Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The canoeing races at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were contested in two main disciplines: the slalom, from 29 July to 2 August, and the sprint, from 6 to 11 August.[1] The slalom competition was held at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events were staged at Eton College Rowing Centre, at Dorney Lake, known as Eton Dorney.

Canoeing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Pictograms for slalom (left) and sprint (right)
VenueLee Valley White Water Centre (slalom)
Eton Dorney (sprint)
Dates29 July to 2 August for slalom
6 to 11 August for sprint
Competitors330

Around 330 athletes took part in 16 events. The men's 500m sprints were replaced by a 200m race; in addition, the men's C-2 500m was replaced by a women's K-1 200m sprint.[2] This was confirmed at an International Canoe Federation board meeting at Windsor, Berkshire, on 5 December 2009.[3] For the first time, women competed in two individual events in sprint canoeing. Because of the changes, the finals were spread over a three-day period instead of the traditional two days which had been in effect since the 1976 Games.[4] The most successful nation in the slalom was France, with two gold medals in the four events, followed by Great Britain with one gold and one silver. In the sprint, Hungary was the most successful with three gold, two silver and one bronze medal, while Germany topped the medal table overall, with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

Qualification

A new qualification system was created for both slalom and sprint canoeing at the 2012 Games. The quotas were set for each event by the International Canoe Federation in July 2010.

Competition schedule

Eton Dorney, in Buckinghamshire, was the venue for the sprint discipline.
HHeats ½Semifinals FFinal
Slalom[5]
Event↓/Date →Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2
Men's C-1H½F
Men's C-2H½F
Men's K-1H½F
Women's K-1H½F
Sprint[6]
Event↓/Date →Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11
Men's C-1 200 mH½F
Men's C-1 1000 mH½F
Men's C-2 1000 mH½F
Men's K-1 200 mH½F
Men's K-1 1000 mH½F
Men's K-2 200 mH½F
Men's K-2 1000 mH½F
Men's K-4 1000 mH½F
Women's K-1 200 mH½F
Women's K-1 500 mH½F
Women's K-2 500 mH½F
Women's K-4 500 mH½F
Jessica Fox competing at the 2012 Olympics in K1

Medalists

Overall table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany3238
2 Hungary3216
3 Great Britain2114
4 France2002
5 Ukraine1203
6 Australia1102
7 Russia1023
8 Italy1001
 New Zealand1001
 Norway1001
11 Belarus0213
 Spain0213
13 Canada0123
14 Czech Republic0112
15 Portugal0101
16 Slovakia0022
17 Poland0011
 South Africa0011
19 Lithuania0000
Totals (19 nations)16151647

Slalom

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's C-1
Tony Estanguet
 France
Sideris Tasiadis
 Germany
Michal Martikán
 Slovakia
Men's C-2
Timothy Baillie
Etienne Stott
 Great Britain
David Florence
Richard Hounslow
 Great Britain
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
 Slovakia
Men's K-1
Daniele Molmenti
 Italy
Vavřinec Hradilek
 Czech Republic
Hannes Aigner
 Germany
Women's K-1
Émilie Fer
 France
Jessica Fox
 Australia
Maialen Chourraut
 Spain

Sprint

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 200 m
Yuriy Cheban
 Ukraine
vacant [a] Ivan Shtyl
 Russia
C-1 1000 m
Sebastian Brendel
 Germany
David Cal
 Spain
Mark Oldershaw
 Canada
C-2 1000 m
Peter Kretschmer
Kurt Kuschela
 Germany
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Andrei Bahdanovich
 Belarus
Alexey Korovashkov
Ilya Pervukhin
 Russia
K-1 200 m
Ed McKeever
 Great Britain
Saúl Craviotto
 Spain
Mark de Jonge
 Canada
K-1 1000 m
Eirik Verås Larsen
 Norway
Adam van Koeverden
 Canada
Max Hoff
 Germany
K-2 200 m
Alexander Dyachenko
Yury Postrigay
 Russia
Raman Piatrushenka
Vadzim Makhneu
 Belarus
Liam Heath
Jon Schofield
 Great Britain
K-2 1000 m
Rudolf Dombi
Roland Kökény
 Hungary
Fernando Pimenta
Emanuel Silva
 Portugal
Andreas Ihle
Martin Hollstein
 Germany
K-4 1000 m
 Australia (AUS)
Tate Smith
Dave Smith
Murray Stewart
Jacob Clear
 Hungary (HUN)
Zoltán Kammerer
Dávid Tóth
Tamás Kulifai
Dániel Pauman
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Daniel Havel
Lukáš Trefil
Josef Dostál
Jan Štĕrba
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 200 m
Lisa Carrington
 New Zealand
Inna Osypenko-Radomska
 Ukraine
Nataša Dušev-Janić
 Hungary
K-1 500 m
Danuta Kozák
 Hungary
Inna Osypenko-Radomska
 Ukraine
Bridgitte Hartley
 South Africa
K-2 500 m
Franziska Weber
Tina Dietze
 Germany
Katalin Kovács
Natasa Dusev-Janics
 Hungary
Beata Mikołajczyk
Karolina Naja
 Poland
K-4 500 m
 Hungary (HUN)
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
 Germany (GER)
Carolin Leonhardt
Franziska Weber
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Tina Dietze
 Belarus (BLR)
Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran

Gallery of some of the gold medalists in the canoeing events:

References

  1. "Canoeing". 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009.
  2. "Women's boxing for 2012 and golf and rugby proposed for 2016". 2009.
  3. "The Board of Directors Wrap Up in Windsor". – International Canoe Federation (5 December 2009) – Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  4. "ICF announces changes to the Olympic and World Championship Programmes." Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine – International Canoe Federation (18 December 2009) – Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012

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