The men's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks. This would be the last time the event would take place at the Summer Olympics. On 13 August 2009, it was announced by the International Canoe Federation that the men's 500 m events would be replaced by 200 m events at the 2012 Summer Olympics with one of them being K-1 200 m for the women. The other events for men at 200 m will be C-1, C-2, and K-1.13 August 2009 International Canoe Federation announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics. - accessed 14 August 2009.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advances directly to the final, while the nine fastest times in both heats move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the heats winners in the final.
Heats took place on August 19, semifinals took place on August 21, and finals on August 23.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundTuesday, August 19, 2008 17:10-17:30 HeatsThursday, August 21, 2008 16:40-16:50 SemifinalSaturday, August 23, 2008 16:35-16:50 Final
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter1:28.736 QF2Vincent Lecrubier, Sébastien Jouve1:29.805 QF3Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto1:30.240 QF4Krists Straume, Kristaps Zalupe1:31.020QS5Alvydas Duonėla, Egidijus Balčiūnas1:31.232 QS6Clint Robinson, Jacob Clear1:31.712QS7Alexey Dergunov, Dmitriy Kaltenberger1:33.363 QS8Shen Jie, Huang Zhipeng1:34.432
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu1:28.661 QF2Saúl Craviotto, Carlos Perez1:28.983 QF3Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera1:30.099 QF4Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows1:30.234QS5Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen1:30.348 QS6Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki1:32.107QS7Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen1:33.785QS8José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez1:34.220QS
Semifinal Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows1:31.232 QF2Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki1:31.481 QF3Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen1:31.796 QF4Krists Straume, Kristaps Zaļupe1:32.649 5Alvydas Duonėla, Egidijus Balčiūnas1:32.887 6Alexey Dergunov, Dmitriy Kaltenberger1:33.512 7Clint Robinson, Jacob Clear1:33.839 8Mika Hokajärvi, Kalle Mikkonen1:34.994 9José Giovanni Ramos, Gabriel Rodríguez1:37.285
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesSaúl Craviotto, Carlos Perez1:28.736Ronald Rauhe, Tim Wieskötter1:28.827 Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu1:30.005 4Zoltán Kammerer, Gábor Kucsera1:30.285 5Kim Wraae Knudsen, René Holten Poulsen1:30.569 6Richard Dober, Jr., Andrew Willows1:30.857 7Vincent Lecrubier, Sébastien Jouve1:31.312 8Marek Twardowski, Adam Wysocki1:31.869 9Andrea Facchin, Antonio Massimiliano Scaduto1:31.934
References
Sport-reference.com 2008 men's K-2 500 m results Yahoo! August 19, 2008 sprint heat results. - accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 21, 2008 sprint semifinal results. - accessed August 21, 2008. Yahoo! August 23, 2008 sprint final results. - accessed August 23, 2008.