# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 24 August 2017 | 18:30 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 10:45 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 12:39 | Final A |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 13:56 | Final B |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## 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 | Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:31.039 | QA |
| 2 | Albert Marti Juan Oriyés | Spain | 1:33.086 | QS |
| 3 | Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood | Australia | 1:33.842 | QS |
| 4 | Lukáš Nepraš Lukáš Trefil | Czech Republic | 1:34.516 | QS |
| 5 | Yusuke Miyata Kenta Chikamura | Japan | 1:37.673 | QS |
| 6 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | 1:53.077 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artem Kuzakhmetov Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:30.844 | QA |
| 2 | Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:32.138 | QS |
| 3 | Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai | Hungary | 1:33.704 | QS |
| 4 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Abraham Dietz | Argentina | 1:36.725 | QS |
| 5 | Edvards Ceipe Kristofers Lamberts | Latvia | 1:38.325 | QS |
| 6 | Hamish Lovemore Cameron Hudson | South Africa | 1:43.322 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 1:30.997 | QA |
| 2 | Cyrille Carré Francis Mouget | France | 1:32.360 | QS |
| 3 | Saeid Fazloula Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:33.994 | QS |
| 4 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 1:34.781 | QS |
| 5 | Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal | Norway | 1:35.011 | QS |
| 6 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | Ukraine | 1:37.641 | QS |
| 7 | David Fernandes Artur Pereira | Portugal | 1:40.304 | 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 | Cyrille Carré Francis Mouget | France | 1:31.220 | QA |
| 2 | Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai | Hungary | 1:33.120 | QA |
| 3 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Abraham Dietz | Argentina | 1:33.153 | QA |
| 4 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 1:33.810 | QB |
| 5 | Yusuke Miyata Kenta Chikamura | Japan | 1:35.720 | QB |
| 6 | David Fernandes Artur Pereira | Portugal | 1:37.747 | QB |
| 7 | Hamish Lovemore Cameron Hudson | South Africa | 1:40.244 | QB |
| 8 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | 1:45.937 | qB |
| 9 | Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood | Australia | 1:51.244 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:32.114 | QA |
| 2 | Albert Marti Juan Oriyés | Spain | 1:32.321 | QA |
| 3 | Saeid Fazloula Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:32.627 | QA |
| 4 | Lukáš Nepraš Lukáš Trefil | Czech Republic | 1:32.974 | QB |
| 5 | Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal | Norway | 1:34.111 | QB |
| 6 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | Ukraine | 1:38.764 | QB |
| 7 | Edvards Ceipe Kristofers Lamberts | Latvia | 1:47.145 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lukáš Nepraš Lukáš Trefil | Czech Republic | 1:34.717 |
| 2 | Hakeem Teland Lars Hjemdal | Norway | 1:35.193 |
| 3 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | Sweden | 1:36.833 |
| 4 | Yusuke Miyata Kenta Chikamura | Japan | 1:37.477 |
| 5 | David Fernandes Artur Pereira | Portugal | 1:37.673 |
| 6 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | Ukraine | 1:38.110 |
| 7 | Hamish Lovemore Cameron Hudson | South Africa | 1:42.070 |
| 8 | Edvards Ceipe Kristofers Lamberts | Latvia | 1:55.052 |
| – | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | DNS |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Artem Kuzakhmetov Vladislav Blintcov | Russia | 1:30.666 |
| | Stefan Vekić Vladimir Torubarov | Serbia | 1:30.953 |
| | Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 1:31.449 |
| 4 | Cyrille Carré Francis Mouget | France | 1:31.786 |
| 5 | Erik Vlček Juraj Tarr | Slovakia | 1:31.886 |
| 6 | Dávid Tóth Tamás Kulifai | Hungary | 1:32.243 |
| 7 | Albert Marti Juan Oriyés | Spain | 1:33.469 |
| 8 | Saeid Fazloula Kostja Stroinski | Germany | 1:33.606 |
| 9 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres Abraham Dietz | Argentina | 1:38.626 |