Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres explained

These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on Saturday, August 8.

Twenty-four canoeists from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Results

Heats

The 12 teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

Place width=220Canoeist width=70Time width=70Qual.
1 4:10.0 QF
2 4:22.2 QF
3 4:22.7 QF
4 4:24.8 QF
5 4:24.8
6 4:34.6

Heat 2

Place width=220Canoeist width=70Time width=70Qual.
1 4:11.8 QF
2 4:11.0 QF
3 4:30.8 QF
4 4:32.0 QF
5 4:42.1
6 4:50.7

Final

Place width=220Canoeist width=70Time
1 4:03.8
2 4:08.9
3 4:12.2
4 4:15.2
5 4:22.8
6 4:24.5
7 4:26.6
DSQ

Jannson and Lundqvist originally finished second, but were disqualified for bumping into Tilker and Bondroit.

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