Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres explained

The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.

Results

Heats

20 crews were entered into the event on July 30 though two teams did not start. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining nine teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1
width=30	1.		width=60	1:35.36	QS
2.		1:36.31	QS
3.		1:36.99	QS
4.		1:37.34	QR
5.		1:38.13	QR
6.		1:39.84	QR
-		Did not start
Heat 2
1.		1:33.75	QS
2.		1:36.66	QS
3.		1:36.98	QS
4.		1:37.15	QR
5.		1:39.14	QR
6.		1:39.30	QR
7.		1:40.33	QR
Heat 3
1.		1:34.16	QS
2.		1:34.61	QS
3.		1:36.29	QS
4.		1:36.49	QR
5.		1:43.31	QR
-		Did not start

Repechages

The nine crews first raced in two repechages on July 30. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
width=30	1.		width=60	1:38.55	QS
2.		1:39.64	QS
3.		1:39.95	QS
4.		1:40.43
5.		1:40.92
Repechage 2
1.		1:37.85	QS
2.		1:39.32	QS
3.		1:39.89	QS
4.		1:41.03

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on August 1) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
width=30	1.		width=60	1:35.88	QF
2.		1:36.90	QF
3.		1:37.42	QF
4.		1:37.89
5.		1:39.04
Semifinal 2
width=30	1.		width=60	1:34.71	QF
2.		1:36.04	QF
3.		1:36.98	QF
4.		1:37.20
5.		1:41.37
Semifinal 3
width=30	1.		width=60	1:35.59	QF
2.		1:36.63	QF
3.		1:37.45	QF
4.		1:38.38
5.		1:41.23

Final

The final was held on August 1.

width=30 bgcolor=gold		width=60	1:32.38
bgcolor=silver		1:33.65
	1:34.00
4.	1:36.22
5.	1:36.81
6.	1:36.96
7.	1:37.20
8.	1:37.66
9.	1:39.92