Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics will take place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.[1]

Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advances directly to the final, while the nine fastest times in both heats move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the heats winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinals will take place on August 21, and finals on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 17:10-17:30 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:40-16:50 Semifinal
Saturday, August 23, 2008 16:35-16:50 Final

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Saúl Craviotto
and Carlos Pérez (ESP)		  Ronald Rauhe
and Tim Wieskötter (GER)		  Raman Piatrushenka
and Vadzim Makhneu (BLR)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter Germany 1:28.736 QF
2 Vincent Lecrubier, Sébastien Jouve France 1:29.805 QF
3 Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto Italy 1:30.240 QF
4 Krists Straume, Kristaps Zalupe Latvia 1:31.020 QS
5 Alvydas Duonėla, Egidijus Balčiūnas Lithuania 1:31.232 QS
6 Clint Robinson, Jacob Clear Australia 1:31.712 QS
7 Alexey Dergunov, Dmitriy Kaltenberger Kazakhstan 1:33.363 QS
8 Shen Jie, Huang Zhipeng China 1:34.432

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu Belarus 1:28.661 QF
2 Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Perez Spain 1:28.983 QF
3 Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera Hungary 1:30.099 QF
4 Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows Canada 1:30.234 QS
5 Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen Denmark 1:30.348 QS
6 Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki Poland 1:32.107 QS
7 Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen Finland 1:33.785 QS
8 José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez Venezuela 1:34.220 QS

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows Canada 1:31.232 QF
2 Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki Poland 1:31.481 QF
3 Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen Denmark 1:31.796 QF
4 Krists Straume, Kristaps Zaļupe Latvia 1:32.649
5 Alvydas Duonėla, Egidijus Balčiūnas Lithuania 1:32.887
6 Alexey Dergunov, Dmitriy Kaltenberger Kazakhstan 1:33.512
7 Clint Robinson, Jacob Clear Australia 1:33.839
8 Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen Finland 1:34.994
9 José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez Venezuela 1:37.285

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Perez Spain 1:28.736
Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter Germany 1:28.827
Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu Belarus 1:30.005
4 Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera Hungary 1:30.285
5 Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen Denmark 1:30.569
6 Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows Canada 1:30.857
7 Vincent Lecrubier, Sébastien Jouve France 1:31.312
8 Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki Poland 1:31.869
9 Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto Italy 1:31.934

References

  1. ↑ 13 August 2009 International Canoe Federation announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics. - accessed 14 August 2009.
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