# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 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 | 16:31 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 15:59 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 10:33 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 11:04 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest boats in each heat advanced directly to the final A. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pedro Vázquez Íñigo Peña | Spain | 3:17.605 | QA |
| 2 | Anton Winkelmann Leonard Busch | Germany | 3:17.900 | QS |
| 3 | Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais | Canada | 3:25.851 | QS |
| 4 | Luke Shaw Philip Miles | Great Britain | 3:31.443 | QS |
| 5 | Kevin Poljans Alexander Pekhenko | Estonia | 3:33.593 | QS |
| 6 | Yojan Cano Leocadio Pinto | Colombia | 3:35.434 | QS |
| 7 | Varinder Singh Prabhat Kumar | India | 03:36.471 | QS |
| 8 | Ryad Bentouati Ayoub Haidra | Algeria | 4:04.793 | |
| | Amosse Daimane Joaquim Manhique | Mozambique | DNS | DNS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luca Boscolo Meneguolo Nicola Ripamonti | Italy | 3:27.38 | QA |
| 2 | Michal Kulich Jan Vorel | Czech Republic | 3:29.944 | QS |
| 3 | Fletcher Armstrong Jakob Hammond | Australia | 3:32.481 | QS |
| 4 | Lin Yong-bo Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 3:32.706 | QS |
| 5 | Karl Brodén Erik Andersson | Sweden | 3:33.457 | QS |
| 6 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 3:36.018 | QS |
| 7 | Irwan Irwan Indra Hidayat | Indonesia | 3:39.786 | QS |
| | Jairo Domingos Simao Camazaulo | Angola | DNF | DNF |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Vajda Tamás Szántói-Szabó | Hungary | 3:22.846 | QA |
| 2 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:29.526 | QS |
| 3 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vitalii Bystrevskyi | Ukraine | 3:31.132 | QS |
| 4 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 3:37.831 | QS |
| 5 | Colbert Manson Nathan Humberston | United States | 3:50.119 | QS |
| 6 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Achraf Elaidi | Morocco | 3:36.018 | QS |
| 7 | Edgar Tutyan Artur Akishin | Armenia | 4:01.696 | QS |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi and best 8th place advanced to the final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anton Winkelmann Leonard Busch | Germany | 3:14.866 | QA |
| 2 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vitalii Bystrevskyi | Ukraine | 3:16.110 | QA |
| 3 | Fletcher Armstrong Jakob Hammond | Australia | 3:16.608 | QA |
| 4 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 3:17.869 | QB |
| 5 | Luke Shaw Philip Miles | Great Britain | 3:19.891 | QB |
| 6 | Karl Brodén Erik Andersson | Sweden | 3:24.648 | QB |
| 7 | Yojan Cano Leocadio Pinto | Colombia | 3:28.731 | QB |
| 8 | Irwan Irwan Indra Hidayat | Indonesia | 3:31.477 | qB |
| 9 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Achraf Elaidi | Morocco | 4:09.090 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:15.844 | QA |
| 2 | Michal Kulich Jan Vorel | Czech Republic | 3:16.842 | QA |
| 3 | Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais | Canada | 3:17.317 | QA |
| 4 | Lin Yong-bo Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 3:18.205 | QB |
| 5 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 3:24.277 | QB |
| 6 | Kevin Poljans Alexander Pekhenko | Estonia | 3:24.369 | QB |
| 7 | Varinder Singh Prabhat Kumar | India | 3:30.888 | QB |
| 8 | Colbert Manson Nathan Humberston | United States | 3:38.529 | |
| 9 | Edgar Tutyan Artur Akishin | Armenia | 4:06.853 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lin Yong-bo Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 3:19.232 |
| 2 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 3:19.305 |
| 3 | Luke Shaw Philip Miles | Great Britain | 3:21.160 |
| 4 | Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon | Slovenia | 3:23.996 |
| 5 | Kevin Poljans Alexander Pekhenko | Estonia | 3:26.672 |
| 6 | Karl Brodén Erik Andersson | Sweden | 3:27.933 |
| 7 | Yojan Cano Leocadio Pinto | Colombia | 3:31.212 |
| 8 | Varinder Singh Prabhat Kumar | India | 3:31.562 |
| 9 | Irwan Irwan Indra Hidayat | Indonesia | 3:32.802 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Pedro Vázquez Íñigo Peña | Spain | 3:11.512 |
| | Bence Vajda Tamás Szántói-Szabó | Hungary | 3:12.366 |
| | Anton Winkelmann Leonard Busch | Germany | 3:13.550 |
| 4 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:14.636 |
| 5 | Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais | Canada | 3:16.534 |
| 6 | Luca Boscolo Meneguolo Nicola Ripamonti | Italy | 3:16.942 |
| 7 | Fletcher Armstrong Jakob Hammond | Australia | 3:19.261 |
| 8 | Michal Kulich Jan Vorel | Czech Republic | 3:19.575 |
| 9 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vitalii Bystrevskyi | Ukraine | 3:19.701 |