Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres
# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 10 and 11 August at Eton Dorney.

Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko, representing Russia, won the gold medal. Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu from Belarus won silver and Great Britain's Liam Heath and Jon Schofield took bronze.

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Friday 10 August 2012 | 10:33 11:44 | Heats Semifinals |
| Saturday 11 August 2012 | 10:41 | Finals |

## Results

### Heats

The five best placed boat from each heat qualified for the semifinals, remainder went to the "B" final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko | Russia | 32.321 | Q |
| 2 | Ronald Rauhe Jonas Ems | Germany | 32.905 | Q |
| 3 | Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve | France | 32.933 | Q |
| 4 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 33.407 | Q |
| 5 | Ionuț Mitrea Bogdan Mada | Romania | 33.978 | Q |
| 6 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 34.254 | |
| – | Fernando Pimenta Emanuel Silva | Portugal | | DNS |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | Belarus | 33.129 | Q |
| 2 | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 33.364 | Q |
| 3 | Miguel Correa Rubén Voisard | Argentina | 33.623 | Q |
| 4 | Stephen Bird Jesse Phillips | Australia | 34.120 | Q |
| 5 | Krists Straume Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 34.447 | Q |
| 6 | Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Watanabe | Japan | 34.669 | |
| 7 | Olivier Cauwenbergh Laurens Pannecoucke | Belgium | 35.297 | |

### Semifinals

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

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko | Russia | 32.051 | Q, OB |
| 2 | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 32.940 | Q |
| 3 | Miguel Correa Rubén Voisard | Argentina | 33.105 | Q |
| 4 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 33.500 | Q |
| 5 | Ionuț Mitrea Bogdan Mada | Romania | 34.253 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | Belarus | 32.641 | Q |
| 2 | Ronald Rauhe Jonas Ems | Germany | 32.662 | Q |
| 3 | Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve | France | 32.668 | Q |
| 4 | Stephen Bird Jesse Phillips | Australia | 34.071 | Q |
| 5 | Krists Straume Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 34.140 | |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 35.494 |
| 2 | Momotaro Matsushita Hiroki Watanabe | Japan | 35.739 |
| 3 | Krists Straume Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 36.110 |
| 4 | Olivier Cauwenbergh Laurens Pannecoucke | Belgium | 36.336 |
| 5 | Ionuț Mitrea Bogdan Mada | Romania | 46.495 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko | Russia | 33.507 |
| | Raman Piatrushenka Vadzim Makhneu | Belarus | 34.266 |
| | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 34.421 |
| 4 | Arnaud Hybois Sébastien Jouve | France | 35.012 |
| 5 | Miguel Correa Rubén Voisard | Argentina | 35.271 |
| 6 | Stephen Bird Jesse Phillips | Australia | 35.315 |
| 7 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 35.396 |
| 8 | Ronald Rauhe Jonas Ems | Germany | 35.405 |
