# Canoe sprint at the 2023 European Games – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2023 European Games took place on 21 and 22 June at the Kryspinów Waterway.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 21 June 2023 | 10:53 | Heats |
| Wednesday, 21 June 2023 | 16:46 | Semifinals |
| Thursday, 22 June 2023 | 14:07 | Final B |
| Thursday, 22 June 2023 | 14:34 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ervin Holpert Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:28.500 | QA, GB |
| 2 | Bence Vajda Tamás Szántói-Szabó | Hungary | 1:29.900 | QS |
| 3 | Erik Vlček Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 1:30.654 | QS |
| 4 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:31.047 | QS |
| 5 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:33.904 | QS |
| 6 | George Tenta Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:34.878 | QS |
| 7 | Jakub Brabec Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:46.752 | QS |
| 8 | Vladimir Maleski Nikola Maleski | North Macedonia | 1:52.166 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:29.682 | QA |
| 2 | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.685 | QS |
| 3 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:30.958 | QS |
| 4 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:31.802 | QS |
| 5 | Sławomir Witczak Jakub Michalski | Poland | 1:34.242 | QS |
| 6 | Elias Hollingsæter Vemund Jensen | Norway | 1:35.635 | QS |
| 7 | Manfredi Rizza Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:38.156 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:30.377 | QA |
| 2 | Étienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:32.980 | QS |
| 3 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:35.167 | QS |
| 4 | Taha Usta Emircan Ayaklı | Turkey | 1:36.217 | QS |
| 5 | Carlos Garrote Lázaro López | Spain | 1:39.504 | QS |
| 6 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:40.934 | QS |
| 7 | Victor Aasmul Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:41.888 | QS |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:32.176 | QA |
| 2 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:33.082 | QA |
| 3 | Erik Vlček Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 1:33.132 | QA |
| 4 | Étienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:34.206 | QB |
| 5 | Victor Aasmul Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:34.696 | QB |
| 6 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:35.273 | QB |
| 7 | George Tenta Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:35.516 | QB |
| 8 | Elias Hollingsæter Vemund Jensen | Norway | 1:36.639 | |
| 9 | Taha Usta Emircan Ayaklı | Turkey | 1:37.349 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:30.364 | QA |
| 2 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:30.398 | QA |
| 3 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:31.475 | QA |
| 4 | Bence Vajda Tamás Szántói-Szabó | Hungary | 1:31.581 | QB |
| 5 | Carlos Garrote Lázaro López | Spain | 1:32.908 | QB |
| 6 | Sławomir Witczak Jakub Michalski | Poland | 1:33.798 | QB |
| 7 | Manfredi Rizza Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:34.161 | QB |
| 8 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:34.418 | qB |
| 9 | Jakub Brabec Radek Šlouf | Czech Republic | 1:42.759 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 10 | Bence Vajda Tamás Szántói-Szabó | Hungary | 1:31.176 |
| 11 | Manfredi Rizza Alessandro Gnecchi | Italy | 1:31.826 |
| 12 | Sławomir Witczak Jakub Michalski | Poland | 1:32.081 |
| 13 | Étienne Hubert Francis Mouget | France | 1:33.603 |
| 14 | Carlos Garrote Lázaro López | Spain | 1:33.613 |
| 15 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:33.738 |
| 16 | Victor Aasmul Morten Graversen | Denmark | 1:33.781 |
| 17 | Angel Stoyanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 1:36.619 |
| 18 | George Tenta Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:36.921 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:28.928 |
| | Felix Frank Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.825 |
| | Ervin Holpert Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:29.855 |
| 4 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:29.870 |
| 5 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:30.310 |
| 6 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:30.773 |
| 7 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:30.815 |
| 8 | Erik Vlček Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 1:31.503 |
| 9 | Joakim Lindberg Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:32.171 |