# Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 200 metres

The men's canoe sprint K-2 200 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.
It was the last appearance of the men's K-2 200 metres. The men's C-1 200 metres and men's K-2 200 metres were replaced with women's C-1 200 metres and women's C-2 500 metres as part of the Olympics' move towards gender equality.

## Format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. Heat winners advanced to the "A" final, with all other boats getting a second chance in the semifinals. The top three from each semifinal also advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

## Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2016 | 08:51 10:10 | Heats Semifinals |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 09:47 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The best placed boat from each heat qualified for the finals, remainder went to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas | Lithuania | 31.755 | FA |
| 2 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | Serbia | 31.776 | SF |
| 3 | Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve | France | 31.855 | SF |
| 4 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 32.749 | SF |
| 5 | Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro | Brazil | 33.021 | SF |
| 6 | Daniel Bowker Jordan Wood | Australia | 34.246 | SF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | Spain | 31.161 | FA |
| 2 | Sandor Totka Péter Molnár | Hungary | 31.438 | SF |
| 3 | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 31.534 | SF |
| 4 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 31.572 | SF |
| 5 | Sergii Tokarnytskyi Andrey Yerguchyov | Kazakhstan | 33.807 | SF |
| 6 | Choi Min-kyu Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 33.825 | SF |
| 7 | Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 34.000 | SF |

### Semifinals

First three boats in each semifinal qualify for the "A" final, remainder go to the "B" final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sandor Totka Peter Molnar | Hungary | 32.138 | FA |
| 2 | Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve | France | 32.526 | FA |
| 3 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 33.494 | FA |
| 4 | Choi Min-kyu Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 33.767 | FB |
| 5 | Sergii Tokarnytskyi Andrey Yerguchyov | Kazakhstan | 35.151 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 31.899 | FA |
| 2 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 32.061 | FA |
| 3 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | Serbia | 32.513 | FA |
| 4 | Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro | Brazil | 33.359 | FB |
| 5 | Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 34.318 | FB |
| 6 | Daniel Bowker Jordan Wood | Australia | 34.845 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Choi Min-kyu Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 33.812 |
| 2 | Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva Gilvan Bitencourt Ribeiro | Brazil | 33.992 |
| 3 | Daniel Bowker Jordan Wood | Australia | 35.334 |
| 4 | Sergii Tokarnytskyi Andrey Yerguchyov | Kazakhstan | 35.427 |
| 5 | Alberto Ricchetti Mauro Crenna | Italy | 35.516 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | Spain | 32.075 |
| | Liam Heath Jon Schofield | Great Britain | 32.368 |
| | Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas | Lithuania | 32.382 |
| 4 | Sandor Totka Péter Molnár | Hungary | 32.412 |
| 5 | Tom Liebscher Ronald Rauhe | Germany | 32.488 |
| 6 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | Serbia | 32.656 |
| 7 | Maxime Beaumont Sébastien Jouve | France | 32.699 |
| 8 | Ryan Cochrane Hugues Fournel | Canada | 33.767 |