Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | women | |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-2 500 m | women | |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
K-4 1000 m | men | |
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heats were shown timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while the rest of the events were shown timed in hundredths of a second (0.01).
Medalists
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![]() and Vladimir Morozov (URS) | ![]() and István Timár (HUN) | ![]() and Günther Pfaff (AUT) |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The 20 crews first raced in three heats on October 22. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals. Three were eliminated to not starting and the remaining eight teams were relegated to the repechage heats.
Repechages
[edit]Taking place on October 23, the top three competitors in each of the two repechages advanced to the semifinals.
Repechage 1 | |||
1. | ![]() | 3:47.64 | QS |
2. | ![]() | 3:50.82 | QS |
3. | ![]() | 4:07.98 | QS |
Repechage 2 | |||
1. | ![]() | 3:50.08 | QS |
2. | ![]() | 3:54.18 | QS |
3. | ![]() | 3:59.03 | QS |
4. | ![]() | 4:00.04 | |
5. | ![]() | 4:11.57 |
Semifinals
[edit]The top three finishers in each of the three semifinals (raced on October 24) advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 | |||
1. | ![]() | 3:43.94 | QF |
2. | ![]() | 3:44.63 | QF |
3. | ![]() | 3:53.05 | QF |
4. | ![]() | 3:58.37 | |
5. | ![]() | 3:59.50 | |
Semifinal 2 | |||
1. | ![]() | 3:44.39 | QF |
2. | ![]() | 3:46.30 | QF |
3. | ![]() | 3:49.19 | QF |
4. | ![]() | 3:53.60 | |
5. | ![]() | 4:01.31 | |
Semifinal 3 | |||
1. | ![]() | 3:45.77 | QF |
2. | ![]() | 3:48.69 | QF |
3. | ![]() | 3:48.97 | QF |
4. | ![]() | 3:51.78 | |
5. | ![]() | 3:52.17 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on October 25.
![]() | ![]() | 3:37.54 |
![]() | ![]() | 3:38.44 |
![]() | ![]() | 3:40.71 |
4. | ![]() | 3:41.36 |
5. | ![]() | 3:41.99 |
6. | ![]() | 3:45.18 |
7. | ![]() | 3:45.21 |
8. | ![]() | 3:46.08 |
9. | ![]() | 4:02.01 |
References
[edit]- 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. pp. 617–8. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1968 K-2 1000 m results.