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

Men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	7 to 9 August
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:33.804
Medalists
Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela   Germany   Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich   Belarus   Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin   Russia

Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 200 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 200 m		men		women
K-1 500 m				women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 200 m		men
K-2 500 m				women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

The men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.^[1]

German pairing Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the gold medal. Belarus won silver and Russia took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals, and a final round. Heat winners advanced to the 'A' final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-finals. 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 semi-finalists.^[2]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012	09:46 10:55	Heats Semifinals
Thursday 9 August 2012	09:30	Finals

Results

Heats

The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder went through to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela	Germany	3:34.435	Q
2	Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin	Russia	3:37.568
3	Huang Maoxing Li Qiang	China	3:38.483
4	Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák	Czech Republic	3:38.711
5	Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor	Poland	3:38.759
6	Alex Haas Jake Donaghey	Australia	3:52.589

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko	Azerbaijan	3:38.042	Q
2	Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira	Brazil	3:41.014
3	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Belarus	3:42.599
4	Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi	Romania	3:43.787
5	Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes	Cuba	3:44.341
6	Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques	Angola	4:16.478

Semifinals

The fastest three canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest two canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the placing 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin	Russia	3:36.456	Q
2	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Belarus	3:36.540	Q
3	Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi	Romania	3:36.551	Q
4	Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor	Poland	3:37.695
5	Alex Haas Jake Donaghey	Australia	3:52.018

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Huang Maoxing Li Qiang	China	3:37.746	Q
2	Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák	Czech Republic	3:37.839	Q
3	Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes	Cuba	3:41.619	Q
4	Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira	Brazil	3:42.101
5	Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques	Angola	4:18.543

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor	Poland	3:37.692
2	Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira	Brazil	3:41.484
3	Alex Haas Jake Donaghey	Australia	3:50.782
4	Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques	Angola	4:15.497

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela	Germany	3:33.804
	Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich	Belarus	3:35.206
	Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin	Russia	3:36.414
4	Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko	Azerbaijan	3:37.219
5	Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák	Czech Republic	3:37.601
6	Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes	Cuba	3:42.357
7	Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi	Romania	3:43.005
8	Huang Maoxing Li Qiang	China	3:48.930

References

1. Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2. Format Competition – Sprint