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Kayak Doubles (K2), 1,000 metres, Men

Date4 – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationCanal Olímpico de Cataluña, Castelldefels
Participants54 from 27 countries

Germany’s Kay Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche had been even more dominant in the K-2 1000 at the World Championships than they had been in the K-2 500 and were the overwhelming favorites to take the title at the 1992 Summer Olympics, even with the presence of defending Olympic champions Greg Barton and Norm Bellingham of the United States.

The Germans dominated the opening round, winning their heat in Olympic record time over six seconds ahead of Florintin Tataru and Alexandru Popa, the victors in the other heat, and over eight seconds ahead of anyone in their own. They received a greater challenge in the semi-finals, however, and bested the Americans in their heat by only 0.29 seconds, while Gunnar Olsson and Karl Sundqvist of Sweden actually posted a faster time in their own heat.

The Germans mustered their strength for the finals, however, and dispatched the Swedes easily to take gold, making them double Olympic champions due to their earlier victory in the K-2 500. Poland’s Grzegorz Kotowicz and Dariusz Białkowski, meanwhile, stole bronze from the Americans by a margin of 0.4 seconds.

PosPairNOCR1RepSFFinal
1Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER3:13.36 (1 h2)3:17.64 (1 h2)3:16.10 (1)Gold
2Gunnar Olsson / Karl SundqvistSWE3:12.19 (1 h4)3:16.66 (1 h1)3:17.70 (2)Silver
3Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz BiałkowskiPOL3:30.92 (4 h2)3:15.58 (1 h2)3:18.55 (2 h1)3:18.86 (3)Bronze
4Greg Barton / Norm BellinghamUSA3:15.74 (2 h4)3:17.93 (2 h2)3:19.26 (4)
5Paolo Luschi / Daniele ScarpaITA3:28.24 (3 h2)3:15.34 (1 h1)3:18.52 (3 h2)3:20.34 (5)
6Krisztián Bártfai / András RajnaHUN3:18.52 (3 h3)3:18.80 (1 h3)3:19.28 (4 h2)3:20.71 (6)
7René Kučera / Petr HruškaTCH3:17.86 (3 h4)3:19.57 (2 h3)3:19.75 (3 h1)3:23.12 (7)
8Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonaldNZL3:18.47 (2 h3)3:19.89 (5 h2)3:26.84 (8)
9Juan José Román / Juan SánchezESP3:21.64 (2 h2)3:20.30 (4 h1)3:29.60 (9)
5 h1 r3/4Philippe Boccara / Pascal BoucheritFRA3:26.81 (5 h3)3:18.13 (3 h2)3:21.02 (5 h1)
6 h1 r3/4Peter Ribe / Thomas RoanderNOR3:18.02 (1 h3)3:21.76 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4Ivan Kireyev / Anatoly TyurinEUN3:19.67 (4 h4)3:17.04 (2 h2)3:21.62 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/4Ken Padvaiskas / Jason RusuCAN3:21.09 (2 h1)3:24.14 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/4Florintin Tataru / Alexandru PopaROU3:19.52 (1 h1)3:22.45 (7 h2)
8 h1 r3/4Toon De Brauwer / Bart StalmansBEL3:23.48 (4 h1)3:21.73 (3 h3)3:25.96 (8 h1)
8 h2 r3/4José Silva / Joaquim QueirósPOR3:22.46 (3 h1)3:18.42 (4 h2)3:22.75 (8 h2)
9 h1 r3/4Ángel Pérez / Mario MarchecoCUB3:19.83 (4 h3)3:18.01 (2 h1)3:26.18 (9 h1)
9 h2 r3/4James Block / Reuben BurgessGBR3:24.16 (5 h1)3:19.78 (3 h1)3:23.77 (9 h2)
4 h1 r2/4Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS3:24.02 (5 h4)3:20.18 (4 h1)
4 h3 r2/4Willem van Riet / Barry HaywardRSA3:29.38 (6 h1)3:24.15 (4 h3)
5 h1 r2/4Srđan Marilović / Žarko VekićIOA3:31.69 (6 h3)3:38.17 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/4Jan-Dirk Nijkamp / Marc WeijzenNED3:31.52 (6 h4)3:20.18 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/4Alan Carey / Conor HolmesIRL3:35.03 (5 h2)3:27.48 (5 h3)
6 h2 r2/4Abdul Razak / Abdul KarimINA3:29.88 (7 h1)3:26.64 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/4Luk Kwok Sun / Arnold ChungHKG3:50.30 (8 h1)3:45.63 (6 h3)
7 h2 r2/4Álvaro Koslowski / Jefferson LacerdaBRA3:48.59 (6 h2)3:31.45 (7 h2)
AC h4 r1/4Ju Jong-Gwan / Park Gi-JeongKOR– (DNF h4)

Round One

Date4 August 1992
FormatTop 2 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Florintin Tataru / Alexandru PopaROU3:19.5246.08 (1)1:36.18 (1)2:27.80 (1)50.10 (2)51.62 (1)51.72 (3)Q
2Ken Padvaiskas / Jason RusuCAN3:21.0946.85 (2)1:36.49 (2)2:28.34 (2)49.64 (1)51.85 (2)52.75 (6)Q
3José Silva / Joaquim QueirósPOR3:22.4648.44 (5)1:38.80 (3)2:32.25 (5)50.36 (3)53.45 (5)50.21 (1)
4Toon De Brauwer / Bart StalmansBEL3:23.4847.63 (3)1:38.99 (4)2:31.77 (4)51.36 (4)52.78 (4)51.71 (2)
5James Block / Reuben BurgessGBR3:24.1647.88 (4)1:39.49 (5)2:31.51 (3)51.61 (5)52.02 (3)52.65 (5)
6Willem van Riet / Barry HaywardRSA3:29.3849.17 (6)1:43.46 (7)2:37.39 (7)54.29 (7)53.93 (6)51.99 (4)
7Abdul Razak / Abdul KarimINA3:29.8849.86 (7)1:41.72 (6)2:35.79 (6)51.86 (6)54.07 (7)54.09 (7)
8Luk Kwok Sun / Arnold ChungHKG3:50.3054.01 (8)1:52.83 (8)2:51.76 (8)58.82 (8)58.93 (8)58.54 (8)

Heat #2

Time10:40
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER3:13.3644.97 (1)1:32.68 (1)2:22.34 (1)47.71 (1)49.66 (2)51.02 (1)QOB
2Juan José Román / Juan SánchezESP3:21.6445.93 (2)1:35.85 (2)2:25.14 (2)49.92 (3)49.29 (1)56.50 (2)Q
3Paolo Luschi / Daniele ScarpaITA3:28.2447.07 (4)1:36.78 (3)2:27.17 (3)49.71 (2)50.39 (3)1:01.07 (5)
4Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz BiałkowskiPOL3:30.9246.97 (3)1:38.12 (4)2:32.23 (4)51.15 (4)54.11 (4)58.69 (3)
5Alan Carey / Conor HolmesIRL3:35.0349.31 (6)1:41.90 (5)2:36.09 (5)52.59 (5)54.19 (5)58.94 (4)
6Álvaro Koslowski / Jefferson LacerdaBRA3:48.5948.36 (5)1:44.76 (6)2:45.18 (6)56.40 (6)1:00.42 (6)1:03.41 (6)

Heat #3

Time10:50
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Peter Ribe / Thomas RoanderNOR3:18.0247.11 (4)1:38.84 (5)2:29.91 (4)51.73 (4)51.07 (2)48.11 (1)Q
2Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonaldNZL3:18.4746.02 (2)1:36.44 (2)2:27.31 (1)50.42 (2)50.87 (1)51.16 (4)Q
3Krisztián Bártfai / András RajnaHUN3:18.5245.59 (1)1:35.73 (1)2:28.04 (2)50.14 (1)52.31 (4)50.48 (3)
4Ángel Pérez / Mario MarchecoCUB3:19.8347.32 (5)1:38.54 (3)2:29.68 (3)51.22 (3)51.14 (3)50.15 (2)
5Philippe Boccara / Pascal BoucheritFRA3:26.8146.47 (3)1:38.55 (4)2:32.49 (5)52.08 (5)53.94 (6)54.32 (5)
6Srđan Marilović / Žarko VekićIOA3:31.6950.87 (6)1:43.88 (6)2:36.36 (6)53.01 (6)52.48 (5)55.33 (6)

Heat #4

Time11:00
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Gunnar Olsson / Karl SundqvistSWE3:12.1946.27 (1)1:35.01 (1)2:23.16 (1)48.74 (1)48.15 (1)49.03 (2)QOB
2Greg Barton / Norm BellinghamUSA3:15.7446.79 (3)1:35.56 (2)2:25.25 (2)48.77 (2)49.69 (3)50.49 (3)Q
3René Kučera / Petr HruškaTCH3:17.8648.15 (5)1:37.84 (3)2:28.95 (5)49.69 (3)51.11 (5)48.91 (1)
4Ivan Kireyev / Anatoly TyurinEUN3:19.6747.13 (4)1:38.88 (5)2:28.44 (3)51.75 (6)49.56 (2)51.23 (4)
5Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS3:24.0246.63 (2)1:37.96 (4)2:28.81 (4)51.33 (4)50.85 (4)55.21 (5)
6Jan-Dirk Nijkamp / Marc WeijzenNED3:31.5248.99 (6)1:40.73 (6)2:34.05 (6)51.74 (5)53.32 (6)57.47 (6)
DNFJu Jong-Gwan / Park Gi-JeongKOR52.60 (7)2:03.16 (7)1:10.56 (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)

Repêchage

Date4 August 1992
FormatTop 3 in each heat and fastest fourth advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time18:00
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Paolo Luschi / Daniele ScarpaITA3:15.3446.06 (2)1:34.96 (1)2:24.87 (1)48.90 (1)49.91 (2)50.47 (2)Q
2Ángel Pérez / Mario MarchecoCUB3:18.0146.41 (3)1:38.10 (3)2:27.53 (2)51.69 (4)49.43 (1)50.48 (3)Q
3James Block / Reuben BurgessGBR3:19.7847.86 (4)1:38.94 (4)2:30.00 (4)51.08 (3)51.06 (3)49.78 (1)Q
4Danny Collins / Andrew TrimAUS3:20.1845.31 (1)1:36.13 (2)2:28.66 (3)50.82 (2)52.53 (4)51.52 (4)
5Srđan Marilović / Žarko VekićIOA3:38.1750.98 (5)1:46.37 (5)2:42.95 (5)55.39 (5)56.58 (5)55.22 (5)

Heat #2

Time18:10
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz BiałkowskiPOL3:15.5846.11 (1)1:35.38 (1)2:25.28 (1)49.27 (2)49.90 (2)50.30 (4)Q
2Ivan Kireyev / Anatoly TyurinEUN3:17.0446.96 (3)1:38.10 (4)2:27.59 (2)51.14 (4)49.49 (1)49.45 (2)Q
3Philippe Boccara / Pascal BoucheritFRA3:18.1348.03 (5)1:37.95 (3)2:28.44 (4)49.92 (3)50.49 (4)49.69 (3)Q
4José Silva / Joaquim QueirósPOR3:18.4249.20 (6)1:37.08 (2)2:27.80 (3)47.88 (1)50.72 (5)50.62 (5)q
5Jan-Dirk Nijkamp / Marc WeijzenNED3:20.1849.21 (7)1:40.66 (7)2:30.87 (5)51.45 (5)50.21 (3)49.31 (1)
6Abdul Razak / Abdul KarimINA3:26.6446.58 (2)1:39.49 (6)2:32.37 (6)52.91 (7)52.88 (6)54.27 (6)
7Álvaro Koslowski / Jefferson LacerdaBRA3:31.4547.06 (4)1:39.28 (5)2:33.74 (7)52.22 (6)54.46 (7)57.71 (7)

Heat #3

Time18:20
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Krisztián Bártfai / András RajnaHUN3:18.8046.06 (1)1:36.79 (1)2:28.45 (1)50.73 (2)51.66 (3)50.35 (1)Q
2René Kučera / Petr HruškaTCH3:19.5747.22 (2)1:37.37 (2)2:28.88 (2)50.15 (1)51.51 (=1)50.69 (2)Q
3Toon De Brauwer / Bart StalmansBEL3:21.7347.29 (3)1:38.20 (3)2:30.14 (3)50.91 (4)51.94 (4)51.59 (4)Q
4Willem van Riet / Barry HaywardRSA3:24.1548.75 (5)1:41.91 (5)2:33.42 (5)53.16 (5)51.51 (=1)50.73 (3)
5Alan Carey / Conor HolmesIRL3:27.4848.55 (4)1:39.41 (4)2:31.56 (4)50.86 (3)52.15 (5)55.92 (5)
6Luk Kwok Sun / Arnold ChungHKG3:45.6353.00 (6)1:50.42 (6)2:47.70 (6)57.42 (6)57.28 (6)57.93 (6)

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992
FormatTop 4 in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time10:30
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Gunnar Olsson / Karl SundqvistSWE3:16.6647.02 (3)1:37.17 (2)2:26.61 (1)50.15 (4)49.44 (2)50.05 (1)Q
2Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz BiałkowskiPOL3:18.5546.80 (2)1:36.37 (1)2:26.95 (2)49.57 (1)50.58 (4)51.60 (5)Q
3René Kučera / Petr HruškaTCH3:19.7548.63 (7)1:39.54 (6)2:28.88 (3)50.91 (6)49.34 (1)50.87 (2)Q
4Juan José Román / Juan SánchezESP3:20.3046.24 (1)1:37.85 (=4)2:29.10 (4)51.61 (8)51.25 (5)51.20 (3)Q
5Philippe Boccara / Pascal BoucheritFRA3:21.0248.90 (8)1:39.55 (7)2:29.79 (5)50.65 (5)50.24 (3)51.23 (4)
6Peter Ribe / Thomas RoanderNOR3:21.7647.51 (4)1:37.64 (3)2:29.85 (6)50.13 (3)52.21 (7)51.91 (7)
7Ken Padvaiskas / Jason RusuCAN3:24.1447.85 (5)1:37.85 (=4)2:30.57 (7)50.00 (2)52.72 (9)53.57 (8)
8Toon De Brauwer / Bart StalmansBEL3:25.9650.25 (9)1:42.74 (9)2:34.10 (9)52.49 (9)51.36 (6)51.86 (6)
9Ángel Pérez / Mario MarchecoCUB3:26.1848.55 (6)1:39.87 (8)2:32.43 (8)51.32 (7)52.56 (8)53.75 (9)

Heat #2

Time10:45
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER3:17.6444.61 (1)1:33.51 (1)2:26.19 (1)48.90 (1)52.68 (7)51.45 (6)Q
2Greg Barton / Norm BellinghamUSA3:17.9347.10 (5)1:36.87 (4)2:27.48 (2)49.77 (2)50.61 (2)50.45 (3)Q
3Paolo Luschi / Daniele ScarpaITA3:18.5247.89 (7)1:39.17 (7)2:28.91 (5)51.28 (9)49.74 (1)49.61 (1)Q
4Krisztián Bártfai / András RajnaHUN3:19.2846.39 (3)1:36.86 (3)2:27.88 (3)50.47 (4)51.02 (3)51.40 (5)Q
5Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonaldNZL3:19.8946.77 (4)1:36.61 (2)2:28.52 (4)49.84 (3)51.91 (6)51.37 (4)q
6Ivan Kireyev / Anatoly TyurinEUN3:21.6247.79 (6)1:38.45 (6)2:30.10 (6)50.66 (5)51.65 (5)51.52 (7)
7Florintin Tataru / Alexandru PopaROU3:22.4546.22 (2)1:37.32 (5)2:30.52 (7)51.10 (7)53.20 (9)51.93 (8)
8José Silva / Joaquim QueirósPOR3:22.7548.60 (8)1:39.55 (8)2:32.69 (9)50.95 (6)53.14 (8)50.06 (2)
9James Block / Reuben BurgessGBR3:23.7748.64 (9)1:39.84 (9)2:31.02 (8)51.20 (8)51.18 (4)52.75 (9)

Final Round

Date8 August 1992 — 10:30
PosPairNOCTime250 m500 m750 m250-500 m500-750 m750-1,000 m
1Kay Bluhm / Torsten GutscheGER3:16.1045.57 (1)1:34.58 (1)2:24.25 (1)49.01 (1)49.67 (2)51.85 (6)
2Gunnar Olsson / Karl SundqvistSWE3:17.7047.19 (3)1:37.54 (2)2:27.07 (2)50.35 (3)49.53 (1)50.63 (4)
3Grzegorz Kotowicz / Dariusz BiałkowskiPOL3:18.8646.74 (2)1:38.10 (4)2:28.80 (4)51.36 (7)50.70 (6)50.06 (2)
4Greg Barton / Norm BellinghamUSA3:19.2648.01 (=6)1:38.05 (3)2:28.73 (3)50.04 (2)50.68 (5)50.53 (3)
5Paolo Luschi / Daniele ScarpaITA3:20.3448.99 (8)1:40.80 (9)2:30.61 (8)51.81 (8)49.81 (3)49.73 (1)
6Krisztián Bártfai / András RajnaHUN3:20.7148.01 (=6)1:38.61 (6)2:29.38 (5)50.60 (5)50.77 (7)51.33 (5)
7René Kučera / Petr HruškaTCH3:23.1249.64 (9)1:40.15 (7)2:30.44 (6)50.51 (4)50.29 (4)52.68 (7)
8Ian Ferguson / Paul MacDonaldNZL3:26.8447.69 (4)1:38.32 (5)2:30.46 (7)50.63 (6)52.14 (8)56.38 (9)
9Juan José Román / Juan SánchezESP3:29.6047.74 (5)1:40.77 (8)2:34.13 (9)53.03 (9)53.36 (9)55.47 (8)