The men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.
It was the last appearance of the men's K-2 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.
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 Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00) Date Time RoundWednesday, 17 August 2016 08:5110:10 HeatsSemifinalsThursday, 18 August 2016 09:47Finals
Results Heats The best placed boat from each heat qualified for the finals, remainder went to the semifinals.
Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Aurimas LankasEdvinas Ramanauskas31.755FA2Nebojša GrujićMarko Novaković31.776SF3Maxime BeaumontSébastien Jouve31.855SF4Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel32.749SF5Edson Isaias Freitas da SilvaGilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro33.021SF6Daniel BowkerJordan Wood34.246SF
Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Saúl CraviottoCristian Toro31.161FA2Sandor TotkaPéter Molnár31.438SF3Liam HeathJon Schofield31.534SF4Tom LiebscherRonald Rauhe31.572SF5Sergii TokarnytskyiAndrey Yerguchyov33.807SF6Choi Min-kyuCho Gwang-hee33.825SF7Alberto RicchettiMauro Crenna34.000SF
Semifinals First three boats in each semifinal qualify for the "A" final, remainder go to the "B" final.
Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Sandor TotkaPeter Molnar32.138FA2Maxime BeaumontSébastien Jouve32.526FA3Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel33.494FA4Choi Min-kyuCho Gwang-hee33.767FB5Sergii TokarnytskyiAndrey Yerguchyov35.151FB
Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Liam HeathJon Schofield31.899FA2Tom LiebscherRonald Rauhe32.061FA3Nebojša GrujićMarko Novaković32.513FA4Edson Isaias Freitas da SilvaGilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro33.359FB5Alberto RicchettiMauro Crenna34.318FB6Daniel BowkerJordan Wood34.845FB
Finals Final B RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Choi Min-kyuCho Gwang-hee33.8122Edson Isaias Freitas da SilvaGilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro33.9923Daniel BowkerJordan Wood35.3344Sergii TokarnytskyiAndrey Yerguchyov35.4275Alberto RicchettiMauro Crenna35.516
Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeNotesSaúl CraviottoCristian Toro32.075Liam HeathJon Schofield32.368Aurimas LankasEdvinas Ramanauskas32.3824Sandor TotkaPéter Molnár32.4125Tom LiebscherRonald Rauhe32.4886Nebojša GrujićMarko Novaković32.6567Maxime BeaumontSébastien Jouve32.6998Ryan CochraneHugues Fournel33.767
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