Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres competition 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-2 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueLagoa Stadium
Date17–18 August 2016
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time32.075
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Saúl Craviotto
Cristian Toro
 Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
 Lithuania
← 2012

It was the last appearance of the men's K-2 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.[2]

Format

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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

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

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 17 August 2016 08:51
10:10
Heats
Semifinals
Thursday, 18 August 2016 09:47 Finals

Results

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Heats

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The best placed boat from each heat qualified for the finals, remainder went to the semifinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
  Lithuania 31.755 FA
2 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
  Serbia 31.776 SF
3 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
  France 31.855 SF
4 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
  Canada 32.749 SF
5 Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva
Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro
  Brazil 33.021 SF
6 Daniel Bowker
Jordan Wood
  Australia 34.246 SF

Heat 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Saúl Craviotto
Cristian Toro
  Spain 31.161 FA
2 Sandor Totka
Péter Molnár
  Hungary 31.438 SF
3 Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
  Great Britain 31.534 SF
4 Tom Liebscher
Ronald Rauhe
  Germany 31.572 SF
5 Sergii Tokarnytskyi
Andrey Yerguchyov
  Kazakhstan 33.807 SF
6 Choi Min-kyu
Cho Gwang-hee
  South Korea 33.825 SF
7 Alberto Ricchetti
Mauro Crenna
  Italy 34.000 SF

Semifinals

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First three boats in each semifinal qualify for the "A" final, remainder go to the "B" final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Sandor Totka
Peter Molnar
  Hungary 32.138 FA
2 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
  France 32.526 FA
3 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
  Canada 33.494 FA
4 Choi Min-kyu
Cho Gwang-hee
  South Korea 33.767 FB
5 Sergii Tokarnytskyi
Andrey Yerguchyov
  Kazakhstan 35.151 FB

Semifinal 2

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
  Great Britain 31.899 FA
2 Tom Liebscher
Ronald Rauhe
  Germany 32.061 FA
3 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
  Serbia 32.513 FA
4 Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva
Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro
  Brazil 33.359 FB
5 Alberto Ricchetti
Mauro Crenna
  Italy 34.318 FB
6 Daniel Bowker
Jordan Wood
  Australia 34.845 FB

Finals

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Final B

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Choi Min-kyu
Cho Gwang-hee
  South Korea 33.812
2 Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva
Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro
  Brazil 33.992
3 Daniel Bowker
Jordan Wood
  Australia 35.334
4 Sergii Tokarnytskyi
Andrey Yerguchyov
  Kazakhstan 35.427
5 Alberto Ricchetti
Mauro Crenna
  Italy 35.516

Final A

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Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
  Saúl Craviotto
Cristian Toro
  Spain 32.075
  Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
  Great Britain 32.368
  Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
  Lithuania 32.382
4 Sandor Totka
Péter Molnár
  Hungary 32.412
5 Tom Liebscher
Ronald Rauhe
  Germany 32.488
6 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
  Serbia 32.656
7 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
  France 32.699
8 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
  Canada 33.767

References

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  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ^ "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.