The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
15 teams entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each heat advanced to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1:41.511 | QF | ||
| 2 | Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin | 1:42.903 | QF | ||
| 3 | Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske | 1:43.233 | QF | ||
| 4 | Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka | 1:44.175 | QS | ||
| 5 | José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:44.973 | QS | ||
| 6 | Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak | 1:45.567 | QS | ||
| 7 | José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero | 1:45.927 | QS | ||
| 8 | Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. | 1:46.557 | QS |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu | 1:41.904 | QF | ||
| 2 | Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira | 1:42.180 | QF | ||
| 3 | Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai | 1:42.816 | QF | ||
| 4 | Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 1:45.810 | QS | ||
| 5 | Andrew Train and Stephen Train | 1:46.986 | QS | ||
| 6 | Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 1:47.682 | QS | ||
| 7 | Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil | 1:47.934 | QS |
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
The top three finishers from the semifinal advanced to the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 1:44.981 | QF | ||
| 2 | José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:45.677 | QF | ||
| 3 | Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 1:45.809 | QF | ||
| 4 | Petr Procházka and Jan Břečka | 1:46.013 | |||
| 5 | José Ramón Ferrer and José Antonio Romero | 1:46.811 | |||
| 6 | Nikica Ljubek and Dražen Funtak | 1:46.955 | |||
| 7 | Attila Buday and Tamás Buday, Jr. | 1:47.525 | |||
| 8 | Ján Kubica and Mário Ostrćil | 1:48.749 | |||
| 9 | Andrew Train and Stephen Train | 1:49.931 |
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai | 1:51.284 | ||||
| Daniel Jędraszko and Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 1:51.536 | ||||
| Mitică Pricop and Florin Popescu | 1:54.260 | ||||
| 4 | José Alfredo Bea and David Mascató | 1:56.600 | |||
| 5 | Christian Gille and Thomas Zereske | 1:59.294 | |||
| 6 | Aleksandr Kovalyov and Aleksandr Kostoglod | 2:00.134 | |||
| 7 | Zhomart Satubaldin and Konstantin Negodyayev | 2:01.436 | |||
| 8 | Serhiy Klyniuk and Dmytro Sablin | 2:02.612 | |||
| 9 | Ibrahim Rojas and Leobaldo Pereira | 2:17.126 |
Pulai and Novák were known as "The Monster and the Little Guy" because Pulai was 1.99 meters (6 ft. 6.25 in.) tall and weighed 97 kg (214 lbs) while Novák was 1.72 meters (5 ft. 8 in.) and weighed 77 kg (170 lbs). Pulai taped Novák's leg to the boat so that his partner would not fall to the strong winds blowing on the day of the final.