Germans win women's 500-metre K-2

Australian Associated Press – Thu, Aug 9, 2012 8:03 PM AEST

Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze of Germany won gold in the women's 500-metre K-2 at Dorney Lake on Thursday, denying their Hungarian rivals a third straight Olympic title in the event.

The Germans led from start to finish to win in 1 minute, 42.213 seconds. Katalin Kovacs and Natasa Douchev-Janics of Hungary took silver and Karolina Naja and Beata Mikolajczyk of Poland won bronze.

Weber and Dietze were part of a German quartet whose 16-year dominance of the 500-metre K-4 was ended Wednesday by a Hungarian boat containing Kovacs.

But they bounced back to reclaim the title last won for Germany by two of their greatest Olympians - Birgit Fischer and Katrin Wagner-Augustin - in 2000.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
10 Australia 7 16 12 35
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