Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres
| Men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | Eton Dorney | ||||||||||||
| Date | 7 to 9 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:33.804 | ||||||||||||
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Peter Kretschmer Kurt Kuschela |
 Germany
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Andrei Bahdanovich Aliaksandr Bahdanovich |
 Belarus
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Alexey Korovashkov Ilya Pervukhin |
 Russia
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The men's canoe sprint C-2 1,000 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.
German pairing Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela won the gold medal. Belarus won silver and Russia took bronze.
The competition comprised heats, semi-finals, and a final round. Heat winners advanced to the 'A' final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semi-finals. The top three from each semifinal also advanced to the 'A' final, and competed for medals. A placing 'B' final was held for the other semi-finalists.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
The fastest boat qualified for the final, remainder went through to the semi-finals.
The fastest three canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest two canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the placing 'B' final.
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