Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2

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Men's canoe slalom C-2
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Centro Olimpico de Deodoro.jpg
Aerial view of the Olympic Whitewater Stadium, where the Men's canoe slalom C-2 took place.
Venue Olympic Whitewater Stadium
Date8–11 August 2016
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Winning time101.58 s
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ladislav Škantár
Peter Škantár
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Silver medal icon.svg David Florence
Richard Hounslow
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Gauthier Klauss
Matthieu Péché
Flag of France.svg  France
  2012

The men's canoe slalom C-2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 8 - 11 August at the Deodoro Olympic Whitewater Stadium.

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The gold medal was won by Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár of Slovakia. [1]

It was the last appearance of the men's C-2, replaced by the women's C-1 for Tokyo 2020 in order to bring the slalom canoeing programme to gender equality (in 2016 and before, there were 3 men's events to only 1 women's event).

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

DateTimeRound
Monday 8 August 2016Heats
Thursday 11 August 2016Semi-final
Thursday 11 August 2016Final
Slalom gate positions for Heats, 7-8 August. 2016 Olympic Heats Gates.svg
Slalom gate positions for Heats, 7–8 August.
Slalom gate positions for Semi-Finals and Finals, 9-11 August. 2016 Olympic Semi-&Finals Gates.svg
Slalom gate positions for Semi-Finals and Finals, 9–11 August.

C-2 slalom men

OrderNamePreliminary HeatsSemifinalFinal
1st RidePen.2nd RidePen.BestOrderTimePen.OrderTimePen.Order
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Slovakia.svg  Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár  (SVK)100.890106.008100.891110.4246101.5801
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  David Florence & Richard Hounslow  (GBR)103.270DNS-103.273109.6023102.0102
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché  (FRA)103.352102.430102.432110.1945103.2403
4Flag of Germany.svg  Franz Anton & Jan Benzien  (GER)103.430114.354103.435107.9301103.5804
5Flag of Poland.svg  Marcin Pochwała & Piotr Szczepański  (POL)115.362159.6852115.3611110.1704104.9705
6Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Kuznetsov & Dmitry Larionov  (RUS)167.2654107.390107.398112.3968106.7006
7Flag of Slovenia.svg  Luka Božič & Sašo Taljat  (SLO)105.210113.412105.216111.1447107.7327
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jonáš Kašpar & Marek Šindler  (CZE)104.320103.434103.434108.0942108.3548
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Lukas Werro & Simon Werro  (SUI)158.4754110.562110.569115.4049111.5209
10Flag of the United States.svg  Casey Eichfeld & Devin McEwan  (USA)112.334117.196112.3310116.26210119.85810
11Flag of Brazil.svg  Charles Corrêa & Anderson Oliveira  (BRA)107.712106.142106.147116.49611did not advance
12Flag of Japan.svg  Shota Sasaki & Tsubasa Sasaki  (JPN)122.0412119.046119.0412did not advance

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