# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 10:15 | Heats |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 16:43 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 10:36 | Final B |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 11:51 | 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 | Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk | Ukraine | 1:33.33 | QA |
| 2 | Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:33.53 | QS |
| 3 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:36.37 | QS |
| 4 | Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:37.53 | QS |
| 5 | Rok Šmit Vid Debeljak | Slovenia | 1:37.91 | QS |
| 6 | Flavio Spurio Andrea Schera | Italy | 1:38.06 | QS |
| 7 | Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 1:38.53 | QS |
| 8 | Andjelo Dzombeta Nikola Rasulić | Serbia | 1:39.27 | |
| 9 | Lasse Lotsberg Kristoffet Mjelstad | Norway | 1:39.35 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák | Slovakia | 1:33.60 | QA |
| 2 | Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:33.61 | QS |
| 3 | René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:33.70 | QS |
| 4 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:34.89 | QS |
| 5 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:34.91 | QS |
| 6 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:35.64 | QS |
| 7 | Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:35.71 | QS |
| 8 | Filip Weckwert Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:36.33 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tobias-Pascal Schultz Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:32.72 | QA |
| 2 | Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:33.41 | QS |
| 3 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont | France | 1:35.56 | QS |
| 4 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 1:36.39 | QS |
| 5 | Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:36.96 | QS |
| 6 | Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson | Great Britain | 1:37.51 | QS |
| 7 | Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:37.55 | QS |
| 8 | Akira Komata Seiji Komatsu | Japan | 1:39.96 | |

### 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 | René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:31.74 | QA |
| 2 | Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:32.20 | QA |
| 3 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:32.41 | QA |
| 4 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont | France | 1:32.63 | QB |
| 5 | Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:33.25 | QB |
| 6 | Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson | Great Britain | 1:34.53 | QB |
| 7 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 1:34.91 | QB |
| 8 | Flavio Spurio Andrea Schera | Italy | 1:36.05 | |
| 9 | Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:38.85 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:31.01 | QA |
| 2 | Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:31.28 | QA |
| 3 | Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:31.29 | QA |
| 4 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:31.48 | QB |
| 5 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:31.75 | QB |
| 6 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:32.92 | QB |
| 7 | Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:33.79 | QB |
| 8 | Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 1:35.05 | qB |
| 9 | Rok Šmit Vid Debeljak | Slovenia | 1:35.72 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:30.70 |
| 2 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:30.78 |
| 3 | Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont | France | 1:31.61 |
| 4 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 1:31.88 |
| 5 | Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:31.98 |
| 6 | Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson | Great Britain | 1:32.58 |
| 7 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:32.60 |
| 8 | Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 1:36.54 |
| 9 | Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev | RCF | 1:40.90 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:29.04 |
| | Tobias-Pascal Schultz Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:30.01 |
| | Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák | Slovakia | 1:30.09 |
| 4 | Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:30.47 |
| 5 | Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk | Ukraine | 1:30.54 |
| 6 | Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.63 |
| 7 | René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:31.13 |
| 8 | Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:31.21 |
| 9 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:32.40 |