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The ”’men’s C-2 500 metres”’ event was an open-style, pairs [[canoe]]ing event conducted as part of the [[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics]] program.

==Medalists==
{| class=wikitable
|align=center bgcolor=gold| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] ”’Gold”’
|align=center bgcolor=silver| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] ”’Silver”’
|align=center bgcolor=cc9966| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] ”’Bronze”’
|-
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[László Foltán]] <br> and [[István Vaskúti]]|HUN|1980 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Ivan Patzaichin]] <br> and [[Petre Capusta]]|ROU|1980 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Borislav Ananiev]] <br> and [[Nikolai Ilkov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|}

==Results==
===Heats===
Eleven teams entered in two heats on [[July 30]] though one withdrew prior to the heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final and the remaining four teams were relegated to the semifinal.

{| style=’text-align:center’
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Heat 1”’
|-
|width=30|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[László Foltán]] and [[István Vaskúti]]|HUN|1980 Summer}} ||width=60| 1:41.96 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivan Patzaichin]] and [[Petre Capusta]]|ROU|1980 Summer}} || 1:42.24 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Serhei Petrenko]] and [[Aleksandr Vinogradov]]|URS|1980 Summer}} || 1:44.54 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Borislav Ananiev]] and [[Nikolai Ilkov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}} || 1:45.00 || QS
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jarmo Hykala]] and [[Jyrki Hykala]]|FIN|1980 Summer}} || 1:49.81 || QS
|-
| -||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mirko Nišović]] and [[Matija Ljubek]]|YUG|1980 Summer}} || Did not start ||
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Heat 2”’
|-
|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marek Wisła]] and [[Jerzy Dunajski]]|POL|1980 Summer}} || 1:45.67 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jiří Vrdovec]] and [[Petr Kubíček]]|TCH|1980 Summer}} || 1:46.75 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Berndt Lindelöf]] and [[Erik Zeidlitz]]|SWE|1980 Summer}} || 1:46.97 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Franck Lambert]] and [[Pierre Langlois (canoer)|Pierre Langlois]]|FRA|1980 Summer}} || 1:48.94 || QS
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Narciso Suárez]] and [[Santos Magaz]]|ESP|1980 Summer}} || 1:50.11 || QS
|}

===Semifinal===
A semifinal was held on [[August 1]]. The top three finishers from the semifinal advanced to the final.

{| style=’text-align:center’
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Semifinal”’
|-
|width=30|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Borislav Ananiev]] and [[Nikolai Ilkov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}} ||width=60| 1:47.42 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Narciso Suárez]] and [[Santos Magaz]]|ESP|1980 Summer}} || 1:47.98 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Franck Lambert]] and [[Pierre Langlois (canoer)|Pierre Langlois]]|FRA|1980 Summer}} || 1:49.23 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jarmo Hykala]] and [[Jyrki Hykala]]|FIN|1980 Summer}} || 1:49.40 ||
|}

===Final===
The final was held on [[August 1]].

{| style=’text-align:center’
|width=30 bgcolor=gold|[[Image:Med 1.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[László Foltán]] and [[István Vaskúti]]|HUN|1980 Summer}} ||width=60| 1:43.39
|-
|bgcolor=silver|[[Image:Med 2.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivan Patzaichin]] and [[Petre Capusta]]|ROU|1980 Summer}} || 1:44.12
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|[[Image:Med 3.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Borislav Ananiev]] and [[Nikolai Ilkov]]|BUL|1980 Summer}} || 1:44.83
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marek Wisła]] and [[Jerzy Dunajski]]|POL|1980 Summer}} || 1:45.10
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jiří Vrdovec]] and [[Petr Kubíček]]|TCH|1980 Summer}} || 1:46.48
|-
|6.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Serhei Petrenko]] and [[Aleksandr Vinogradov]]|URS|1980 Summer}} || 1:46.95
|-
|7.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Narciso Suárez]] and [[Santos Magaz]]|ESP|1980 Summer}} || 1:48.18
|-
|8.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Berndt Lindelöf]] and [[Erik Zeidlitz]]|SWE|1980 Summer}} || 1:48.69
|-
|9.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Franck Lambert]] and [[Pierre Langlois (canoer)|Pierre Langlois]]|FRA|1980 Summer}} || 1:50.33
|}

==References==
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf 1980 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3.] p. 193. {{en icon}} }
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/CAN/mens-canadian-doubles-500-metres.html Sports-reference.com 1980 C-2 500 m results.]

[[Category:Canoeing events at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Men’s C-2 500]]