Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres
These are the results of the men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks.
Medalists
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 | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ronald Rauhe and Tim Wieskötter | 1:28.866 | QF | |
| 1 | 2 | Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz | 1:31.166 | QS | |
| 1 | 3 | Damian Vindel and Francisco Llera | 1:32.846 | QS | |
| 1 | 4 | Yordan Yordanov and Ivan Hristov | 1:33.222 | QS | |
| 1 | 5 | Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen | 1:33.938 | QS | |
| 1 | 6 | Marian Baban and Stefan Vasile | 1:34.410 | QS | |
| 1 | 7 | Aleksey Babadjanov and Sergey Borzov | 1:34.782 | QS | |
| 2 | 1 | Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu | 1:28.925 | QF | |
| 2 | 2 | Markus Oscarsson and Henrik Nilsson | 1:29.717 | QS | |
| 2 | 3 | Anatoli Tishchenko and Vladimir Grushikhin | 1:30.761 | QS | |
| 2 | 4 | Clint Robinson and Nathan Baggaley | 1:30.869 | QS | |
| 2 | 5 | Antonio Rossi and Beniamino Bonomi | 1:33.565 | QS | |
| 2 | 6 | Yin Yijun and Wang Lei | 1:37.061 | QS | |
| 3 | 1 | Marek Twardowski and Adam Wysocki | 1:29.069 | QF | |
| 3 | 2 | Alvydas Duonėla and Egidijus Balčiūnas | 1:30.521 | QS | |
| 3 | 3 | Ognjen Filipović and Dragan Zorić | 1:30.665 | QS | |
| 3 | 4 | Bartosz Wolski and Rami Zur | 1:31.893 | QS | |
| 3 | 5 | Steven Jorens and Richard Dober | 1:31.985 | QS | |
| 3 | 6 | Sebastian Cuattrin and Sebastian Szubski | 1:35.917 | QS |