The Women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
13 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the rest advanced to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. | |
| 1 | 2 | Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner | 1:42.557 | QF | ||
| 2 | 3 | Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka | 1:42.905 | QF | ||
| 3 | 7 | Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson | 1:45.491 | QF | ||
| 4 | 8 | Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez | 1:45.527 | QS | ||
| 5 | 11 | Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin | 1:47.735 | QS | ||
| 6 | 12 | Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich | 1:48.647 | QS | ||
| 7 | 13 | Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula | 1:55.757 | QS | ||
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. | |
| 1 | 1 | Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó | 1:42.298 | QF | ||
| 2 | 4 | Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău | 1:43.204 | QF | ||
| 3 | 5 | 1:44.476 | QF | |||
| 4 | 6 | Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood | 1:45.250 | QS | ||
| 5 | 9 | Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova | 1:46.942 | QS | ||
| 6 | 10 | Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina | 1:47.356 | QS | ||
| Heats Overall Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Place | Time | Qual. | |
| 1 | Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó | 2 | 1 | 1:42.298 | QF | ||
| 2 | Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner | 1 | 1 | 1:42.557 | QF | ||
| 3 | Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka | 1 | 2 | 1:42.905 | QF | ||
| 4 | Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău | 2 | 2 | 1:43.204 | QF | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 1:44.476 | QF | |||
| 6 | Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood | 2 | 4 | 1:45.250 | QS | ||
| 7 | Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson | 1 | 3 | 1:45.491 | QF | ||
| 8 | Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez | 1 | 4 | 1:45.527 | QS | ||
| 9 | Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova | 2 | 5 | 1:46.942 | QS | ||
| 10 | Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina | 2 | 6 | 1:47.356 | QS | ||
| 11 | Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin | 1 | 5 | 1:47.735 | QS | ||
| 12 | Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich | 1 | 6 | 1:48.647 | QS | ||
| 13 | Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula | 1 | 7 | 1:55.757 | QS | ||
The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Friday 29 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. | |
| 1 | Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood | 1:44.682 | QF | ||
| 2 | Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez | 1:45.144 | QF | ||
| 3 | Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina | 1:46.554 | QF | ||
| 4 | Hanna Balabanova and Nataliya Feklisova | 1:47.370 | |||
| 5 | Lior Carmi and Larisa Pesyakhovich | 1:48.120 | |||
| 6 | Tamara Jenkins and Kathryn Colin | 1:48.300 | |||
| 7 | Yelena Bet and Svetlana Vakula | 1:49.758 | |||
The final was held on 1 October.
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Sunday 1 October 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | |
| Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner | 1:56.996 | |||
| Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó | 1:58.580 | |||
| Beata Sokołowska and Aneta Pastuszka | 1:58.784 | |||
| 4 | Raluca Ioniță and Mariana Limbău | 1:59.264 | ||
| 5 | Caroline Brunet and Karen Furneaux | 2:01.046 | ||
| 6 | Katrin Borchert and Anna Wood | 2:01.472 | ||
| 7 | Maria Garcia and Belén Sánchez | 2:04.208 | ||
| 8 | Anna Olsson and Ingela Ericsson | 2:04.574 | ||
| 9 | Nataliya Guly and Yelena Tissina | 2:04.994 | ||
Fischer made history in this race in three ways. First, she became the first woman to win two or more medals in four Summer Olympics. Second, Fischer became the fourth woman to earn seven gold medals. Third, she joined American swimmer Jenny Thompson as the only non-gymnastics competitors to win ten medals in the Summer Olympics.