Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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The men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks.

Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top 3 in each of the two heats advances directly to the final, while the next four finishers (places 4 through 7) in each heat move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals join the heats winners in the final.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Andreas Ihle and Martin Hollstein (GER)	Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen (DEN)	Andrea Facchin and Antonio Scaduto (ITA)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martin Hollstein, Andreas Ihle	Germany	3:15.987	QF
2	Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen	Denmark	3:18.709	QF
3	Philippe Colin, Cyrille Carré	France	3:18.968	QF
4	Kevin De Bont, Bob Maesen	Belgium	3:21.604	QS
5	Shen Jie, Huang Zhipeng	China	3:26.443	QS
6	José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez	Venezuela	3:31.569	QS
-	Markus Oscarsson, Anders Gustafsson	Sweden	-	Disqualified

Heat 2

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera	Hungary	3:17.636	QF
2	Adam Seroczyński, Mariusz Kujawski	Poland	3:18.282	QF
3	Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto	Italy	3:18.897	QF
4	Mike Walker, Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	3:19.167	QS
5	Krists Straume, Kristaps Zaļupe	Latvia	3:23.198	QS
6	Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen	Finland	3:23.475	QS
7	Steven Jorens, Ryan Cuthbert	Canada	3:29.037	QS

Sweden's disqualification as of 2009 was not given.

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
1	Krists Straume, Kristaps Zaļupe	Latvia	3:23.408	QF
2	Mike Walker, Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	3:23.511	QF
3	Shen Jie, Huang Zhipeng	China	3:24.031	QF
4	Kevin De Bont, Bob Maesen	Belgium	3:24.148
5	Steven Jorens, Ryan Cuthbert	Canada	3:26.635
6	Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen	Finland	3:27.018
7	José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez	Venezuela	3:27.423

Final

Rank	Athletes	Country	Time	Notes
	Martin Hollstein, Andreas Ihle	Germany	3:11.809
	Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen	Denmark	3:13.580
	Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto	Italy	3:14.750
4	Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera	Hungary	3:15.049
5	Mike Walker, Steven Ferguson	New Zealand	3:15.329
6	Philippe Colin, Cyrille Carré	France	3:16.532
7	Krists Straume, Kristaps Zaļupe	Latvia	3:19.387
8	Shen Jie, Huang Zhipeng	China	3:22.058
DSQ	Adam Seroczyński, Mariusz Kujawski	Poland	3:14.828	DSQ[1]

Poland finished fourth originally, but was disqualified when Seroczyński tested positive for doping. After a year of deliberation and court cases, it was determined on 11 December 2009 that Poland was disqualified. Additionally, Seroczyński was banned from competition for two years. He is the first canoer to fail a doping test in the Summer Olympics.

References

• Men's canoe/kayak flatwater racing: K-2 1000m.
• Sports-reference.com 2008 K-2 1000 m results.
• Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heats results. – accessed August 19, 2008.
• Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results. – accessed August 20, 2008.
• Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results. – accessed August 22, 2008.

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