# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's C-2 500 metres

The women's C-2 500 metres competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place in Sportpark Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 23 August 2023 | 14:35 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 14:20 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 09:10 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 12:30 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest six boats in each heat, plus the fastest three remaining boats, advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent | Canada | 1:57.586 | QS |
| 2 | Giada Bragato Bianka Nagy | Hungary | 2:00.036 | QS |
| 3 | Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange | France | 2:01.556 | QS |
| 4 | Yarisleidis Cirilo Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid | Cuba | 2:01.727 | QS |
| 5 | Bethany Gill Katie Reid | Great Britain | 2:05.711 | QS |
| 6 | Kaveri Dimar Shivani Verma | India | 2:11.593 | QS |
| 7 | Maoli Angulo Anggie Avegno | Ecuador | 2:13.676 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya | China | 1:59.913 | QS |
| 2 | Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu | Moldova | 2:00.996 | QS |
| 3 | Margarita Torlopova Ulyana Kisseleva | Kazakhstan | 2:02.681 | QS |
| 4 | Riska Andriyani Nurmeni Nurmeni | Indonesia | 2:05.386 | QS |
| 5 | Inês Penetra Beatriz Fernandes | Portugal | 1:45.317 | QS |
| 6 | Maede Shoorgashti Hiva Afzali | Iran | 2:08.110 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antía Jácome María Corbera | Spain | 1:38.973 | QS |
| 2 | Sylwia Szczerbińska Katarzyna Szperkiewicz | Poland | 2:02.352 | QS |
| 3 | Karen Roco María Mailliard | Chile | 2:04.872 | QS |
| 4 | Yurely Marin Madison Velásquez | Colombia | 2:06.806 | QS |
| 5 | Gulbakhor Fayzieva Nilufar Zokirova | Uzbekistan | 2:07.114 | QS |
| 6 | Azusa Murphy Andreea Ghizila | United States | 2:08.769 | QS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liudmyla Luzan Valeriia Tereta | Ukraine | 1:58.732 | QS |
| 2 | Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke | Germany | 1:59.854 | QS |
| 3 | Orasa Thiangkathok Aphinya Sroichit | Thailand | 2:03.418 | QS |
| 4 | Nguyen Hong Thai Nguyễn Thị Hương | Vietnam | 2:03.743 | QS |
| 5 | Kamila Šímová Martina Malíková | Czech Republic | 2:04.667 | QS |
| 6 | Megumi Tsubota Mio Kobayashi | Japan | 2:08.972 | QS |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent | Canada | 1:53.111 | QA |
| 2 | Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu | Moldova | 1:54.828 | QA |
| 3 | Sylwia Szczerbińska Katarzyna Szperkiewicz | Poland | 1:55.411 | QA |
| 4 | Maede Shoorgashti Hiva Afzali | Iran | 1:59.734 | QB |
| 5 | Nguyen Hong Thai Nguyễn Thị Hương | Vietnam | 2:00.329 | QB |
| 6 | Bethany Gill Katie Reid | Great Britain | 2:00.697 | QB |
| 7 | Orasa Thiangkathok Aphinya Sroichit | Thailand | 2:00.701 | |
| 8 | Gulbakhor Fayzieva Nilufar Zokirova | Uzbekistan | 2:01.252 | |
| 9 | Maoli Angulo Anggie Avegno | Ecuador | 02:03.305 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya | China | 1:52.250 | QA |
| 2 | Yarisleidis Cirilo Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid | Cuba | 1:54.495 | QA |
| 3 | Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke | Germany | 1:54.591 | QA |
| 4 | Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange | France | 1:56.955 | QB |
| 5 | Inês Penetra Beatriz Fernandes | Portugal | 1:58.436 | QB |
| 6 | Yurely Marin Madison Velásquez | Colombia | 2:00.960 | QB |
| 7 | Karen Roco María Mailliard | Chile | 2:01.976 | |
| 8 | Megumi Tsubota Mio Kobayashi | Japan | 2:06.974 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antía Jácome María Corbera | Spain | 1:54.498 | QA |
| 2 | Giada Bragato Bianka Nagy | Hungary | 1:56.029 | QA |
| 3 | Liudmyla Luzan Valeriia Tereta | Ukraine | 1:56.494 | QA |
| 4 | Margarita Torlopova Ulyana Kisseleva | Kazakhstan | 1:59.732 | QB |
| 5 | Riska Andriyani Nurmeni Nurmeni | Indonesia | 2:01.094 | QB |
| 6 | Kamila Šímová Martina Malíková | Czech Republic | 2:01.239 | QB |
| 7 | Azusa Murphy Andreea Ghizila | United States | 2:02.376 | |
| 8 | Kaveri Dimar Shivani Verma | India | 2:09.868 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange | France | 1:58.961 |
| 2 | Margarita Torlopova Ulyana Kisseleva | Kazakhstan | 2:00.431 |
| 3 | Inês Penetra Beatriz Fernandes | Portugal | 2:00.567 |
| 4 | Nguyen Hong Thai Nguyễn Thị Hương | Vietnam | 2:02.559 |
| 5 | Maede Shoorgashti Hiva Afzali | Iran | 2:02.912 |
| 6 | Bethany Gill Katie Reid | Great Britain | 2:03.049 |
| 7 | Yurely Marin Madison Velásquez | Colombia | 2:03.263 |
| 8 | Kamila Šímová Martina Malíková | Czech Republic | 2:04.126 |
| 9 | Riska Andriyani Nurmeni Nurmeni | Indonesia | 2:04.137 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya | China | 1:52.775 |
| | Antía Jácome María Corbera | Spain | 1:52.916 |
| | Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent | Canada | 1:52.956 |
| 4 | Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke | Germany | 1:55.543 |
| 5 | Giada Bragato Bianka Nagy | Hungary | 1:55.976 |
| 6 | Yarisleidis Cirilo Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid | Cuba | 1:56.185 |
| 7 | Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu | Moldova | 1:56.895 |
| 8 | Liudmyla Luzan Valeriia Tereta | Ukraine | 1:56.987 |
| 9 | Sylwia Szczerbińska Katarzyna Szperkiewicz | Poland | 1:57.920 |