The men's C-2 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 8 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background This was the 10th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1976 Olympics. The last time the event took place was at the 2008 Olympics, after which Men's C-2 1000 metres was introduced.
Qualification
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. For a 13-boat event, the rounds are as follows:
Heats: Two heats of 6 and 7 boats each. The top 2 boats in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals, with all others (9 boats) going to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals: Two heats of 4 and 5 boats each. The top 3 boats in each heat (6 boats total) advance to the semifinals, with the remaining 3 boats out of medal contention and competing in the consolation Final B. Semifinals: Two heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 boats in each heat (8 boats total) advance to the medal Final A, with the remaining 2 boats out of medal contention and competing in consolation Final B. Finals: Final A consists of the top 8 boats, awarding the medals as well as 4th through 8th place. Final B features the remaining 5 boats, awarding 9th through 13th places.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
The event will be held over two days, with two rounds per day."Olympic Schedule - Canoe sprint", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Date Time Round 6 August 2024 10:3013:50 HeatsQuarterfinals 8 August 2024 11:2013:20 SemifinalsFinals
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 8 Zakhar PetrovAlexey Korovashkov 1:38.65 SF 2 4 Gabriele CasadeiCarlo Tacchini 1:39.17 SF 3 3 Jacky GodmannIsaquias Queiroz 1:39.38 QF 4 5 Balázs AdolfJonatán Hajdu 1:40.02 QF 5 7 Ilie SprînceanOleg Nuță 1:40.84 QF 6 6 Peter KretschmerTim Hecker 1:41.58 QF 7 2 Max BrownGrant Clancy 2:22.09 QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 5 Liu HaoJi Bowen 1:37.40 SF, 2 6 Joan Antoni MorenoDiego Domínguez 1:37.78 SF 3 4 Petr FuksaMartin Fuksa 1:41.49 QF 4 3 Loïc LéonardAdrien Bart 1:44.00 QF 5 7 Sergey YemelyanovTimur Khaidarov 1:45.94 QF 6 2 Manuel AntónioBenilson Sanda 1:51.53 QF
Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.
Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 5 Jacky GodmannIsaquias Queiroz 1:38.78 SF 2 3 Ilie SprînceanOleg Nuță 1:40.00 SF 3 4 Loïc LéonardAdrien Bart 1:45.24 SF 4 6 Manuel AntónioBenilson Sanda 1:49.00 FB 5 2 Max BrownGrant Clancy 2:24.09 FB
Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 6 Peter KretschmerTim Hecker 1:39.94 SF 2 4 Balázs AdolfJonatán Hajdu 1:40.95 SF 3 5 Petr FuksaMartin Fuksa 1:41.02 SF 4 3 Sergey YemelyanovTimur Khaidarov 1:44.03 FB
Semifinals Progression: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 5 Zakhar PetrovAlexey Korovashkov 1:39.57 FA 2 2 Balázs AdolfJonatán Hajdu 1:39.83 FA 3 3 Jacky GodmannIsaquias Queiroz 1:39.95 FA 4 4 Joan Antoni MorenoDiego Domínguez 1:40.23 FA 5 6 Loïc LéonardAdrien Bart 1:40.98 FB
Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 1 5 Liu HaoJi Bowen 1:40.83 FA 2 6 Peter KretschmerTim Hecker 1:41.58 FA 3 4 Gabriele CasadeiCarlo Tacchini 1:41.59 FA 4 2 Petr FuksaMartin Fuksa 1:42.69 FA 5 3 Ilie SprînceanOleg Nuță 1:43.42 FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 4 Liu HaoJi Bowen 1:39.48 2 Gabriele CasadeiCarlo Tacchini 1:41.08 1 Joan Antoni MorenoDiego Domínguez 1:41.18 4 5 Zakhar PetrovAlexey Korovashkov 1:41.27 5 6 Peter KretschmerTim Hecker 1:41.62 6 3 Balázs AdolfJonatán Hajdu 1:41.66 7 8 Petr FuksaMartin Fuksa 1:41.83 8 7 Jacky GodmannIsaquias Queiroz 1:42.58
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 9 4 Ilie SprînceanOleg Nuță 1:43.80 10 5 Loïc LéonardAdrien Bart 1:43.82 11 3 Sergey YemelyanovTimur Khaidarov 1:46.75 12 6 Manuel AntónioBenilson Sanda 1:55.74 13 2 Max BrownGrant Clancy 2:31.04
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