The men's

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C-2 competition at the

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took place between 30 July and 2 August at the Lee Valley White Water Centre. Twenty-eight canoeists from 12 countries competed.

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's Tim Baillie and

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won the gold medal and David Florence and Richard Hounslow won silver. Twin brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner of

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won the bronze.

Competition format

In the heats, each competitor had two runs; the 10 teams with the best time qualified for the semi-finals. Each semi-final consisted of one run each and the best six qualified for the final. The final saw one run each where the team with the best time won the gold medal.

Schedule

All times are

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( UTC+01:00) File:Lee Valley White Water Centre (1st gate set, 2012 Olympics).svg, 1st gate set, preliminary heats, July 29, 30. File:Lee Valley White Water Centre (2nd gate set, 2012 Olympics).svg, 2nd gate set, semi- & finals, July 31, August 1, 2.

Results

Gallery

File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 GBR Timothy Baillie and Etienne Stott 3.jpg, Tim Baillie &

File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 GBR David Florence and Richard Hounslow.jpg, David Florence & Richard Hounslow File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 SVK Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner.jpg, Pavol Hochschorner & Peter Hochschorner File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 FRA Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche.jpg, Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 POL Piotr Szczepański and Marcin Pochwała.jpg, Piotr Szczepański & Marcin Pochwała File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 CHN Hu Minghai and Shu Junrong.jpg, Hu Minghai & Shu Junrong File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 CZE Jaroslav Volf and Ondřej Štěpánek.jpg, Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 CZE Stanislav Ježek and Vavřinec Hradílek 2.jpg,

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& Stanislav Ježek File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 AUS Kynan Maley and Robin Jeffery.jpg, Kynan Maley & Robin Jeffery

References

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