These are the results of the men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Heats

The 19 teams first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and all other teams advanced to the semifinals. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat 1
1.		1:28.866	QF
2.		1:31.166	QS
3.		1:32.846	QS
4.		1:33.222	QS
5.		1:33.938	QS
6.		1:34.410	QS
7.		1:34.782	QS
Heat 2
1.		1:28.925	QF
2.		1:29.717	QS
3.		1:30.761	QS
4.		1:30.869	QS
5.		1:33.565	QS
6.		1:37.061	QS
Heat 3
1.		1:29.069	QF
2.		1:30.521	QS
3.		1:30.665	QS
4.		1:31.893	QS
5.		1:31.985	QS
6.		1:35.917	QS

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinal races qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher teams were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1.		1:30.438	QF
2.		1:31.786	QF
3.		1:31.830	QF
4.		1:32.150
5.		1:33.182
6.		1:33.482
7.		1:34.398
8.		1:37.466
Semifinal 2
1.		1:30.270	QF
2.		1:30.710	QF
3.		1:30.998	QF
4.		1:31.030
5.		1:33.482
6.		1:33.654
7.		1:34.318
8.		1:38.554

Final

The final was raced on August 28.

		1:27.040
		1:27.920
		1:27.996
4.		1:28.048
5.		1:29.096
6.		1:29.532
7.		1:29.868
8.		1:30.804
9.		1:31.048