| Event: | Women's K-2 500 metres |
| Games: | 2012 Summer |
| Venue: | Eton Dorney |
| Date: | 7 to 9 August |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Gold: | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics |
| Silvernoc: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Win Value: | 1:42.213 |
| Prev: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2016 |
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.
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]
All times are British Summer Time
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 10:28 11:30 | Heats Semi-finals | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday 9 August 2012 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 10:35 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
The five fastest boats and the best-timed loser qualified to the semi-finals.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | 1:44.437 | Q | ||
| 2 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | 1:45.710 | Q | ||
| 3 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | 1:46.001 | Q | ||
| 4 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | 1:46.554 | Q | ||
| 5 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | 1:46.564 | Q | ||
| 6 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | 1:46.587 | q |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | 1:43.448 | Q | ||
| 2 | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | 1:44.195 | Q | ||
| 3 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | 1:44.335 | Q | ||
| 4 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | 1:44.568 | Q | ||
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | 1:45.073 | Q | ||
| 6 | Shinobu Kitamoto Asumi Ohmura | 1:47.323 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | 1:43.984 | Q | ||
| 2 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | 1:44.660 | Q | ||
| 3 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | 1:44.870 | Q | ||
| 4 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | 1:46.374 | Q | ||
| 5 | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | 1:48.271 | Q |
The fastest four canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest four qualified for the placing 'B' final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | 1:41.543 | Q | ||
| 2 | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | 1:41.613 | Q | ||
| 3 | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | 1:41.873 | Q | ||
| 4 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | 1:42.764 | Q | ||
| 5 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | 1:43.152 | |||
| 6 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | 1:44.025 | |||
| 7 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | 1:46.025 | |||
| 8 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | 1:49.216 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | 1:41.863 | Q | ||
| 2 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | 1:42.317 | Q | ||
| 3 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | 1:43.305 | Q | ||
| 4 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | 1:43.586 | Q | ||
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | 1:43.653 | |||
| 6 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | 1:44.660 | |||
| 7 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | 1:45.372 | |||
| 8 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | 1:51.428 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | 1:44.407 | |||
| 2 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | 1:45.367 | |||
| 3 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | 1:46.341 | |||
| 4 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | 1:47.650 | |||
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | 1:47.683 | |||
| 6 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | 1:50.124 | |||
| 7 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | 1:52.277 | |||
| 8 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | 1:52.468 |
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | 1:42.213 | ||||
| Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | 1:43.278 | ||||
| Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | 1:44.000 | ||||
| 4 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | 1:44.136 | |||
| 5 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | 1:44.785 | |||
| 6 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | 1:44.924 | |||
| 7 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | 1:46.290 | |||
| 8 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | 1:48.941 |