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

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 | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Monday 6 August 2012 | 10:18 11:30 | Heats Semifinals |
| Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 10:16 | Finals |

## Results

### Heats

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

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle | Germany | 3:15.263 | Q |
| 2 | David Smith Ken Wallace | Australia | 3:19.073 | |
| 3 | Peter Gelle Erik Vlček | Slovakia | 3:19.571 | |
| 4 | Olivier Cauwenbergh Laurens Pannecoucke | Belgium | 3:24.304 | |
| 5 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 3:32.176 | |
| 6 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 3:55.748 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rudolf Dombi Roland Kökény | Hungary | 3:11.393 | Q |
| 2 | Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 3:13.710 | |
| 3 | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 3:16.590 | |
| 4 | Darryl Fitzgerald Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 3:16.608 | |
| 5 | Kim Wraae Emil Staer | Denmark | 3:17.020 | |
| 6 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 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**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 3:13.125 | Q |
| 2 | David Smith Ken Wallace | Australia | 3:13.239 | Q |
| 3 | Darryl Fitzgerald Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 3:15.307 | Q |
| 4 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 3:17.788 | |
| 5 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 3:29.819 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peter Gelle Erik Vlček | Slovakia | 3:12.690 | Q |
| 2 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 3:12.901 | Q |
| 3 | Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 3:14.017 | Q |
| 4 | Kim Wraae Emil Staer | Denmark | 3:15.580 | |
| 5 | Olivier Cauwenbergh Laurens Pannecoucke | Belgium | 3:15.655 | |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kim Wraae Emil Staer | Denmark | 3:12.820 |
| 2 | Olivier Cauwenbergh Laurens Pannecoucke | Belgium | 3:13.298 |
| 3 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 3:14.867 |
| 4 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 3:18.550 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Rudolf Dombi Roland Kökény | Hungary | 3:09.646 |
| | Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Portugal | 3:09.699 |
| | Martin Hollstein Andreas Ihle | Germany | 3:10.117 |
| 4 | David Smith Ken Wallace | Australia | 3:11.456 |
| 5 | Markus Oscarsson Henrik Nilsson | Sweden | 3:11.803 |
| 6 | Ilya Medvedev Anton Ryakhov | Russia | 3:12.047 |
| 7 | Darryl Fitzgerald Steven Ferguson | New Zealand | 3:12.117 |
| 8 | Peter Gelle Erik Vlček | Slovakia | 3:12.519 |
