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

Men's canoe sprint K-2 1,000 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	6 to 8 August
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Winning time	3:09.646
Medalists
Rudolf Dombi Roland Kökény   Hungary   Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva   Portugal   Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle   Germany

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 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

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 2012	10:18 11:30	Heats Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 2012	10:16	Finals

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	Dave 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	Dave 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

Finals

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	Dave 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

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