# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-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 |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 09:37 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 15:26 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:22 | Final C |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:28 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 11:50 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The four fastest boats in each heat and three fastest 5th ranked boats advanced directly to the semi finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adrián del Río Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:30.320 | QS |
| 2 | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:30.364 | QS |
| 3 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:31.569 | QS |
| 4 | Gunnar Nydal Eide Nicolai Nierenberg Lønning | Norway | 1:33.267 | QS |
| 5 | Etienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:34.219 | QS |
| 6 | Nitin Verma Vishnu Reghunath | India | 1:42.555 | |
| 7 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Achraf Elaidi | Morocco | 1:46.008 | |
| | Cristian Canache Ray Acuna | Venezuela | DNS | DNS |
| | Amosse Daimane Joaquim Manhique | Mozambique | DNS | DNS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:30.411 | QS |
| 2 | Cho Gwang-hee Jang Sang-won | South Korea | 1:30.762 | QS |
| 3 | Aldis Artūrs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:30.931 | QS |
| 4 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:31.468 | QS |
| 5 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:33.713 | QS |
| 6 | Robert Benitez Yan Same | Cuba | 1:35.562 | |
| 7 | Igor Ryashentsev Sergii Tokarnytskyi | Kazakhstan | 1:35.685 | |
| 8 | Irwan Irwan Indra Hidayat | Indonesia | 1:40.594 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ervin Holpert Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:29.292 | QS |
| 2 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:29.588 | QS |
| 3 | Vagner Junior Souta Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva | Brazil | 1:32.543 | QS |
| 4 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:33.029 | QS |
| 5 | Benjamin Cabrera Matthew Collinge | Great Britain | 1:35.136 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Elbedwihy Ahmed Mohamed | Egypt | 1:43.562 | |
| 7 | So Pak Yin Cheung Cheuk Ho | Hong Kong | 1:44.209 | |
| 8 | Jairo Domingos Simao Camazaulo | Angola | 1:45.265 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:29.238 | QS |
| 2 | Simon Schuldt-Jensen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:29.892 | QS |
| 3 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:30.298 | QS |
| 4 | Aaron Small Jonas Ecker | United States | 1:30.949 | QS |
| 5 | Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:33.346 | QS |
| 6 | Wael Jabbar Qays Ahmed | Iraq | 1:35.354 | |
| 7 | Luis López Ruben Londoño | Colombia | 1:38.746 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.726 | QS |
| 2 | Joao Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:30.781 | QS |
| 3 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 1:31.185 | QS |
| 4 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:32.612 | QS |
| 5 | Lin Yong-bo Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:34.394 | |
| 6 | Kevin Poljans Alexander Pekhenko | Estonia | 1:38.060 | |
| 7 | Eddy Barranco Rodrigo González | Puerto Rico | 1:52.828 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:30.662 | QS |
| 2 | Francesco Lanciotti Giovanni Penato | Italy | 1:31.204 | QS |
| 3 | Chen Jintao Wang Chi | China | 1:32.286 | QS |
| 4 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 1:33.465 | QS |
| 5 | Nicholas Weeks Henry van der Walt | South Africa | 1:35.311 | |
| 6 | Praison Buasamrong Methasit Sitthipharat | Thailand | 1:37.354 | |
| 7 | Ayoub Haidra Ryad Bentouati | Algeria | 1:47.644 | |
| 8 | Edgar Tutyan Artur Akishin | Armenia | 1:49.883 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:28.350 | QA |
| 2 | Adrián del Río Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:28.434 | QA |
| 3 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:28.449 | QA |
| 4 | Aldis Artūrs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:29.018 | QB |
| 5 | Aaron Small Jonas Ecker | United States | 1:30.494 | QB |
| 6 | Francesco Lanciotti Giovanni Penato | Italy | 1:31.010 | QB |
| 7 | Gunnar Nydal Eide Nicolai Nierenberg Lønning | Norway | 1:32.258 | QC |
| 8 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 1:33.530 | QC |
| 9 | Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:34.065 | QC |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.463 | QA |
| 2 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:29.651 | QA |
| 3 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.734 | QA |
| 4 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:30.902 | QB |
| 5 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:31.722 | QB |
| 6 | Vagner Junior Souta Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva | Brazil | 1:32.725 | QB |
| 7 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:33.265 | QC |
| 8 | Chen Jintao Wang Chi | China | 1:33.932 | QC |
| 9 | Simon Schuldt-Jensen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:35.851 | QC |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joao Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:29.148 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:29.210 | QA |
| 3 | Ervin Holpert Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:29.378 | QA |
| 4 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:29.483 | QB |
| 5 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:29.784 | QB |
| 6 | Cho Gwang-hee Jang Sang-won | South Korea | 1:29.820 | QB |
| 7 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 1:30.690 | QC |
| 8 | Etienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:32.063 | QC |
| 9 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:33.900 | QC |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:31.077 |
| 2 | Etienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:31.597 |
| 3 | Simon Schuldt-Jensen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:31.884 |
| 4 | Gunnar Nydal Eide Nicolai Nierenberg Lønning | Norway | 1:32.455 |
| 5 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 1:32.887 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 1:32.942 |
| 7 | Chen Jintao Wang Chi | China | 1:32.953 |
| 8 | Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:33.892 |
| 9 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:34.499 |

#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aldis Artūrs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:29.237 | |
| 2 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:29.453 | |
| 3 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:30.676 | |
| 4 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:30.883 | |
| 5 | Francesco Lanciotti Giovanni Penato | Italy | 1:31.136 | |
| 6 | Aaron Small Jonas Ecker | United States | 1:32.067 | |
| 7 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:32.067 | |
| 8 | Vagner Junior Souta Edson Isaias Freitas da Silva | Brazil | 1:32.461 | |
| | Cho Gwang-hee Jang Sang-won | South Korea | DNS | DNS |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Joao Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:29.037 |
| | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:29.184 |
| | Adrián del Río Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:29.389 |
| 4 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:29.465 |
| 5 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:29.842 |
| 6 | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.860 |
| 7 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:29.874 |
| 8 | Ervin Holpert Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:29.937 |
| 9 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.511 |