# Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres

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The men's K-2 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place on 6 and 9 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

## Background

This will be the 10th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1976 Olympics. The last time the event took place was at the 2008 Olympics, after which Men's K-2 1000 metres was introduced.

## Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
The event will be held over two days, with two rounds per day.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August 2024 | 11:30 14:30 | Heats Quarterfinals |
| 9 August 2024 | 11:10 13:20 | Semifinals Finals |

## Results
### Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Jacob Schopf Max Lemke | Germany | 1:28.03 | SF |
| 2 | 4 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:28.10 | SF |
| 3 | 7 | Adrián del Río Marcus Cooper Walz | Spain | 1:35.26 | QF |
| 4 | 6 | Bu Tingkai Zhang Dong | China | 1:36.79 | QF |
| 5 | 3 | Hamish Legarth Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:41.18 | QF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher-Lucz | Germany | 1:28.39 | SF |
| 2 | 5 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka | Hungary | 1:29.08 | SF |
| 3 | 3 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:31.24 | QF |
| 4 | 4 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas | Lithuania | 1:31.27 | QF |
| 5 | 6 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:32.01 | QF |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:28.84 | SF |
| 2 | 5 | Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:28.85 | SF |
| 3 | 6 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:28.91 | QF |
| 4 | 7 | Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:30.71 | QF |
| 5 | 3 | Bekarys Ramatulla Sergii Tokarnytskyi | Kazakhstan | 1:38.62 | QF |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:28.59 | SF |
| 2 | 7 | Bálint Kopasz Ádám Varga | Hungary | 1:29.37 | SF |
| 3 | 5 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:29.73 | QF |
| 4 | 6 | Hamish Lovemore Andrew Birkett | South Africa | 1:33.25 | QF |
| 5 | 3 | Andjelo Džombeta Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:34.22 | QF |

### Quarter Finals

Progression System: 1st-4th to SF, rest eliminated.

#### Quarter Final 1

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Adrián del Río Marcus Cooper Walz | Spain | 1:29.12 | SF |
| 2 | 3 | Hamish Lovemore Andrew Birkett | South Africa | 1:29.75 | SF |
| 3 | 4 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.01 | SF |
| 4 | 7 | Hamish Legarth Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:30.29 | SF |
| 5 | 6 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas | Lithuania | 1:30.30 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bekarys Ramatulla Sergii Tokarnytskyi | Kazakhstan | 1:37.58 | |

#### Quarter Final 2

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:28.36 | SF |
| 2 | 3 | Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:28.57 | SF |
| 3 | 7 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:28.93 | SF |
| 4 | 2 | Andjelo Džombeta Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:29.46 | SF |
| 5 | 6 | Bu Tingkai Zhang Dong | China | 1:29.58 | |
| 6 | 5 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:29.68 | |

### Semi Finals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

#### Semi Final 1

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jacob Schopf Max Lemke | Germany | 1:28.13 | FA |
| 2 | 3 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka | Hungary | 1:28.38 | FA |
| 3 | 2 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:28.71 | FA |
| 4 | 1 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:29.51 | FA |
| 5 | 6 | Bálint Kopasz Ádám Varga | Hungary | 1:29.66 | FB |
| 6 | 7 | Hamish Lovemore Andrew Birkett | South Africa | 1:29.70 | FB |
| 7 | 8 | Hamish Legarth Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:30.26 | FB |
| 8 | 5 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:30.95 | FB |

#### Semi Final 2

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:26.85 | OB, FA |
| 2 | 2 | Adrián del Río Marcus Cooper Walz | Spain | 1:27.24 | FA |
| 3 | 3 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:27.64 | FA |
| 4 | 4 | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher-Lucz | Germany | 1:27.67 | FA |
| 5 | 6 | Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:28.49 | FB |
| 6 | 1 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:29.01 | FB |
| 7 | 7 | Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:30.20 | FB |
| 8 | 8 | Andjelo Džombeta Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:34.65 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | 5 | Jacob Schopf Max Lemke | Germany | 1:26.87 |
| | 3 | Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka | Hungary | 1:27.15 |
| | 4 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:27.29 |
| 4 | 6 | Adrián del Río Marcus Cooper Walz | Spain | 1:27.38 |
| 5 | 8 | Max Rendschmidt Tom Liebscher-Lucz | Germany | 1:27.54 |
| 6 | 2 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:27.82 |
| 7 | 7 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:29.29 |
| 8 | 1 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:30.02 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 9 | 4 | Carlos Arévalo Rodrigo Germade | Spain | 1:30.08 |
| 10 | 6 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:30.80 |
| 11 | 2 | Marko Novaković Marko Dragosavljević | Serbia | 1:31.50 |
| 12 | 3 | Hamish Lovemore Andrew Birkett | South Africa | 1:31.79 |
| 13 | 1 | Jakub Stepun Przemysław Korsak | Poland | 1:32.05 |
| 14 | 7 | Hamish Legarth Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:32.09 |
| 15 | 5 | Bálint Kopasz Ádám Varga | Hungary | 1:32.85 |
| 16 | 8 | Andjelo Džombeta Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:35.00 |