The men's C-2

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competition in

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took place between August 13 and 15, 2008 at the

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. The C-2 (canoe single) event is raced by two-man

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s through a

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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

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( UTC+8)

Results

References

ICF slalom canoeing schedule for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- accessed July 30, 2008.

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