These are the results of the women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-person canoe sprint kayaks.
Medalists edit
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Katalin Kovácsand Nataša Janić (HUN) |
 Birgit Fischerand Carolin Leonhardt (GER) |
 Aneta Pastuszkaand Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (POL) |
Heats edit
The 15 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining nine teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.
| Heat | Place | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Katalin Kovács and Nataša Janić | Hungary |
1:38.606 | QF |
| 1 | 2 | Beatriz Manchon and Maria Teresa Portela |  Spain |
1:41.338 | QF |
| 1 | 3 | Caroline Brunet and Mylanie Barre |  Canada |
1:43.434 | QF |
| 1 | 4 | Shinobu Kitamoto and Yumiko Suzuki |  Japan |
1:44.730 | QS |
| 1 | 5 | Anne Laure Viard and Marie Delattre |  France |
1:45.090 | QS |
| 1 | 6 | Kathryn Colin and Lauren Spalding |  United States |
1:45.158 | QS |
| 1 | 7 | Florica Vulpeş and Lidia Talpă |  Romania |
1:45.386 | QS |
| 1 | 8 | Natalya Sergeyeva and Ellina Uzhakhova |  Kazakhstan |
1:46.710 | QS |
| 2 | 1 | Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt | Germany |
1:39.588 | QF |
| 2 | 2 | Xu Linbei and Zhong Hongyan |  China |
1:40.943 | QF |
| 2 | 3 | Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza | Poland |
1:41.164 | QF |
| 2 | 4 | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson |  Sweden |
1:44.059 | QS |
| 2 | 5 | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva |  Bulgaria |
1:44.268 | QS |
| 2 | 6 | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets |  Belarus |
1:45.279 | QS |
| 2 | 7 | Paula Harvey and Susan Tegg |  Australia |
1:46.319 | QS |
Semifinal edit
The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The other six teams were eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 26.
| 1. | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva (BUL) |
1:44.246 | QF |
| 2. | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson (SWE) |
1:44.570 | QF |
| 3. | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets (BLR) |
1:45.234 | QF |
| 4. | Anne Laure Viard and Marie Delattre (FRA) |
1:45.626 | |
| 5. | Florica Vulpeş and Lidia Talpă (ROU) |
1:45.770 | |
| 6. | Natalya Sergeyeva and Ellina Uzhakhova (KAZ) |
1:46.214 | |
| 7. | Kathryn Colin and Lauren Spalding (USA) |
1:46.786 | |
| 8. | Shinobu Kitamoto and Yumiko Suzuki (JPN) |
1:47.614 | |
| 9. | Paula Harvey and Susan Tegg (AUS) |
1:51.402 |
Final edit
The final was raced on August 28.
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Katalin Kovács and Nataša Janić (HUN) |
1:38.101 |
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Birgit Fischer and Carolin Leonhardt (GER) |
1:39.533 |
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Aneta Pastuszka and Beata Sokołowska-Kulesza (POL) |
1:40.077 |
| 4. | Xu Linbei and Zhong Hongyan (CHN) |
1:40.913 |
| 5. | Beatriz Manchon and Maria Teresa Portela (ESP) |
1:42.409 |
| 6. | Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva (BUL) |
1:42.553 |
| 7. | Caroline Brunet and Mylanie Barre (CAN) |
1:42.833 |
| 8. | Sofia Paldanius and Anna Karlsson (SWE) |
1:43.077 |
| 9. | Hanna Puchkova and Alena Bets (BLR) |
1:43.729 |