Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, from 29 July to 2 August, and canoe sprint, from 6 to 11 August.[1] The slalom competition was held at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events were staged at Eton College Rowing Centre, at Dorney Lake, known as Eton Dorney.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint (right)
VenueLee Valley White Water Centre (slalom)
Eton Dorney (sprint)
Dates29 July – 2 August 2012 (slalom)
6–11 August 2012 (sprint)
Competitors330
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Around 330 athletes took part in 16 events. The men's 500m sprints were replaced by a 200m race; in addition, the men's C-2 500m was replaced by a women's K-1 200m sprint.[2] This was confirmed at an International Canoe Federation board meeting at Windsor, Berkshire, on 5 December 2009.[3] For the first time, women competed in two individual events in sprint canoeing. Because of the changes, the finals were spread over a three-day period instead of the traditional two days which had been in effect since the 1976 Games.[4] The most successful nation in the slalom was France, with two gold medals in the four events, followed by Great Britain with one gold and one silver. In the sprint, Hungary was the most successful with three gold, two silver and one bronze medal, while Germany topped the medal table overall, with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

Qualification

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A new qualification system was created for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2012 Games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Competition schedule

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Eton Dorney, in Buckinghamshire, was the venue for the sprint discipline.
H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Slalom[5]
Event↓/Date → Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2
Men's C-1 H ½ F
Men's C-2 H ½ F
Men's K-1 H ½ F
Women's K-1 H ½ F
Sprint[6]
Event↓/Date → Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11
Men's C-1 200 m H ½ F
Men's C-1 1000 m H ½ F
Men's C-2 1000 m H ½ F
Men's K-1 200 m H ½ F
Men's K-1 1000 m H ½ F
Men's K-2 200 m H ½ F
Men's K-2 1000 m H ½ F
Men's K-4 1000 m H ½ F
Women's K-1 200 m H ½ F
Women's K-1 500 m H ½ F
Women's K-2 500 m H ½ F
Women's K-4 500 m H ½ F
 
Jessica Fox competing at the 2012 Olympics in K1

Medal summary

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By event

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Slalom

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's C-1
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Tony Estanguet
  France
Sideris Tasiadis
  Germany
Michal Martikán
  Slovakia
Men's C-2
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Timothy Baillie
Etienne Stott
  Great Britain
David Florence
Richard Hounslow
  Great Britain
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
  Slovakia
Men's K-1
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Daniele Molmenti
  Italy
Vavřinec Hradilek
  Czech Republic
Hannes Aigner
  Germany
Women's K-1
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Émilie Fer
  France
Jessica Fox
  Australia
Maialen Chourraut
  Spain

Sprint

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Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 200 m
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Yuriy Cheban
  Ukraine
Ivan Shtyl
  Russia [a]
Alfonso Benavides
  Spain
C-1 1000 m
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Sebastian Brendel
  Germany
David Cal
  Spain
Mark Oldershaw
  Canada
C-2 1000 m
details
  Peter Kretschmer
and Kurt Kuschela (GER)
  Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
and Andrei Bahdanovich (BLR)
  Alexey Korovashkov
and Ilya Pervukhin (RUS)
K-1 200 m
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Ed McKeever
  Great Britain
Saúl Craviotto
  Spain
Mark de Jonge
  Canada
K-1 1000 m
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Eirik Verås Larsen
  Norway
Adam van Koeverden
  Canada
Max Hoff
  Germany
K-2 200 m
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  Alexander Dyachenko
and Yury Postrigay (RUS)
  Raman Piatrushenka
and Vadzim Makhneu (BLR)
  Liam Heath
and Jon Schofield (GBR)
K-2 1000 m
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  Rudolf Dombi
and Roland Kökény (HUN)
  Fernando Pimenta
and Emanuel Silva (POR)
  Andreas Ihle
and Martin Hollstein (GER)
K-4 1000 m
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  Australia (AUS)
Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
  Hungary (HUN)
Zoltán Kammerer
Dávid Tóth
Tamás Kulifai
Dániel Pauman
  Czech Republic (CZE)
Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štěrba
Women
Games Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 200 m
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Lisa Carrington
  New Zealand
Inna Osypenko
  Ukraine
Nataša Dušev-Janić
  Hungary
K-1 500 m
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Danuta Kozák
  Hungary
Inna Osypenko
  Ukraine
Bridgitte Hartley
  South Africa
K-2 500 m
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  Franziska Weber
and Tina Dietze (GER)
  Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Dusev-Janics (HUN)
  Beata Mikołajczyk
and Karolina Naja (POL)
K-4 500 m
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  Hungary (HUN)
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
  Germany (GER)
Carolin Leonhardt
Franziska Weber
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Tina Dietze
  Belarus (BLR)
Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran
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Gallery of some of the gold medalists in the canoeing events:

By nation

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany3238
2  Hungary3216
3  Great Britain2114
4  France2002
5  Ukraine1203
6  Russia1113
7  Australia1102
8  Italy1001
  New Zealand1001
  Norway1001
11  Spain0224
12  Belarus0213
13  Canada0123
14  Czech Republic0112
15  Portugal0101
16  Slovakia0022
17  Poland0011
  South Africa0011
19  Lithuania0000
Totals (19 entries)16161648

References

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  1. ^ "Canoeing". 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Women's boxing for 2012 and golf and rugby proposed for 2016". 2009.[dead link]
  3. ^ "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor".[permanent dead link] – International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) – Retrieved 18 December 2009.[dead link]
  4. ^ "ICF announces changes to the Olympic and World Championship Programmes." Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine – International Canoe Federation (18 December 2009) – Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.[dead link]
  7. ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
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