Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
The men's C-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The C-2 event was raced in two-man sprint canoes.
Competition consisted of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals and the final. All boats competed in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advanced directly to the final, while the top nine finishers from both heats moved on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal joined the heats winners in the final.
[|Heats] took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.
Medalists
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 17:10-17:30 | Heats |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 16:30-16:40 | [|Semifinal] |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 17:05-17:15 | [|Final] |
Results
Heats
Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest OutHeat 1
Heat 2
Semifinal
Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wojciech Tyszyński, Paweł Baraszkiewicz | 3:42.435 | QF | |
| 2 | György Kozmann, Tamás Kiss | 3:42.482 | QF | |
| 3 | Chen Zhongyun, Zhang Zhiwu | 3:42.619 | QF | |
| 4 | Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev | 3:45.019 | ||
| 5 | Ruslan Dzhalilov, Petro Kruk | 3:46.050 | ||
| 6 | Bertrand Hemonic, William Tchamba | 3:48.406 | ||
| 7 | Everardo Cristóbal, Dimas Camilo | 3:49.695 |