Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The men's C-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics will take place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The C-2 event is raced in two-man sprint canoes. 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.[1]

Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top finisher in each of the three heats advances directly to the final, while the next six finishers (places 2 through 7) in each heat move on to the semifinals. The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals join the heats winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinal on August 21, and final on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 17:30-17:50 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:50-17:00 Semifinal
Saturday, August 23, 2008 17:05-17:20 Final

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Meng Guanliang
and Yang Wenjun (CHN)		  Sergey Ulegin
and Alexander Kostoglod (RUS)		  Christian Gille
and Thomasz Wylenzek (GER)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun China 1:41.218 QF
2 Sergey Ulegin, Aleksandr Kostoglod Russia 1:41.241 QF
3 Daniel Jędraszko, Roman Rynkiewicz Poland 1:42.309 QF
4 Raimundas Labuckas, Tomas Gadeikis Lithuania 1:42.803 QS
5 Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev Bulgaria 1:43.428 QS
6 Matyas Safran, Mihaly Zoltan Safran Hungary 1:43.642 QS
7 Serguey Torres, Karel Aguilar Cuba 1:44.155 QS
8 Everardo Cristóbal, Dimas Camilo Mexico 1:54.090 QS

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Christian Gille, Thomas Wylenzek Germany 1:41.513 QF
2 Andrei Bahdanovich, Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Belarus 1:41.767 QF
3 Sergiy Bezuglyy, Maksym Prokopenko Ukraine 1:42.054 QF
4 Iosif Chirila, Andrei Cuculici Romania 1:42.306 QS
5 Andrew Russell, Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny Canada 1:43.189 QS
6 Bertrand Hemonic, William Tchamba France 1:43.453 QS
7 Kaisar Nurmaganbetov, Aleksey Dyadchuk Kazakhstan 1:45.730 QS

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Iosif Chirila, Andrei Cuculici Romania 1:42.545 QF
2 Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev Bulgaria 1:42.891 QF
3 Andrew Russell, Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny Canada 1:42.921 QF
4 Raimundas Labuckas, Tomas Gadeikis Lithuania 1:43.299
5 Serguey Torres, Karel Aguilar Cuba 1:43.673
6 Bertrand Hemonic, William Tchamba France 1:43.874
7 Kaisar Nurmaganbetov, Aleksey Dyadchuk Kazakhstan 1:44.992
8 Matyas Safran, Mihaly Zoltan Safran Hungary 1:45.032
9 Everardo Cristóbal, Dimas Camilo Mexico 1:48.853

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun China 1:41.025
Sergey Ulegin, Aleksandr Kostoglod Russia 1:41.282
Christian Gille, Thomas Wylenzek Germany 1:41.964
4 Andrei Bahdanovich, Aliaksandr Bahdanovich Belarus 1:41.996
5 Andrew Russell, Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny Canada 1:42.450
6 Iosif Chirila, Andrei Cuculici Romania 1:43.195
7 Deyan Georgiev, Adnan Aliev Bulgaria 1:43.971
8 Sergiy Bezuglyy, Maksym Prokopenko Ukraine 1:44.157
9 Daniel Jędraszko, Roman Rynkiewicz Poland 1:44.389

The Chinese duo repeated their gold from 2004 and had to be fished out of the water after when Meng Guanliang dived into the water right when crossing the finish line, causing the canoe to capsize.

References

  1. ↑ 13 August 2009 International Canoe Federation announcement of canoe sprint format changes for the 2012 Summer Olympics. - accessed 14 August 2009.
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