Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date10 to 11 August
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Winning time33.507
Medalists
Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko
 Russia
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
 Belarus
Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain

Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko, representing Russia, won the gold medal. Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu from Belarus won silver and Great Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield took bronze.

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
Friday 10 August 201210:33
11:44
Heats
Semifinals
Saturday 11 August 201210:41Finals

Results

Heats

The five best placed boat from each heat qualified for the semifinals, remainder went to the "B" final.

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko
 Russia 32.321 Q
2 Ronald Rauhe
Jonas Ems
 Germany 32.905 Q
3 Arnaud Hybois
Sébastien Jouve
 France 32.933 Q
4 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 33.407 Q
5 Ionuț Mitrea
Bogdan Mada
 Romania 33.978 Q
6 Alexey Dergunov
Yevgeniy Alexeyev
 Kazakhstan 34.254
Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal DNS

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
 Belarus 33.129 Q
2 Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain 33.364 Q
3 Miguel Correa
Rubén Voisard
 Argentina 33.623 Q
4 Stephen Bird
Jesse Phillips
 Australia 34.120 Q
5 Krists Straume
Aleksejs Rumjancevs
 Latvia 34.447 Q
6 Momotaro Matsushita
Hiroki Watanabe
 Japan 34.669
7 Olivier Cauwenbergh
Laurens Pannecoucke
 Belgium 35.297

Semifinals

First four boats in each semifinal qualify for the "A" final, remainder go to the "B" final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko
 Russia 32.051 Q, OB
2 Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain 32.940 Q
3 Miguel Correa
Rubén Voisard
 Argentina 33.105 Q
4 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 33.500 Q
5 Ionuț Mitrea
Bogdan Mada
 Romania 34.253

Semifinal 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
 Belarus 32.641 Q
2 Ronald Rauhe
Jonas Ems
 Germany 32.662 Q
3 Arnaud Hybois
Sébastien Jouve
 France 32.668 Q
4 Stephen Bird
Jesse Phillips
 Australia 34.071 Q
5 Krists Straume
Aleksejs Rumjancevs
 Latvia 34.140

Final B

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Alexey Dergunov
Yevgeniy Alexeyev
 Kazakhstan 35.494
2 Momotaro Matsushita
Hiroki Watanabe
 Japan 35.739
3 Krists Straume
Aleksejs Rumjancevs
 Latvia 36.110
4 Olivier Cauwenbergh
Laurens Pannecoucke
 Belgium 36.336
5 Ionuț Mitrea
Bogdan Mada
 Romania 46.495

Final A

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko
 Russia 33.507
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
 Belarus 34.266
Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain 34.421
4 Arnaud Hybois
Sébastien Jouve
 France 35.012
5 Miguel Correa
Rubén Voisard
 Argentina 35.271
6 Stephen Bird
Jesse Phillips
 Australia 35.315
7 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
 Canada 35.396
8 Ronald Rauhe
Jonas Ems
 Germany 35.405

References

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