Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2
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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 canoe
s through a whitewater
course. The finals were rescheduled from the 14th to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.
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.
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Slalom canoeing
Whitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....
took place between August 13 and 15 , 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park is the new, purpose-built venue for the rowing, canoeing and 10 km open-water swimming events in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is located in Mapo Village in the Shunyi District in Beijing....
in Beijing
Beijing
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. The C-2 (canoe single) event is raced by two-man canoe
Canoe
A canoe or Canadian canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes are usually pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be decked over A canoe (North American English) or Canadian...
s through a whitewater
Whitewater racing
Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or Canadian canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily...
course. The finals were rescheduled from the 14th to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.
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
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8UTC+8
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| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 15:00-15:40 | Heats 1st Run |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 16:42-17:22 | Heats 2nd Run |
| Thursday , August 14, 2008 | 15:00-15:35 | Semifinal |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 16:47-17:12 | Final |
Results
| Rank | Name | Preliminary Round | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Total | ||
| 93.69 | 93.04 | 186.73 | 1 | 94.88 | 2 | 95.94 | 190.82 | ||
| 93.78 | 97.16 | 190.94 | 4 | 95.33 | 3 | 97.56 | 192.89 | ||
| 98.43 | 97.65 | 196.08 | 6 | 98.57 | 4 | 98.80 | 197.37 | ||
| 4 | 96.17 | 92.39 | 188.56 | 2 | 102.76 | 5 | 95.43 | 198.19 | |
| 5 | 100.08 | 102.20 | 202.28 | 8 | 103.64 | 6 | 100.48 | 204.12 | |
| 6 | 96.04 | 96.33 | 192.37 | 5 | 94.38 | 1 | 110.05 | 204.43 | |
| 7 | 104.61 | 98.21 | 202.82 | 9 | 104.17 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 98.38 | 100.37 | 198.75 | 7 | 105.32 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 99.47 | 113.09 | 212.56 | 10 | 110.10 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 97.30 | 93.34 | 190.64 | 3 | 164.08 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 101.69 | 151.65 | 253.34 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 119.83 | 157.37 | 277.20 | 12 | |||||