# 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 24 August 2017 | 11:20 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2017 | 17:32 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 10:04 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 11:47 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tamara Takács Ninetta Vad | Hungary | 1:42.073 | QA |
| 2 | Alyssa Bull Alyce Burnett | Australia | 1:45.795 | QS |
| 3 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:47.562 | QS |
| 4 | Susanna Cicali Francesca Genzo | Italy | 1:47.806 | QS |
| 5 | Line Langelund Bolette Nyvang | Denmark | 1:48.973 | QS |
| 6 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:49.912 | QS |
| 7 | Hannah Brown Angela Hannah | Great Britain | 1:51.056 | QS |
| 8 | Laura Skukauska Sabine Cirsa | Latvia | 1:54.501 | |
| 9 | Ragina Kiro Sandhya Kispotta | India | 2:07.028 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Ostermann | Slovenia | 1:43.749 | QA |
| 2 | Lize Broekx Hermien Peters | Belgium | 1:46.071 | QS |
| 3 | Moa Wikberg Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:46.549 | QS |
| 4 | Arina Anoshkina Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:48.016 | QS |
| 5 | Andréanne Langlois Michelle Russell | Canada | 1:48.266 | QS |
| 6 | Camila Morison Laia Pelachs | Spain | 1:49.027 | QS |
| 7 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:49.582 | QS |
| 8 | Stevani Maysche Ibo Masripah Masripah | Indonesia | 1:55.649 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caitlin Ryan Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:41.371 | QA |
| 2 | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:43.832 | QS |
| 3 | Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska | Ukraine | 1:44.993 | QS |
| 4 | Manon Hostens Sarah Troël | France | 1:45.415 | QS |
| 5 | Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:46.977 | QS |
| 6 | Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:48.677 | QS |
| 7 | Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian | Singapore | 1:50.277 | QS |
| 8 | Choi Min-ji Yeom Inhwa | South Korea | 1:52.315 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:42.397 | QA |
| 2 | Manon Hostens Sarah Troël | France | 1:44.064 | QA |
| 3 | Moa Wikberg Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:44.470 | QA |
| 4 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:45.797 | QB |
| 5 | Line Langelund Bolette Nyvang | Denmark | 1:47.264 | QB |
| 6 | Camila Morison Laia Pelachs | Spain | 1:47.464 | QB |
| 7 | Arina Anoshkina Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:48.064 | QB |
| 8 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:48.670 | qB |
| 9 | Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian | Singapore | 1:51.431 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska | Ukraine | 1:43.863 | QA |
| 2 | Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:44.141 | QA |
| 3 | Alyssa Bull Alyce Burnett | Australia | 1:44.980 | QA |
| 4 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:45.941 | QB |
| 5 | Lize Broekx Hermien Peters | Belgium | 1:46.407 | QB |
| 6 | Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:46.791 | QB |
| 7 | Andréanne Langlois Michelle Russell | Canada | 1:48.574 | QB |
| 8 | Hannah Brown Angela Hannah | Great Britain | 1:49.202 | |
| 9 | Susanna Cicali Francesca Genzo | Italy | 1:49.235 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lize Broekx Hermien Peters | Belgium | 1:42.429 |
| 2 | Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:44.118 |
| 3 | Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:44.718 |
| 4 | Andréanne Langlois Michelle Russell | Canada | 1:45.512 |
| 5 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:45.762 |
| 6 | Camila Morison Laia Pelachs | Spain | 1:45.818 |
| 7 | Line Langelund Bolette Nyvang | Denmark | 1:46.540 |
| 8 | Arina Anoshkina Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:46.568 |
| 9 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:46.873 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Caitlin Ryan Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:38.687 |
| | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:40.582 |
| | Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Ostermann | Slovenia | 1:40.804 |
| 4 | Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska | Ukraine | 1:41.115 |
| 5 | Tamara Takács Ninetta Vad | Hungary | 1:41.365 |
| 6 | Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:41.382 |
| 7 | Alyssa Bull Alyce Burnett | Australia | 1:42.571 |
| 8 | Moa Wikberg Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:43.904 |
| 9 | Manon Hostens Sarah Troël | France | 1:44.637 |