# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 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 23 August 2018 | 09:44 | Heats |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 09:30 | Semifinals |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 14:57 | Final B |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 15:44 | Final A |
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 | Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić | Serbia | 3:12.592 | QA |
| 2 | Francisco Cubelos Iñigo Peña | Spain | 3:16.952 | QS |
| 3 | Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:18.492 | QS |
| 4 | Jon Amund Vold Jo Sondre Solhaug | Norway | 3:20.917 | QS |
| 5 | Luca Beccaro Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 3:24.082 | QS |
| 6 | Daniel Dal Bo Manuel Micaz | Argentina | 3:29.002 | QS |
| 7 | Hamish Lovemore Cameron Hudson | South Africa | 3:30.808 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Hoff Marcus Gross | Germany | 3:12.197 | QA |
| 2 | Peter Gelle Adam Botek | Slovakia | 3:13.532 | QS |
| 3 | Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood | Australia | 3:15.212 | QS |
| 4 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:16.367 | QS |
| 5 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger | France | 3:16.997 | QS |
| 6 | Martin Nathell Albert Petersson | Sweden | 3:17.412 | QS |
| 7 | Thomas Lusty Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 3:19.462 | QS |
| 8 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | 4:30.401 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pavel Miadzvedzeu Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:14.117 | QA |
| 2 | René Holten Poulsen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 3:16.143 | QS |
| 3 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 3:18.763 | QS |
| 4 | Bruno Moreira Fabio Cameira | Portugal | 3:19.248 | QS |
| 5 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Serhiy Bashtovyy | Ukraine | 3:19.863 | QS |
| 6 | Bálint Noé Róbert Ilyés | Hungary | 3:20.173 | QS |
| 7 | Igor Kalashnikov Alexey Vostrikov | Russia | 3:20.213 | QS |
| 8 | Fabio Wyss Andri Summermatter | Switzerland | 3:20.263 | |

### 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 | Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood | Australia | 3:11.320 | QA |
| 2 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger | France | 3:12.460 | QA |
| 3 | Francisco Cubelos Iñigo Peña | Spain | 3:13.485 | QA |
| 4 | Jon Amund Vold Jo Sondre Solhaug | Norway | 3:13.955 | QB |
| 5 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 3:14.495 | QB |
| 6 | Bálint Noé Róbert Ilyés | Hungary | 3:17.025 | QB |
| 7 | Bruno Moreira Fabio Cameira | Portugal | 3:17.485 | QB |
| 8 | Thomas Lusty Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 3:18.495 | qB |
| 9 | Daniel Dal Bo Manuel Micaz | Argentina | 3:23.430 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Gelle Adam Botek | Slovakia | 3:13.024 | QA |
| 2 | René Holten Poulsen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 3:13.794 | QA |
| 3 | Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:14.099 | QA |
| 4 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:14.459 | QB |
| 5 | Martin Nathell Albert Petersson | Sweden | 3:16.605 | QB |
| 6 | Luca Beccaro Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 3:16.730 | QB |
| 7 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Serhiy Bashtovyy | Ukraine | 3:19.385 | QB |
| 8 | Igor Kalashnikov Alexey Vostrikov | Russia | 3:20.145 | |
| 9 | Hamish Lovemore Cameron Hudson | South Africa | 3:31.035 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Martin Brzeziński Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:17.719 |
| 2 | Martin Nathell Albert Petersson | Sweden | 3:18.994 |
| 3 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 3:19.654 |
| 4 | Bálint Noé Róbert Ilyés | Hungary | 3:20.389 |
| 5 | Jon Amund Vold Jo Sondre Solhaug | Norway | 3:20.704 |
| 6 | Luca Beccaro Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 3:22.644 |
| 7 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov Serhiy Bashtovyy | Ukraine | 3:25.394 |
| 8 | Bruno Moreira Fabio Cameira | Portugal | 3:27.654 |
| 9 | Thomas Lusty Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 3:29.759 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Max Hoff Marcus Gross | Germany | 3:15.797 |
| | Francisco Cubelos Iñigo Peña | Spain | 3:16.617 |
| | Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić | Serbia | 3:17.407 |
| 4 | Riley Fitzsimmons Jordan Wood | Australia | 3:17.432 |
| 5 | René Holten Poulsen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 3:20.228 |
| 6 | Peter Gelle Adam Botek | Slovakia | 3:20.843 |
| 7 | Maxime Beaumont Guillaume Burger | France | 3:21.113 |
| 8 | Pavel Miadzvedzeu Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:22.143 |
| 9 | Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:24.678 |