# Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

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.
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.

## Competition format

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.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 7 August 2012 | 10:28 11:30 | Heats Semi-finals |
| Thursday 9 August 2012 | 10:35 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The five fastest boats and the best-timed loser qualified to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:44.437 | Q |
| 2 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | Russia | 1:45.710 | Q |
| 3 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | Romania | 1:46.001 | Q |
| 4 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:46.554 | Q |
| 5 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | Great Britain | 1:46.564 | Q |
| 6 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | Cuba | 1:46.587 | q |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | China | 1:43.448 | Q |
| 2 | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:44.195 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:44.335 | Q |
| 4 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | Belarus | 1:44.568 | Q |
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:45.073 | Q |
| 6 | Shinobu Kitamoto Asumi Ohmura | Japan | 1:47.323 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | Hungary | 1:43.984 | Q |
| 2 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | Portugal | 1:44.660 | Q |
| 3 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | New Zealand | 1:44.870 | Q |
| 4 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:46.374 | Q |
| 5 | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:48.271 | Q |

### Semifinals

The fastest four canoeists in each semi-final qualified for the 'A' final. The slowest four qualified for the placing 'B' final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:41.543 | Q |
| 2 | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | Hungary | 1:41.613 | Q |
| 3 | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:41.873 | Q |
| 4 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | New Zealand | 1:42.764 | Q |
| 5 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | Belarus | 1:43.152 | |
| 6 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:44.025 | |
| 7 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | Great Britain | 1:46.025 | |
| 8 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | Romania | 1:49.216 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | China | 1:41.863 | Q |
| 2 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:42.317 | Q |
| 3 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | Portugal | 1:43.305 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:43.586 | Q |
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:43.653 | |
| 6 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | Russia | 1:44.660 | |
| 7 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:45.372 | |
| 8 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | Cuba | 1:51.428 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | Belarus | 1:44.407 |
| 2 | Josefin Nordlöw Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:45.367 |
| 3 | Abigail Edmonds Louisa Sawers | Great Britain | 1:46.341 |
| 4 | Naomi Flood Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:47.650 |
| 5 | Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:47.683 |
| 6 | Yulitza Meneses Dayexi Gandarela | Cuba | 1:50.124 |
| 7 | Natalia Lobova Vera Sobetova | Russia | 1:52.277 |
| 8 | Iuliana Paleu Irina Lauric | Romania | 1:52.468 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Franziska Weber Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:42.213 |
| | Katalin Kovács Natasa Dusev-Janics | Hungary | 1:43.278 |
| | Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:44.000 |
| 4 | Wu Yanan Zhou Yu | China | 1:44.136 |
| 5 | Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:44.785 |
| 6 | Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes | Portugal | 1:44.924 |
| 7 | Lisa Carrington Erin Taylor | New Zealand | 1:46.290 |
| 8 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:48.941 |