# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 200 metres

The men's K-2 200 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 14:40 | Heats |
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 16:15 | Semifinal |
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 12:57 | Final |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## Results
### Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kirill Lyapunov Alexander Dyachenko | Russia | 32.000 | QF |
| 2 | Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás | Hungary | 32.070 | QF |
| 3 | Edvinas Ramanauskas Ignas Navakauskas | Lithuania | 32.390 | QF |
| 4 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | Italy | 32.675 | QS |
| 5 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | France | 32.875 | QS |
| 6 | Kevin Santos Hugo Figueiras | Portugal | 34.725 | QS |
| 7 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | Ukraine | 35.900 | QS |
| 8 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | 40.205 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | Spain | 32.203 | QF |
| 2 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | Serbia | 32.313 | QF |
| 3 | Paweł Kaczmarek Piotr Mazur | Poland | 33.038 | QF |
| 4 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | Czech Republic | 33.533 | QS |
| 5 | Mark de Jonge Alex Scott | Canada | 33.838 | QS |
| 6 | Nicholas Weeks David Rodrigues | South Africa | 33.883 | QS |
| 7 | Trevor Thomson Stelian Naftanaila | Great Britain | 34.053 | QS |
| 8 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 34.438 | qS |
| 9 | Edvards Ceipe Kristofers Lamberts | Latvia | 34.588 | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | France | 33.530 | QF |
| 2 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | Italy | 33.540 | QF |
| 3 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | Czech Republic | 34.385 | QF |
| 4 | Nicholas Weeks David Rodrigues | South Africa | 34.715 | |
| 5 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 34.730 | |
| 6 | Mark de Jonge Alex Scott | Canada | 34.895 | |
| 7 | Trevor Thomson Stelian Naftanaila | Great Britain | 34.905 | |
| 8 | Kevin Santos Hugo Figueiras | Portugal | 35.975 | |
| 9 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | Ukraine | 37.460 | |

### Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás | Hungary | 31.873 |
| | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | Spain | 32.133 |
| | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | Serbia | 32.156 |
| 4 | Kirill Lyapunov Alexander Dyachenko | Russia | 32.233 |
| 5 | Paweł Kaczmarek Piotr Mazur | Poland | 32.753 |
| 6 | Edvinas Ramanauskas Ignas Navakauskas | Lithuania | 32.790 |
| 7 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | Italy | 32.823 |
| 8 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | Czech Republic | 33.136 |
| 9 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | France | 33.213 |