Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 1,000 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.[1]

Men's canoe sprint K-2 1000 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueLagoa Stadium
Date17–18 August 2016
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Teams12
Winning time3:10.781
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Max Rendschmidt
Marcus Gross
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marko Tomićević
Milenko Zorić
 Serbia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ken Wallace
Lachlan Tame
 Australia
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The medals were presented by Ivo Ferriani, IOC member, Italy and Helen Brownlee, Board Member of the ICF.

Competition format edit

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.

Schedule edit

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Max Rendschmidt
Marcus Gross
  Germany 3:19.258 Q
2 Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
  Slovakia 3:24.728
3 Tibor Hufnágel
Benjámin Ceiner
  Hungary 3:25.580
4 Arnaud Hybois
Étienne Hubert
  France 3:25.654
5 Jorge Antonio Garcia
Reinier Torres
  Cuba 3:25.711
6 Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
  Czech Republic 3:53.907

Heat 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Marko Tomićević
Milenko Zorić
  Serbia 3:15.298 Q
2 Ken Wallace
Lachlan Tame
  Australia 3:23.019
3 Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik
  Lithuania 3:24.246
4 Emanuel Silva
João Ribeiro
  Portugal 3:26.284
5 Nicola Ripamonti
Giulio Dressino
  Italy 3:30.429
6 Yevgeniy Alexeyev
Alexey Dergunov
  Kazakhstan 3:30.433

Semifinals edit

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 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Ken Wallace
Lachlan Tame
  Australia 3:16.635 FA
2 Nicola Ripamonti
Giulio Dressino
  Italy 3:17.942 FA
3 Tibor Hufnágel
Benjámin Ceiner
  Hungary 3:18.474 FA
4 Yevgeniy Alexeyev
Alexey Dergunov
  Kazakhstan 3:18.858 FB
5 Arnaud Hybois
Étienne Hubert
  France 3:21.100 FB

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Emanuel Silva
João Ribeiro
  Portugal 3:18.099 FA
2 Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik
  Lithuania 3:18.526 FA
3 Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
  Slovakia 3:19.372 FA
4 Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
  Czech Republic 3:21.569 FB
5 Jorge Antonio Garcia
Reinier Torres
  Cuba 3:23.466 FB

Finals edit

Final B edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Jorge Antonio Garcia
Reinier Torres
  Cuba 3:18.768
2 Arnaud Hybois
Étienne Hubert
  France 3:19.415
3 Yevgeniy Alexeyev
Alexey Dergunov
  Kazakhstan 3:20.827
4 Daniel Havel
Jan Štěrba
  Czech Republic 3:25.966

Final A edit

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Max Rendschmidt
Marcus Gross
  Germany 3:10.781
  Marko Tomićević
Milenko Zorić
  Serbia 3:10.969
  Ken Wallace
Lachlan Tame
  Australia 3:12.593
4 Emanuel Silva
João Ribeiro
  Portugal 3:12.889
5 Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik
  Lithuania 3:14.748
6 Nicola Ripamonti
Giulio Dressino
  Italy 3:14.883
7 Tibor Hufnágel
Benjámin Ceiner
  Hungary 3:15.387
8 Erik Vlček
Juraj Tarr
  Slovakia 3:15.916

References edit

  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.