The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayak

Kayak

A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The canoeing schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. 11 canoeing events were contested....

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

20 crews were entered into the event on July 30 though two teams did not start. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining nine teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.		1:35.36	QS
2.		1:36.31	QS
3.		1:36.99	QS
4.		1:37.34	QR
5.		1:38.13	QR
6.		1:39.84	QR
-		Did not start
Heat 2
1.		1:33.75	QS
2.		1:36.66	QS
3.		1:41.24	QS
4.		1:37.15	QR
5.		1:39.14	QR
6.		1:39.30	QR
7.		1:40.33	QR
Heat 3
1.		1:34.16	QS
2.		1:34.61	QS
3.		1:36.29	QS
4.		1:36.49	QR
5.		1:43.31	QR
-		Did not start

Repechages

The nine crews first raced in two repechages on July 30. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.		1:38.55	QS
2.		1:39.64	QS
3.		1:39.95	QS
4.		1:40.43
5.		1:40.92
Repechage 2
1.		1:37.85	QS
2.		1:39.32	QS
3.		1:39.89	QS
4.		1:41.03

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on August 1) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		1:35.88	QF
2.		1:36.90	QF
3.		1:37.42	QF
4.		1:37.89
5.		1:39.04
Semifinal 2
1.		1:34.71	QF
2.		1:36.04	QF
3.		1:36.98	QF
4.		1:37.20
5.		1:41.37
Semifinal 3
1.		1:35.59	QF
2.		1:36.63	QF
3.		1:37.45	QF
4.		1:38.38
5.		1:41.23

Final

The final was held on August 1.

		1:32.38
		1:33.65
		1:34.00
4.		1:36.22
5.		1:36.81
6.		1:36.96
7.		1:37.20
8.		1:37.66
9.		1:39.92