Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

Women's K-2 500 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	7 to 9 August
Competitors	34 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:42.213
Medalists
Franziska Weber Tina Dietze  Germany Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics  Hungary Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk  Poland

The women's canoe sprint K-2 500 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.^[1]

Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze, representing Germany, won the gold medal. Hungary's Katalin Kovács and Natasa Dusev-Janics took silver and the bronze medal was won by Karolina Naja and Beata Mikołajczyk from Poland.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals, and a final round. The top five boats from each heat, and the fastest loser, advanced to the semi-finals. The top four boats in each semi-final advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semi-finalists.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012	10:28 11:30	Heats Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012	10:35	Finals

Results

Heats

The five fastest boats and the best-timed loser qualified to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson	Sweden	1:44.437	Q
2	Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova	Russia	1:45.710	Q
3	Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric	Romania	1:46.001	Q
4	Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty	Australia	1:46.554	Q
5	Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers	Great Britain	1:46.564	Q
6	Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela	Cuba	1:46.587	q

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wu Yanan Zhou Yu	China	1:43.448	Q
2	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	Germany	1:44.195	Q
3	Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:44.335	Q
4	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran	Belarus	1:44.568	Q
5	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:45.073	Q
6	Shinobu Kitamoto Asumi Ohmura	Japan	1:47.323

Heat 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics	Hungary	1:43.984	Q
2	Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes	Portugal	1:44.660	Q
3	Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor	New Zealand	1:44.870	Q
4	Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:46.374	Q
5	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:48.271	Q

Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest four qualified for the placing 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	Germany	1:41.543	Q
2	Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics	Hungary	1:41.613	Q
3	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:41.873	Q
4	Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor	New Zealand	1:42.764	Q
5	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran	Belarus	1:43.152
6	Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson	Sweden	1:44.025
7	Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers	Great Britain	1:46.025
8	Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric	Romania	1:49.216

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wu Yanan Zhou Yu	China	1:41.863	Q
2	Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:42.317	Q
3	Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes	Portugal	1:43.305	Q
4	Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:43.586	Q
5	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:43.653
6	Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova	Russia	1:44.660
7	Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty	Australia	1:45.372
8	Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela	Cuba	1:51.428

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran	Belarus	1:44.407
2	Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson	Sweden	1:45.367
3	Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers	Great Britain	1:46.341
4	Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty	Australia	1:47.650
5	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:47.683
6	Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela	Cuba	1:50.124
7	Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova	Russia	1:52.277
8	Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric	Romania	1:52.468

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	Germany	1:42.213
	Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics	Hungary	1:43.278
	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:44.000
4	Wu Yanan Zhou Yu	China	1:44.136
5	Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:44.785
6	Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes	Portugal	1:44.924
7	Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor	New Zealand	1:46.290
8	Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:48.941

References

1. "Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
2. "Format Competition – Sprint". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.