These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...

. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on Saturday, August 8.

Twenty-four canoers from twelve nations competed.

Medalists

Adolf Kainz Adolf Kainz Adolf Kainz was an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....   Alfons Dorfner Alfons Dorfner Alfons Dorfner was an Austrian canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lembach im Mühlkreis....

Ewald Tilker Ewald Tilker Ewald Tilker was a German canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event with Fritz Bondroit.-References:***...   Fritz Bondroit Fritz Bondroit Fritz Bondroit was a German canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m competition with his partner Ewald Tilker.-References:**...

Nicolaas Tates Nicolaas Tates Nicolaas Tates was a Dutch canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Zaandam....   Wim van der Kroft Wim van der Kroft Willem "Wim" Frederik van der Kroft was a Dutch canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in the 1948 Summer Olympics, and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was born in Haarlem and died in Den Helder....

Heats

The 12 teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.

Heat 1

Place	Canoer	Time	Qual.
1		4:10.0	QF
2		4:22.2	QF
3		4:22.7	QF
4		4:24.8	QF
5		4:24.8
6		4:34.6

Heat 2

Place	Canoer	Time	Qual.
1		4:11.8	QF
2		4:11.0	QF
3		4:30.8	QF
4		4:32.0	QF
5		4:42.1
6		4:50.7

Final

Place	Canoer	Time
1		4:03.8
2		4:08.9
3		4:12.2
4		4:15.2
5		4:22.8
6		4:24.5
7		4:26.6
—		DSQ

Jannson and Lundqvist originally finished second, but were disqualified for bumping into Tilker and Bondroit.