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

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Men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg
Venue Lagoa Stadium
Date17–18 August 2016
Competitors26 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time32.075
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Saúl Craviotto
Cristian Toro
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
  2012

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]

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

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 Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 17 August 201608:51
10:10
Heats
Semifinals
Thursday, 18 August 201609:47Finals

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 31.755FA
2 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 31.776SF
3 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
Flag of France.svg  France 31.855SF
4 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32.749SF
5 Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva
Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 33.021SF
6 Daniel Bowker
Jordan Wood
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 34.246SF

Heat 2

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

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Sandor Totka
Peter Molnar
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 32.138FA
2 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
Flag of France.svg  France 32.526FA
3 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33.494FA
4 Choi Min-kyu
Cho Gwang-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 33.767FB
5 Sergii Tokarnytskyi
Andrey Yerguchyov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 35.151FB

Semifinal 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31.899FA
2 Tom Liebscher
Ronald Rauhe
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.061FA
3 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 32.513FA
4 Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva
Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 33.359FB
5 Alberto Ricchetti
Mauro Crenna
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34.318FB
6 Daniel Bowker
Jordan Wood
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 34.845FB

Finals

Final B

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

Final A

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Saúl Craviotto
Cristian Toro
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32.075
Silver medal icon.svg Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 32.368
Bronze medal icon.svg Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 32.382
4 Sandor Totka
Péter Molnár
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 32.412
5 Tom Liebscher
Ronald Rauhe
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.488
6 Nebojša Grujić
Marko Novaković
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 32.656
7 Maxime Beaumont
Sébastien Jouve
Flag of France.svg  France 32.699
8 Ryan Cochrane
Hugues Fournel
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33.767

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References

  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.