# 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 24 August 2017 | 11:02 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2017 | 17:20 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 10:10 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 11:41 | 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 | Sébastien Jouve Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:31.028 | QA |
| 2 | Maximilian Zaremba Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:31.284 | QS |
| 3 | Simo Boltić Dragan Hančovski | Serbia | 1:35.401 | QS |
| 4 | René Holten Poulsen Nils Jensen Boe | Denmark | 1:38.101 | QS |
| 5 | Jayden Ellis Simon McTavish | Australia | 1:38.367 | QS |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Alexeyev Alexey Dergunov | Kazakhstan | 1:40.828 | QS |
| 7 | Li Zhuang Yan Jiahao | China | 1:47.334 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:30.976 | QA |
| 2 | Erik Vlček Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:33.593 | QS |
| 3 | Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:33.682 | QS |
| 4 | Viliyan Buchvarov Hristo Rekov | Bulgaria | 1:34.587 | QS |
| 5 | Vitaliy Bialko Raman Piatrushenka | Belarus | 1:38.043 | QS |
| 6 | Maksim Bondar Igor Dorofeev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:38.576 | QS |
| 7 | Maks Franceskin Vid Debeljak | Slovenia | 1:43.643 | QS |
| 8 | Arambam Gyanjit Singh Albert Raj Selvaraj | India | 1:46.432 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka | Hungary | 1:30.343 | QA |
| 2 | Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:31.143 | QS |
| 3 | Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:31.288 | QS |
| 4 | Kaspar Sula Kaarel Alupere | Estonia | 1:33.699 | QS |
| 5 | Dorian Kliczkowski Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:35.193 | QS |
| 6 | David Kopp Jhonny Blixt | Sweden | 1:35.982 | QS |
| 7 | Maizir Riyondra Tri Wahyu Buwono | Indonesia | 1:38.955 | QS |

### 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 | Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:30.454 | QA |
| 2 | René Holten Poulsen Nils Jensen Boe | Denmark | 1:30.476 | QA |
| 3 | Vitaliy Bialko Raman Piatrushenka | Belarus | 1:31.493 | QA |
| 4 | Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:31.531 | QB |
| 5 | Maximilian Zaremba Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:33.165 | QB |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Alexeyev Alexey Dergunov | Kazakhstan | 1:33.193 | QB |
| 7 | David Kopp Jhonny Blixt | Sweden | 1:34.126 | QB |
| 8 | Kaspar Sula Kaarel Alupere | Estonia | 1:34.304 | qB |
| 9 | Maks Franceskin Vid Debeljak | Slovenia | 2:00.798 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Vlček Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:30.305 | QA |
| 2 | Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:31.399 | QA |
| 3 | Jayden Ellis Simon McTavish | Australia | 1:32.633 | QA |
| 4 | Viliyan Buchvarov Hristo Rekov | Bulgaria | 1:32.821 | QB |
| 5 | Dorian Kliczkowski Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:32.977 | QB |
| 6 | Simo Boltić Dragan Hančovski | Serbia | 1:35.371 | QB |
| 7 | Maizir Riyondra Tri Wahyu Buwono | Indonesia | 1:36.405 | QB |
| 8 | Maksim Bondar Igor Dorofeev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:37.894 | |
| 9 | Li Zhuang Yan Jiahao | China | 1:45.827 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Ezequiel Di Giacomo Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:30.061 |
| 2 | Maximilian Zaremba Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:30.322 |
| 3 | Viliyan Buchvarov Hristo Rekov | Bulgaria | 1:30.377 |
| 4 | Kaspar Sula Kaarel Alupere | Estonia | 1:30.900 |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Alexeyev Alexey Dergunov | Kazakhstan | 1:31.150 |
| 6 | David Kopp Jhonny Blixt | Sweden | 1:31.533 |
| 7 | Dorian Kliczkowski Norbert Kuczyński | Poland | 1:31.750 |
| 8 | Simo Boltić Dragan Hančovski | Serbia | 1:32.833 |
| 9 | Maizir Riyondra Tri Wahyu Buwono | Indonesia | 1:40.300 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Rodrigo Germade Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:27.979 |
| | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka | Hungary | 1:29.107 |
| | Vitaliy Bialko Raman Piatrushenka | Belarus | 1:29.518 |
| 4 | Erik Vlček Tibor Linka | Slovakia | 1:29.868 |
| 5 | Sébastien Jouve Guillaume Le Floch Decorchemont | France | 1:29.963 |
| 6 | Oleg Gusev Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:30.191 |
| 7 | Radek Šlouf Jan Štěrba | Czech Republic | 1:30.563 |
| 8 | René Holten Poulsen Nils Jensen Boe | Denmark | 1:31.213 |
| 9 | Jayden Ellis Simon McTavish | Australia | 1:33.841 |