| Event: | Men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres |
| Games: | 2012 Summer |
| Venue: | Eton Dorney |
| Date: | 7 to 9 August |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Gold: | Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich |
| Silvernoc: | BLR |
| Bronze: | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin |
| Bronzenoc: | RUS |
| Win Value: | 3:33.804 |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2016 |
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.[1]
German pairing Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the gold medal. Belarus won silver and Russia took bronze.
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.[2]
All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 09:46 10:55 | Heats Semifinals | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday 9 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 09:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder went through to the semi-finals.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela | 3:34.435 | Q | ||
| 2 | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | 3:37.568 | |||
| 3 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | 3:38.483 | |||
| 4 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | 3:38.711 | |||
| 5 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | 3:38.759 | |||
| 6 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | 3:52.589 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko | 3:38.042 | Q | ||
| 2 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | 3:41.014 | |||
| 3 | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 3:42.599 | |||
| 4 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | 3:43.787 | |||
| 5 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | 3:44.341 | |||
| 6 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | 4:16.478 |
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.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | 3:36.456 | Q | ||
| 2 | Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 3:36.540 | Q | ||
| 3 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | 3:36.551 | Q | ||
| 4 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | 3:37.695 | |||
| 5 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | 3:52.018 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | 3:37.746 | Q | ||
| 2 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | 3:37.839 | Q | ||
| 3 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | 3:41.619 | Q | ||
| 4 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | 3:42.101 | |||
| 5 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | 4:18.543 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcin Grzybowski Tomasz Kaczor | 3:37.692 | |||
| 2 | Erlon Silva Ronilson Oliveira | 3:41.484 | |||
| 3 | Alex Haas Jake Donaghey | 3:50.782 | |||
| 4 | Fortunato Pacavira Nelson Henriques | 4:15.497 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela | 3:33.804 | ||||
| Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich | 3:35.206 | ||||
| Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin | 3:36.414 | ||||
| 4 | Sergiy Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko | 3:37.219 | |||
| 5 | Jaroslav Radoň Filip Dvořák | 3:37.601 | |||
| 6 | Serguey Torres José Carlos Bulnes | 3:42.357 | |||
| 7 | Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | 3:43.005 | |||
| 8 | Huang Maoxing Li Qiang | 3:48.930 |