Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2

The men's C-2 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 13 and 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The C-2 (canoe single) event is raced by two-man canoes through a whitewater course. The finals were rescheduled from the 14th to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.

There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 12 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 8 scores from that run; those 8 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Medalists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Pavol Hochschorner
and Peter Hochschorner (SVK)
  Ondřej Štěpánek
and Jaroslav Volf (CZE)
  Mikhail Kuznetsov
and Dmitry Larionov (RUS)

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 15:00-15:40 Heats 1st Run
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 16:42-17:22 Heats 2nd Run
Thursday, August 14, 2008 15:00-15:35 Semifinal
Friday, August 15, 2008 16:47-17:12 Final

Results

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Rank Name Country Preliminary Round Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank Time Rank Time Total
  Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner   Slovakia 93.69 93.04 186.73 1 94.88 2 95.94 190.82
  Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek   Czech Republic 93.78 97.16 190.94 4 95.33 3 97.56 192.89
  Mikhail Kuznetsov & Dmitry Larionov   Russia 98.43 97.65 196.08 6 98.57 4 98.80 197.37
4 Cédric Forgit & Martin Braud   France 96.17 92.39 188.56 2 102.76 5 95.43 198.19
5 Andrea Benetti & Erik Masoero   Italy 100.08 102.20 202.28 8 103.64 6 100.48 204.12
6 Felix Michel & Sebastian Piersig   Germany 96.04 96.33 192.37 5 94.38 1 110.05 204.43
7 Mark Bellofiore & Lachie Milne   Australia 104.61 98.21 202.82 9 104.17 7
8 Paweł Sarna & Marcin Pochwała   Poland 98.38 100.37 198.75 7 105.32 8
9 Masatoshi Sanma & Hiroyuki Nagao   Japan 99.47 113.09 212.56 10 110.10 9
10 Hu Minghai & Shu Junrong   China 97.30 93.34 190.64 3 164.08 10
11 Rick Powell & Casey Eichfeld   United States 101.69 151.65 253.34 11
12 Cyprian Ngidi & Cameron McIntosh   South Africa 119.83 157.37 277.20 12

References

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