-2 500 m |
| China | Asia quota in K-2 500 m |
| Hungary | Europe quota in K-2 500 m |
| New Zealand | Oceania quota in K-2 500 m |

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 200 metres, K-1 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

## Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race.

## Schedule

The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.

Sprint :

| Event↓/Date → | Mon 2 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's K-2 1000 m | | | | | H | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | |

## Results

### Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 3

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

1

4

Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña

 Spain

3:10.138

SF

2

6

Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai

 China

3:10.292

SF

3

5

Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin

 ROC

3:20.610

QF

4

3

Kornél Béke Ádám Varga

 Hungary

3:26.732

QF

5

2

Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams

 Samoa

3:55.617

QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

1

2

Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia

 Belarus

3:10.126

SF

2

4

Max Brown Kurtis Imrie

 New Zealand

3:10.220

SF

3

3

Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro

 Italy

3:12.667

SF

4

5

Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin

 ROC

3:14.045

FB

5

6

Étienne Hubert Guillaume Burger

 France

3:18.284

FB

Quarterfinal 2

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

1

4

Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood

 Australia

3:10.619

SF

2

5

Samuel Baláž Adam Botek

 Slovakia

3:11.458

SF

3

3

Kornél Béke Ádám Varga

 Hungary

3:15.225

SF

4

6

Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais

 Canada

3:15.736

FB

5

2

Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams

 Samoa

3:46.523

FB

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

1

4

Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green

 Australia

3:17.077

FA

2

2

Max Brown Kurtis Imrie

 New Zealand

3:17.684

FA

3

3

Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai

 China

3:17.784

FA

4

5

Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf

 Czech Republic

3:18.240

FA

5

7

Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro

 Italy

3:20.591

FB

6

6

Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood

 Australia

3:21.860

FB

Semifinal 2

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

1

3

Max Hoff Jacob Schopf

 Germany

3:17.554

FA

2

5

Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz

 Hungary

3:18.316

FA

3

6

Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia

 Belarus

3:18.875

FA

4

4

Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña

 Spain

3:19.133

FA

5

7

Kornél Béke Ádám Varga

 Hungary

3:20.197

FB

6

2

Samuel Baláž Adam Botek

 Slovakia

3:20.917

FB

Finals

Final A

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

5

Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green

 Australia

3:15.280

4

Max Hoff Jacob Schopf

 Germany

3:15.584

1

Josef Dostál Radek Šlouf

 Czech Republic

3:16.106

4

6

Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz

 Hungary

3:16.535

5

3

Max Brown Kurtis Imrie

 New Zealand

3:17.267

6

8

Francisco Cubelos Íñigo Peña

 Spain

3:17.327

7

2

Mikita Borykau Aleh Yurenia

 Belarus

3:17.769

8

7

Wang Congkang Bu Tingkai

 China

3:19.612

Final B

Rank

Lane

Canoer

Country

Time

Notes

9

2

Maxim Spesivtsev Roman Anoshkin

 ROC

3:19.680

10

6

Samuel Baláž Adam Botek

 Slovakia

3:21.087

11

5

Samuele Burgo Luca Beccaro

 Italy

3:22.408

12

4

Kornél Béke Ádám Varga

 Hungary

3:24.223

13

3

Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood

 Australia

3:24.757

14

7

Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais

 Canada

3:25.181

15

8

Étienne Hubert Guillaume Burger

 France

3:32.690

16

1

Tuva'a Clifton Rudolf Williams

 Samoa

3:56.171

References

1 2 "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.1 2 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.1 2 3 "DOSB nominiert weitere 94 Athletinnen für Tokio" [DOSB nominated 94 more athletes for Tokyo] (in German). German Olympic Sports Confederation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.1 2 Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation↑ "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.↑ "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

vte Olympic Kayaking Champions in Men's K-2 1000 m

1936:  Adolf Kainz / Alfons Dorfner (AUT)

1948:  Hans Berglund / Lennart Klingström (SWE)

1952:  Kurt Wires / Yrjö Hietanen (FIN)

1956:  Michel Scheuer / Meinrad Miltenberger (EUA)

1960:  Gert Fredriksson / Sven-Olov Sjödelius (SWE)

1964:  Sven-Olov Sjödelius / Gunnar Utterberg (SWE)

1968:  Aleksandr Shaparenko / Vladimir Morozov (URS)

1972:  Nikolai Gorbachev / Viktor Kratasyuk (URS)

1976:  Serhei Nahorny / Vladimir Romanovsky (URS)

1980:  Vladimir Parfenovich / Sergei Chukhray (URS)

1984:  Hugh Fisher / Alwyn Morris (CAN)

1988:  Greg Barton / Norman Bellingham (USA)

1992:  Kay Bluhm / Torsten Gutsche (GER)

1996:  Daniele Scarpa / Antonio Rossi (ITA)

2000:  Antonio Rossi / Beniamino Bonomi (ITA)

2004:  Markus Oscarsson / Henrik Nilsson (SWE)

2008:  Andreas Ihle / Martin Hollstein (GER)

2012:  Rudolf Dombi / Roland Kökény (HUN)

2016:  Max Rendschmidt / Marcus Gross (GER)

2020:  Jean van der Westhuyzen / Thomas Green (AUS) :

