| | Event type
Kayak Doubles, 1,000 metres, Men
| Date | 18 – 22 August 2008 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Shunyi Aolinpike Shuishang Gongyuan, Mapo, Shunyi |
| Participants | 28 from 14 countries |
Hungary had probably been the strongest nation in the K-2 1000 since the 2004 Summer Olympics, as it had won the 2006 and 2007 European and 2005 and 2006 World Championships, been runner-up at the 2005 Europeans, and bronze medalist at the 2007 Worlds. The nation sent Gábor Kucsera and veteran canoeist Zoltán Kammerer to the 2008 Games. This duo won their opening heat, but Germans Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle, the latter of whom was a 2005 and 2006 World and 2006 and 2007 European runner-up, as well as a 2005 European bronze medalist, posted a faster time. The Germans went on to win the gold medal by a margin of over two seconds, while the Hungarians struggled and finished fifth. Denmark’s Kim Knudsen and René Poulsen, the 2008 European champions, captured silver, while Italy’s Andrea Facchin and Antonio Scaduto took bronze.
| Pos | Number | Pair | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 118/114 | Martin Hollstein / Andreas Ihle |  GER | 3:15.987 (1 h1) | – | 3:11.809 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 75/76 | Kim Knudsen / René Poulsen |  DEN | 3:18.709 (2 h1) | – | 3:13.580 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 138/141 | Andrea Facchin / Antonio Scaduto |  ITA | 3:18.897 (2 h2) | – | 3:14.750 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 126/130 | Zoltán Kammerer / Gábor Kucsera |  HUN | 3:17.636 (1 h2) | – | 3:15.049 (4) | |||
| 5 | 176/174 | Mike Walker / Steven Ferguson |  NZL | 3:19.167 (3 h2) | 3:23.511 (2 h1) | 3:15.329 (5) | |||
| 6 | 89/90 | Philippe Colin / Cyrille Carré |  FRA | 3:18.968 (3 h1) | – | 3:16.532 (6) | |||
| 7 | 163/162 | Krists Straume / Kristaps Zaļupe |  LAT | 3:23.198 (4 h2) | 3:23.408 (1 h1) | 3:19.387 (7) | |||
| 8 | 55/62 | Shen Jie / Huang Zhipeng |  CHN | 3:26.443 (5 h1) | 3:24.031 (3 h1) | 3:22.058 (8) | |||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | 18/17 | Kevin De Bont / Bob Maesen |  BEL | 3:21.604 (4 h1) | 3:24.148 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | 40/33 | Steven Jorens / Ryan Cuthbert |  CAN | 3:29.037 (6 h2) | 3:26.635 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | 85/87 | Mika Hokajärvi / Kalle Mikkonen |  FIN | 3:23.475 (5 h2) | 3:27.018 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | 248/247 | José Ramos / Gabriel Rodríguez |  VEN | 3:31.569 (6 h1) | 3:27.423 (7 h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/3 | 234/235 | Markus Oscarsson / Anders Gustafsson |  SWE | – (DQ h1) | – | – | |||
| 189/185 | Adam Seroczyński / Mariusz Kujawski |  POL | [3:18.282] (DQ h2) | – | [3:14.828] ( | 1 |
Round One
| Date | 18 August 2008 |
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| Format | Top three in each heat advanced to final, places 4-7 and fastest eighth in each heat advanced to semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 16:50 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Martin Hollstein / Andreas Ihle | GER | 3:15.987 | 45.82 (3) | 1:35.24 (2) | 2:24.81 (1) | 49.42 (3) | 49.57 (1) | 51.177 (1) | ||
| 2 | 7 | Kim Knudsen / René Poulsen | DEN | 3:18.709 | 45.04 (1) | 1:34.67 (1) | 2:25.40 (2) | 49.63 (4) | 50.73 (3) | 53.309 (3) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Philippe Colin / Cyrille Carré | FRA | 3:18.968 | 46.80 (4) | 1:35.74 (3) | 2:25.67 (3) | 48.94 (1) | 49.93 (2) | 53.298 (2) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Kevin De Bont / Bob Maesen | BEL | 3:21.604 | 47.24 (5) | 1:36.53 (4) | 2:28.08 (4) | 49.29 (2) | 51.55 (4) | 53.524 (4) | ||
| 5 | 3 | Shen Jie / Huang Zhipeng | CHN | 3:26.443 | 48.34 (6) | 1:39.53 (6) | 2:32.70 (5) | 51.19 (5) | 53.17 (5) | 53.743 (5) | ||
| 6 | 2 | José Ramos / Gabriel Rodríguez | VEN | 3:31.569 | 45.73 (2) | 1:37.81 (5) | 2:33.24 (6) | 52.08 (6) | 55.43 (6) | 58.329 (6) | ||
| 8 | Markus Oscarsson / Anders Gustafsson | SWE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | 2 |
Heat #2
| Time | 17:00 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Zoltán Kammerer / Gábor Kucsera | HUN | 3:17.636 | 47.01 (4) | 1:36.56 (4) | 2:26.25 (1) | 49.55 (2) | 49.69 (1) | 51.386 (2) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Andrea Facchin / Antonio Scaduto | ITA | 3:18.897 | 46.12 (1) | 1:36.23 (2) | 2:27.56 (3) | 50.11 (4) | 51.33 (3) | 51.337 (1) | ||
| 3 | 7 | Mike Walker / Steven Ferguson | NZL | 3:19.167 | 46.36 (2) | 1:36.35 (3) | 2:27.00 (2) | 49.99 (3) | 50.65 (2) | 52.167 (3) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Krists Straume / Kristaps Zaļupe | LAT | 3:23.198 | 46.61 (3) | 1:35.97 (1) | 2:29.21 (4) | 49.36 (1) | 53.24 (5) | 53.988 (5) | ||
| 5 | 4 | Mika Hokajärvi / Kalle Mikkonen | FIN | 3:23.475 | 47.40 (5) | 1:38.32 (5) | 2:29.75 (5) | 50.92 (5) | 51.43 (4) | 53.725 (4) | ||
| 6 | 8 | Steven Jorens / Ryan Cuthbert | CAN | 3:29.037 | 47.62 (6) | 1:39.31 (6) | 2:32.69 (6) | 51.69 (6) | 53.38 (6) | 56.347 (6) | ||
| 5 | Adam Seroczyński / Mariusz Kujawski | POL | [3:18.282] | [45.89] (AC) | [1:36.06] (AC) | [2:26.56] (AC) | [50.17] (AC) | [50.50] (AC) | [51.722] (AC) | 3 |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 20 August 2008 |
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| Format | Top three in each heat advanced to final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 16:20 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Krists Straume / Kristaps Zaļupe | LAT | 3:23.408 | 48.05 (4) | 1:37.46 (3) | 2:29.54 (3) | 49.41 (1) | 52.08 (3) | 53.868 (4) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Mike Walker / Steven Ferguson | NZL | 3:23.511 | 47.08 (3) | 1:37.55 (4) | 2:28.92 (1) | 50.47 (2) | 51.37 (1) | 54.591 (5) | ||
| 3 | 6 | Shen Jie / Huang Zhipeng | CHN | 3:24.031 | 50.14 (7) | 1:42.04 (7) | 2:34.06 (6) | 51.90 (7) | 52.02 (2) | 49.971 (1) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Kevin De Bont / Bob Maesen | BEL | 3:24.148 | 46.57 (2) | 1:37.24 (1) | 2:29.45 (2) | 50.67 (3) | 52.21 (4) | 54.698 (6) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Steven Jorens / Ryan Cuthbert | CAN | 3:26.635 | 48.25 (5) | 1:39.36 (5) | 2:33.07 (5) | 51.11 (6) | 53.71 (7) | 53.565 (3) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Mika Hokajärvi / Kalle Mikkonen | FIN | 3:27.018 | 46.43 (1) | 1:37.34 (2) | 2:30.87 (4) | 50.91 (5) | 53.53 (6) | 56.148 (7) | ||
| 7 | 2 | José Ramos / Gabriel Rodríguez | VEN | 3:27.423 | 50.01 (6) | 1:40.87 (6) | 2:34.37 (7) | 50.86 (4) | 53.50 (5) | 53.053 (2) |
Final Round
| Date | 22 August 2008 — 16:35 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Martin Hollstein / Andreas Ihle | GER | 3:11.809 | 45.79 (2) | 1:34.40 (3) | 2:23.19 (2) | 48.61 (4) | 48.79 (2) | 48.619 (1) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Kim Knudsen / René Poulsen | DEN | 3:13.580 | 46.11 (4) | 1:33.94 (2) | 2:23.46 (3) | 47.83 (2) | 49.52 (3) | 50.120 (5) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Andrea Facchin / Antonio Scaduto | ITA | 3:14.750 | 46.66 (7) | 1:34.82 (4) | 2:25.65 (5) | 48.16 (3) | 50.83 (8) | 49.100 (2) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Zoltán Kammerer / Gábor Kucsera | HUN | 3:15.049 | 44.67 (1) | 1:32.06 (1) | 2:22.10 (1) | 47.39 (1) | 50.04 (4) | 52.949 (8) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Mike Walker / Steven Ferguson | NZL | 3:15.329 | 45.88 (3) | 1:36.25 (6) | 2:24.65 (4) | 50.37 (6) | 48.40 (1) | 50.679 (6) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Philippe Colin / Cyrille Carré | FRA | 3:16.532 | 46.65 (6) | 1:35.96 (5) | 2:26.69 (6) | 49.31 (5) | 50.73 (7) | 49.842 (3) | ||
| 7 | 8 | Krists Straume / Kristaps Zaļupe | LAT | 3:19.387 | 46.20 (5) | 1:36.65 (7) | 2:27.28 (7) | 50.45 (7) | 50.63 (=5) | 52.107 (7) | ||
| 8 | 9 | Shen Jie / Huang Zhipeng | CHN | 3:22.058 | 50.65 (8) | 1:41.35 (8) | 2:31.98 (8) | 50.70 (8) | 50.63 (=5) | 50.078 (4) | ||
| 6 | Adam Seroczyński / Mariusz Kujawski | POL | [3:14.828] | [47.26] (AC) | [1:35.71] (AC) | [2:26.16] (AC) | [48.45] (AC) | [50.45] (AC) | [48.668] (AC) | 4 |