Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 1,000 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Men's canoe sprint K-2 1,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date6 to 8 August
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Winning time3:09.646
Medalists
Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary
Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal
Martin Hollstein
Andreas Ihle
 Germany

Rudolf Dombi and Roland Kökény from Hungary won the gold medal. Portugal's Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva won silver — the country's only medal at the 2012 Games — and Martin Hollstein and Andreas Ihle from Germany took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. Heat winners advanced to the "A" final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semifinals. The top three from each semifinal also advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date Time Round
Monday 6 August 201210:18
11:30
Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 201210:16Finals

Results

Heats

First boat qualified for the final, remainder go to semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Martin Hollstein
Andreas Ihle
 Germany 3:15.263 Q
2 David Smith
Ken Wallace
 Australia 3:19.073
3 Peter Gelle
Erik Vlček
 Slovakia 3:19.571
4 Olivier Cauwenbergh
Laurens Pannecoucke
 Belgium 3:24.304
5 Alexey Dergunov
Yevgeniy Alexeyev
 Kazakhstan 3:32.176
6 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 3:55.748

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary 3:11.393 Q
2 Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal 3:13.710
3 Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson
 Sweden 3:16.590
4 Darryl Fitzgerald
Steven Ferguson
 New Zealand 3:16.608
5 Kim Wraae
Emil Staer
 Denmark 3:17.020
6 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Ryakhov
 Russia 3:21.086

Semifinals

The fastest three canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The slowest two canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson
 Sweden 3:13.125 Q
2 David Smith
Ken Wallace
 Australia 3:13.239 Q
3 Darryl Fitzgerald
Steven Ferguson
 New Zealand 3:15.307 Q
4 Alexey Dergunov
Yevgeniy Alexeyev
 Kazakhstan 3:17.788
5 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 3:29.819

Semifinal 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Peter Gelle
Erik Vlček
 Slovakia 3:12.690 Q
2 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Ryakhov
 Russia 3:12.901 Q
3 Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal 3:14.017 Q
4 Kim Wraae
Emil Staer
 Denmark 3:15.580
5 Olivier Cauwenbergh
Laurens Pannecoucke
 Belgium 3:15.655

Final B

Rank Canoer Country Time
1 Kim Wraae
Emil Staer
 Denmark 3:12.820
2 Olivier Cauwenbergh
Laurens Pannecoucke
 Belgium 3:13.298
3 Alexey Dergunov
Yevgeniy Alexeyev
 Kazakhstan 3:14.867
4 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 3:18.550

Final A

Rank Canoer Country Time
Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary 3:09.646
Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal 3:09.699
Martin Hollstein
Andreas Ihle
 Germany 3:10.117
4 David Smith
Ken Wallace
 Australia 3:11.456
5 Markus Oscarsson
Henrik Nilsson
 Sweden 3:11.803
6 Ilya Medvedev
Anton Ryakhov
 Russia 3:12.047
7 Darryl Fitzgerald
Steven Ferguson
 New Zealand 3:12.117
8 Peter Gelle
Erik Vlček
 Slovakia 3:12.519

References


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