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.

Canoeing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1men
C-2men
K-1menwomen
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mwomen
K-4 1000 mmen

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

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, August 13, 200815:00-15:40Heats 1st Run
Wednesday, August 13, 200816:42-17:22Heats 2nd Run
Thursday, August 14, 200815:00-15:35Semifinal
Friday, August 15, 200816:47-17:12Final

Results
Rank Name Country Preliminary Round Semifinal Final
Run 1Run 2TotalRankTimeRankTimeTotal
Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner Slovakia93.6993.04186.73194.88295.94190.82
Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek Czech Republic93.7897.16190.94495.33397.56192.89
Mikhail Kuznetsov & Dmitry Larionov Russia98.4397.65196.08698.57498.80197.37
4Cédric Forgit & Martin Braud France96.1792.39188.562102.76595.43198.19
5Andrea Benetti & Erik Masoero Italy100.08102.20202.288103.646100.48204.12
6Felix Michel & Sebastian Piersig Germany96.0496.33192.37594.381110.05204.43
7Mark Bellofiore & Lachie Milne Australia104.6198.21202.829104.177
8Paweł Sarna & Marcin Pochwała Poland98.38100.37198.757105.328
9Masatoshi Sanma & Hiroyuki Nagao Japan99.47113.09212.5610110.109
10Hu Minghai & Shu Junrong China97.3093.34190.643164.0810
11Rick Powell & Casey Eichfeld United States101.69151.65253.3411
12Cyprian Ngidi & Cameron McIntosh South Africa119.83157.37277.2012

References
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