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

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
   Russia
   Belarus
   Great Britain
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-2 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

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 2012 10:33
11:44
Heats
Semifinals
Saturday 11 August 2012 10:41Finals

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

Finals

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
1st Yury Postrigay
Alexander Dyachenko
Russia 33.507
2nd Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
Belarus 34.266
3rd 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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