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.

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.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) Date Time RoundMonday 6 August 2012 10:1811:30 HeatsSemifinalsWednesday 8 August 2012 10:16Finals

Results

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

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Martin HollsteinAndreas Ihle 3:15.263Q2 David SmithKen Wallace 3:19.0733 Peter GelleErik Vlček 3:19.5714 Olivier CauwenberghLaurens Pannecoucke 3:24.3045 Alexey DergunovYevgeniy Alexeyev 3:32.1766 Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel 3:55.748

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Rudolf DombiRoland Kökény 3:11.393Q2 Fernando PimentaEmanuel Silva 3:13.7103 Markus OscarssonHenrik Nilsson 3:16.5904 Darryl FitzgeraldSteven Ferguson 3:16.6085 Kim WraaeEmil Staer 3:17.0206 Ilya MedvedevAnton Ryakhov 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 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Markus OscarssonHenrik Nilsson 3:13.125Q2 David SmithKen Wallace 3:13.239Q3 Darryl FitzgeraldSteven Ferguson 3:15.307Q4 Alexey DergunovYevgeniy Alexeyev 3:17.7885 Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel 3:29.819

Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Peter GelleErik Vlček 3:12.690Q2 Ilya MedvedevAnton Ryakhov 3:12.901Q3 Fernando PimentaEmanuel Silva 3:14.017Q4 Kim WraaeEmil Staer 3:15.5805 Olivier CauwenberghLaurens Pannecoucke 3:15.655

Finals

Final B RankCanoerCountryTime1 Kim WraaeEmil Staer 3:12.8202 Olivier CauwenberghLaurens Pannecoucke 3:13.2983 Alexey DergunovYevgeniy Alexeyev 3:14.8674 Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel 3:18.550

Final A RankCanoerCountryTime Rudolf DombiRoland Kökény 3:09.646 Fernando PimentaEmanuel Silva 3:09.699 Martin HollsteinAndreas Ihle 3:10.1174 David SmithKen Wallace 3:11.4565 Markus OscarssonHenrik Nilsson 3:11.8036 Ilya MedvedevAnton Ryakhov 3:12.0477 Darryl FitzgeraldSteven Ferguson 3:12.1178 Peter GelleErik Vlček 3:12.519

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