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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Hollstein
Andreas Ihle
 Germany
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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]

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

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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

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

Date Time Round
Monday 6 August 2012 10:18
11:30
Heats
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 2012 10:16 Finals

Results

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Heats

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

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Finals

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Final B

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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

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Rank Canoer Country Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary 3:09.646
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal 3:09.699
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.