Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres

The men's C-2 1000 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan. The preliminary heats were held on 20 October 1964; 12 crews entered and were split into two heats of 6 pairs each. The top three placers in each heat advanced to the final, while the remaining six crews had to compete in a semifinal held the next day. The 3 slowest canoeists were eliminated in the semifinal on 21 October, with the top 3 joining the initial 6 finalists. The final was held on 22 October.

Medalists

Gold Gold	Silver Silver	Bronze Bronze
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Khimich and Stepan Oshchepkov (URS)	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis (FRA)	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Peer Nielsen and John Sørensen (DEN)

Results

Heats

The 12 teams first raced in two heats on 20 October. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final and the remaining 6 teams were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Khimich and Stepan Oshchepkov (URS)	4:08.05	QF
2.	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis (FRA)	4:10.26	QF
3.	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Peer Nielsen and John Sørensen (DEN)	4:11.34	QF
4.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Hajba and Árpád Soltész (HUN)	4:12.54	QS
5.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Miloslav Houzim and Rudolf Pěnkava (TCH)	4:28.81	QS
6.	File:Flag of the United States.svg James O'Rourke, Jr. and Joseph Dronzek (USA)	4:51.65	QS
Heat 2
1.	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Klaus Bohle and Detlef Lewe (EUA)	4:12.37	QF
2.	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Igor Lipalit and Achim Sidorov (ROU)	4:12.81	QF
3.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Makinen and Rudolf Narjanen (FIN)	4:21.41	QF
4.	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Andor Elbert and Fred Heese (CAN)	4:23.40	QS
5.	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shunichi Iwamura and Daisaburo Honda (JPN)	4:25.86	QS
6.	File:Flag of Australia.svg Fred Wasmer and Vid Juricskay (AUS)	4:45.23	QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on 21 October) advanced to the final, joining the six teams who had moved directly from the heats. All other teams were eliminated.

1.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Hajba and Árpád Soltész (HUN)	4:35.30	QF
2.	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Andor Elbert and Fred Heese (CAN)	4:38.18	QF
3.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Miloslav Houzim and Rudolf Pěnkava (TCH)	4:38.79	QF
4.	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shunichi Iwamura and Daisaburo Honda (JPN)	4:40.54
5.	File:Flag of the United States.svg James O'Rourke, Jr. and Joseph Dronzek (USA)	4:51.98
6.	File:Flag of Australia.svg Fred Wasmer and Vid Juricskay (AUS)	5:04.05

Final

The final was held on 22 October. All three medallists, and even the fourth-place finishers, came from the first heat.

Gold	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Khimich and Stepan Oshchepkov (URS)	4:04.65
Silver	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Boudehen and Michel Chapuis (FRA)	4:06.52
Bronze	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Peer Nielsen and John Sørensen (DEN)	4:07.48
4.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Antal Hajba and Árpád Soltész (HUN)	4:08.97
5.	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg Igor Lipalit and Achim Sidorov (ROU)	4:09.88
6.	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Klaus Bohle and Detlef Lewe (EUA)	4:13.18
7.	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Andor Elbert and Fred Heese (CAN)	4:21.99
8.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Miloslav Houzim and Rudolf Pěnkava (TCH)	4:22.89
9.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Kari Makinen and Rudolf Narjanen (FIN)	4:23.02

References

• 1964 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 250–1.
• Sports-reference.com 1964 C-2 1000 m results.