title: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres
  
  These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on Saturday, August 8.
  
  Twenty-four canoeists from twelve nations competed.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) | Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit (GER) | Nicolaas Tates and Wim van der Kroft (NED) |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The 12 teams first raced in two heats. The top four teams in each heat advanced directly to the final.
  
  Heat 1
  
  | Place | Canoeist | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) | 4:10.0 | QF |
  | 2 | Nicolaas Tates and Wim van der Kroft (NED) | 4:22.2 | QF |
  | 3 | František Brzák and Josef Dusil (TCH) | 4:22.7 | QF |
  | 4 | Verner Løvgreen and Axel Svendsen (DEN) | 4:24.8 | QF |
  | 5 | Ernest Riedel and Burr Folks (USA) | 4:24.8 | |
  | 6 | René Lacelle and Jules Mackowiak (FRA) | 4:34.6 | |
  
  Heat 2
  
  | Place | Canoeist | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sixten Jansson and Gunnar Lundqvist (SWE) | 4:11.8 | QF |
  | 2 | Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit (GER) | 4:11.0 | QF |
  | 3 | Rudolf Vilim and Werner Klingelfuss (SUI) | 4:30.8 | QF |
  | 4 | Edward Deir and Frank Willis (CAN) | 4:32.0 | QF |
  | 5 | Frans De Blaes and Albert Joris (BEL) | 4:42.1 | |
  | 6 | Gábor Cseh and Sándor Gelle (HUN) | 4:50.7 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Place | Canoeist | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adolf Kainz and Alfons Dorfner (AUT) | 4:03.8 |
  | 2 | Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit (GER) | 4:08.9 |
  | 3 | Nicolaas Tates and Wim van der Kroft (NED) | 4:12.2 |
  | 4 | František Brzák and Josef Dusil (TCH) | 4:15.2 |
  | 5 | Rudolf Vilim and Werner Klingelfuss (SUI) | 4:22.8 |
  | 6 | Edward Deir and Frank Willis (CAN) | 4:24.5 |
  | 7 | Verner Løvgreen and Axel Svendsen (DEN) | 4:26.6 |
  | — | Sixten Jansson and Gunnar Lundqvist (SWE) | DSQ |
  
  Jannson and Lundqvist originally finished second, but were disqualified for bumping into Tilker and Bondroit.
  
  