The men's K-2 1000 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 20 canoeists (10 boats of 2) from at least 10 nations competed.

Background This was the 20th appearance of the event, one of four events that have been held at every Summer Olympics since the introduction of canoeing in 1936.

The reigning World Champions are Max Hoff and Jacob Schopf of Germany, who have been named to the German team. The reigning Olympic champions are Max Rendschmidt and Marcus Gross, also of Germany; Rendschmidt has been named to the team, but Gross has not.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other men's kayak events. A total of 13 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

6 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 3 places awarded to 3 continents (excluding Europe) through the World Championships, which are then competed for at continental tournaments 1 place awarded through a European continental tournament

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.

The three continental spots were awarded to the Americas (#14 Canada), Oceania (#15 New Zealand), and Asia (#21 Japan); Africa had the lowest next-ranked team (#24 South Africa). The continental tournaments were won by Canada (via World Championship rather than continental tournament, which was cancelled), China, Hungary, and New Zealand. The World Championships places were allocated as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation

Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitors 1Max HoffJacob Schopf Quota #1 in K-2 (#1, #2 athlete quotas) Max HoffJacob Schopf 2Francisco CubelosIñigo Peña Quota #2 in K-2 (#3, #4 athlete quotas) 3Cyrille CarréÉtienne Hubert Quota #3 in K-2 (#5, #6 athlete quotas) 4Josef DostálRadek Šlouf Quota #4 in K-2 (#7, #8 athlete quotas) 5Jordan WoodRiley Fitzsimmons Quota #5 in K-2 (#9, #10 athlete quotas) 6Luca BeccaroSamuele Burgo Quota #6 in K-2 (#11, #12 athlete quotas)

Continental places:

Nation Qualification Selected competitor Americas quota in K-2 500 m Asia quota in K-2 500 m Europe quota in K-2 500 m Oceania quota in K-2 500 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 200 metres, K-1 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "1000 metres" is the distance of each race.

Schedule The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.

+Sprint Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Men's K-2 1000 m H ¼ ½ F Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes17Jean van der WesthuyzenThomas Green3:08.773OB, SF25Max HoffJacob Schopf3:09.830SF34Samuel BalážAdam Botek3:13.982QF42Max BrownKurtis Imrie3:17.210QF53Mikita BorykauAleh Yurenia3:18.952QF66Brian MalfesiVincent Jourdenais3:22.068QF

Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes12Bence NádasBálint Kopasz3:11.877SF25Josef DostálRadek Šlouf3:13.425SF36Riley FitzsimmonsJordan Wood3:18.453QF43Samuele BurgoLuca Beccaro3:28.047QF54Étienne HubertGuillaume Burger3:29.296QF

Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Francisco CubelosÍñigo Peña3:10.138SF26Wang CongkangBu Tingkai3:10.292SF35Maxim SpesivtsevRoman Anoshkin3:20.610QF43Kornél BékeÁdám Varga3:26.732QF52Tuva'a CliftonRudolf Williams3:55.617QF

Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.

Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes12Mikita BorykauAleh Yurenia3:10.126SF24Max BrownKurtis Imrie3:10.220SF33Samuele BurgoLuca Beccaro3:12.667SF45Maxim SpesivtsevRoman Anoshkin3:14.045FB56Étienne HubertGuillaume Burger3:18.284FB

Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Riley FitzsimmonsJordan Wood3:10.619SF25Samuel BalážAdam Botek3:11.458SF33Kornél BékeÁdám Varga3:15.225SF46Brian MalfesiVincent Jourdenais3:15.736FB52Tuva'a CliftonRudolf Williams3:46.523FB

Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Jean van der WesthuyzenThomas Green3:17.077FA22Max BrownKurtis Imrie3:17.684FA33Wang CongkangBu Tingkai3:17.784FA45Josef DostálRadek Šlouf3:18.240FA57Samuele BurgoLuca Beccaro3:20.591FB66Riley FitzsimmonsJordan Wood3:21.860FB

Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Max HoffJacob Schopf3:17.554FA25Bence NádasBálint Kopasz3:18.316FA36Mikita BorykauAleh Yurenia3:18.875FA44Francisco CubelosÍñigo Peña3:19.133FA57Kornél BékeÁdám Varga3:20.197FB62Samuel BalážAdam Botek3:20.917FB

Finals

Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes5Jean van der WesthuyzenThomas Green3:15.2804Max HoffJacob Schopf3:15.5841Josef DostálRadek Šlouf3:16.10646Bence NádasBálint Kopasz3:16.53553Max BrownKurtis Imrie3:17.26768Francisco CubelosÍñigo Peña3:17.32772Mikita BorykauAleh Yurenia3:17.76987Wang CongkangBu Tingkai3:19.612

Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes92Maxim SpesivtsevRoman Anoshkin3:19.680106Samuel BalážAdam Botek3:21.087115Samuele BurgoLuca Beccaro3:22.408124Kornél BékeÁdám Varga3:24.223133Riley FitzsimmonsJordan Wood3:24.757147Brian MalfesiVincent Jourdenais3:25.181158Étienne HubertGuillaume Burger3:32.690161Tuva'a CliftonRudolf Williams3:56.171

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