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

The men'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 |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 10:13 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 15:44 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:34 | Final C |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:40 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 11:59 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula | Poland | 1:40.887 | QS |
| 2 | Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart | France | 1:42.828 | QS |
| 3 | Bruno Afonso Marco Apura | Portugal | 1:44.167 | QS |
| 4 | Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek | Slovakia | 1:46.045 | QS |
| 5 | Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio | Philippines | 1:50.595 | QS |
| 6 | Gevorg Pilosyan Vahe Davtyan | Armenia | 1:53.051 | |
| 7 | Kelvi Nazare Admilson André Batista De Sousa | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2:06.518 | |
| | Edwar Paredes Luis Yasser Guerra | Venezuela | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:40.679 | QS |
| 2 | Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 1:42.171 | QS |
| 3 | Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov | Lithuania | 1:43.429 | QS |
| 4 | Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones | Great Britain | 1:44.772 | QS |
| 5 | Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco | Colombia | 1:45.317 | QS |
| 6 | Rudiansyah Rudiansyah Muhammad Burhan | Indonesia | 1:50.581 | |
| | Mussa Chamaune Joaquim Lobo | Mozambique | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Hao Ji Bowen | China | 1:38.973 | QS |
| 2 | Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă | Romania | 1:39.424 | QS |
| 3 | Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete | Hungary | 1:40.007 | QS |
| 4 | Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 1:42.213 | QS |
| 5 | Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava | Mexico | 1:45.174 | QS |
| 6 | Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis | Latvia | 1:47.612 | QS |
| 7 | Cristian Sola Daniel Leon | Ecuador | 1:53.406 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cayetano García Pablo Martínez | Spain | 1:39.173 | QS |
| 2 | Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker | Germany | 1:39.806 | QS |
| 3 | Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia | Moldova | 1:41.172 | QS |
| 4 | Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:41.881 | QS |
| 5 | Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:43.558 | QS |
| 6 | Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem | India | 1:46.706 | QS |
| 7 | Jonathan Grady Ian Ross | United States | 1:46.732 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:40.655 | QS |
| 2 | Craig Spence Alix Plomteux | Canada | 1:41.421 | QS |
| 3 | Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok | Ukraine | 1:44.554 | QS |
| 4 | Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein | Iran | 1:45.880 | QS |
| 5 | Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov | Uzbekistan | 1:48.240 | QS |
| 6 | Manuel Antonio Benilson Sanda | Angola | 1:50.453 | |
| 7 | Sidali Belaidi Mohamed Ali Merzougui | Algeria | 2:07.222 | |

### 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 | Cayetano García Pablo Martínez | Spain | 1:38.894 | QA |
| 2 | Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula | Poland | 1:39.325 | QA |
| 3 | Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete | Hungary | 1:39.362 | QA |
| 4 | Craig Spence Alix Plomteux | Canada | 1:40.094 | QB |
| 5 | Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:40.802 | QB |
| 6 | Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 1:41.982 | QB |
| 7 | Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov | Uzbekistan | 1:43.590 | QC |
| 8 | Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco | Colombia | 1:44.006 | QC |
| 9 | Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek | Slovakia | 1:44.239 | QC |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker | Germany | 1:39.591 | QA |
| 2 | Liu Hao Ji Bowen | China | 1:40.241 | QA |
| 3 | Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart | France | 1:41.109 | QA |
| 4 | Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok | Ukraine | 1:41.577 | QB |
| 5 | Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov | Lithuania | 1:42.070 | QB |
| 6 | Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 1:43.170 | QB |
| 7 | Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:43.422 | QC |
| 8 | Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem | India | 1:49.990 | QC |
| 9 | Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio | Philippines | 2:03.309 | QC |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă | Romania | 1:39.306 | QA |
| 2 | Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:39.309 | QA |
| 3 | Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:39.749 | QA |
| 4 | Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia | Moldova | 1:41.294 | QB |
| 5 | Bruno Afonso Marco Apura | Portugal | 1:43.180 | QB |
| 6 | Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava | Mexico | 1:43.525 | QB |
| 7 | Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones | Great Britain | 1:44.793 | QC |
| 8 | Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis | Latvia | 1:48.274 | QC |
| 9 | Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein | Iran | 1:49.168 | QC |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov | Uzbekistan | 1:42.301 |
| 2 | Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:43.515 |
| 3 | Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein | Iran | 1:43.893 |
| 4 | Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek | Slovakia | 1:44.015 |
| 5 | Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones | Great Britain | 1:44.843 |
| 6 | Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco | Colombia | 1:45.241 |
| 7 | Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis | Latvia | 1:46.571 |
| 8 | Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem | India | 1:47.627 |
| 9 | Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio | Philippines | 1:50.289 |

#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok | Ukraine | 1:41.001 |
| 2 | Craig Spence Alix Plomteux | Canada | 1:41.269 |
| 3 | Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia | Moldova | 1:41.509 |
| 4 | Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov | Lithuania | 1:41.908 |
| 5 | Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov | Kazakhstan | 1:43.081 |
| 6 | Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:43.224 |
| 7 | Bruno Afonso Marco Apura | Portugal | 1:45.063 |
| 8 | Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 1:45.424 |
| 9 | Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava | Mexico | 1:45.734 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker | Germany | 1:36.972 |
| | Liu Hao Ji Bowen | China | 1:38.126 |
| | Cayetano García Pablo Martínez | Spain | 1:38.571 |
| 4 | Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart | France | 1:38.585 |
| 5 | Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete | Hungary | 1:38.770 |
| 6 | Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă | Romania | 1:38.781 |
| 7 | Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:38.923 |
| 8 | Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:39.471 |
| 9 | Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula | Poland | 1:39.683 |