Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres

The men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.

German pairing Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the gold medal. Belarus won silver and Russia took bronze.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals, and a final round. Heat winners advanced to the 'A' final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-finals. 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 semi-finalists.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 09:46 10:55 | Heats Semifinals |
| Thursday 9 August 2012 | 09:30 | Finals |

## Results

### Heats

The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder went through to the semi-finals.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela | Germany | 3:34.435 | Q |
| 2 | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | Russia | 3:37.568 | |
| 3 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | China | 3:38.483 | |
| 4 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 3:38.711 | |
| 5 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:38.759 | |
| 6 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | Australia | 3:52.589 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko | Azerbaijan | 3:38.042 | Q |
| 2 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 3:41.014 | |
| 3 | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | Belarus | 3:42.599 | |
| 4 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | Romania | 3:43.787 | |
| 5 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | Cuba | 3:44.341 | |
| 6 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | Angola | 4:16.478 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest three canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest two canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the placing 'B' final.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | Russia | 3:36.456 | Q |
| 2 | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | Belarus | 3:36.540 | Q |
| 3 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | Romania | 3:36.551 | Q |
| 4 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:37.695 | |
| 5 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | Australia | 3:52.018 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | China | 3:37.746 | Q |
| 2 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 3:37.839 | Q |
| 3 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | Cuba | 3:41.619 | Q |
| 4 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 3:42.101 | |
| 5 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | Angola | 4:18.543 | |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 3:37.692 |
| 2 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | Brazil | 3:41.484 |
| 3 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | Australia | 3:50.782 |
| 4 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | Angola | 4:15.497 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela | Germany | 3:33.804 |
| | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | Belarus | 3:35.206 |
| | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | Russia | 3:36.414 |
| 4 | Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko | Azerbaijan | 3:37.219 |
| 5 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 3:37.601 |
| 6 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | Cuba | 3:42.357 |
| 7 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | Romania | 3:43.005 |
| 8 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | China | 3:48.930 |
