Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games – Men's K-2 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-2 200 metres
Games:	2015 European Games
Venue:	Kur Sport and Rowing Centre, Mingachevir
Date:	15–16 June
Competitors:	32
Nations:	16
Win Value:	31.910
Gold:	Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković
Goldnoc:	SRB
Silver:	Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár
Bronzenoc:	HUN

The men's K-2 200 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place between 15 and 16 June at the Kur Sport and Rowing Centre in Mingachevir.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 15 June 2015	14:25	Heats
Monday 15 June 2015	16:15	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday 16 June 2015	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:35	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+5)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.^[3] ^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Time	Notes
1	Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher	31.645	,
2	Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár	31.776
3	Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko	31.946
4	Carlos Arévalo Cristian Toro	32.319
5	Ievgen Karabuta Igor Trunov	32.569
6	Erik Svensson Christian Svanqvist	33.769
7	Galin Georgiev Nikolay Milev	35.042
8	Peter Egan Simas Dobrovolskis	35.049

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Time	Notes
1	Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković	31.582	,
2	Liam Heath Jon Schofield	31.606
3	Manfredi Rizza Matteo Florio	32.158
4	Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve	32.224
5	Dawid Putto Paweł Kaczmarek	32.313
6	Taras Valko Vadzim Makhneu	32.665
7	Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas	32.695
8	Martin Jankovec Ľubomír Beňo	33.448

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Time	Notes
1	Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve	31.530	,
2	Carlos Arévalo Cristian Toro	31.633
3	Taras Valko Vadzim Makhneu	31.786
4	Erik Svensson Christian Svanqvist	31.905
5	Dawid Putto Paweł Kaczmarek	31.918
6	Ievgen Karabuta Igor Trunov	31.922
7	Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas	32.793
8	Martin Jankovec Ľubomír Beňo	33.144
9	Galin Georgiev Nikolay Milev	34.050

Final

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Time
	Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković	31.910
	Ronald Rauhe Tom Liebscher	31.983
	Sándor Tótka Péter Molnár	32.512
4	Carlos Arévalo Cristian Toro	32.518
4	Liam Heath Jon Schofield	32.518
6	Yury Postrigay Alexander Dyachenko	32.627
7	Manfredi Rizza Matteo Florio	32.738
8	Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve	32.768
9	Taras Valko Vadzim Makhneu	33.660

Notes and References

Web site: Mingachevir . Baku 2015 . 26 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054043/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=cf/index.html . 10 September 2019 . usurped .
Web site: Schedule & Results – Canoe Sprint . Minsk 2019 . 26 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054043/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=cf/index.html . 10 September 2019 . usurped .
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 200m Men – Heat 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021419/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFM122901_C73_107.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 15 June 2015. 25 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 200m Men – Heat 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021421/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFM122902_C73_108.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 15 June 2015. 25 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 200m Men – Semi-final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021424/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFM122201_C73_124.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 15 June 2015. 25 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 200m Men – Final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021409/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFM122101_C73_187.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 16 June 2015. 25 August 2019.