# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place in Sportpark Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 10:43 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 16:02 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:46 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 12:08 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat and three fastest 7th ranked boats advanced to the semi finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martyna Klatt Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:41.671 | QS |
| 2 | Aimee Fisher Danielle McKenzie | New Zealand | 1:42.137 | QS |
| 3 | Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti | France | 1:42.767 | QS |
| 4 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi | Italy | 1:42.887 | QS |
| 5 | Courtney Stott Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:43.163 | QS |
| 6 | Ekaterina Shubina Arina Tanatmisheva | Uzbekistan | 1:45.217 | QS |
| 7 | Melanija Čamane Krista Bērziņa | Latvia | 1:46.433 | QS |
| 8 | Elena Wolgamot Kali Wilding | United States | 1:47.025 | |
| 9 | Binita Chanu Oinam Parvathy Geetha | India | 1:57.139 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paulina Paszek Jule Hake | Germany | 1:40.871 | QS |
| 2 | Diana Tanko Nataliia Dokiienko | Ukraine | 1:43.846 | QS |
| 3 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:44.979 | QS |
| 4 | Katarína Pecsuková Bianka Sidová | Slovakia | 1:45.034 | QS |
| 5 | Adriana Lehaci Ana-Roxana Lehaci | Austria | 1:45.295 | QS |
| 6 | Seima Konijn Ruth Vorsselman | Netherlands | 1:46.007 | QS |
| 7 | Jennifer Egan-Simmons Eabha Ni Drisceoil | Ireland | 1:52.271 | |
| 8 | Maira Toro Ysumy Orellana | Chile | 1:54.402 | |
| 9 | Aya Ferfad Anfel Arabi | Algeria | 1:56.928 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermien Peters Lize Broekx | Belgium | 1:40.981 | QS |
| 2 | Emma Jørgensen Frederikke Matthiesen | Denmark | 1:42.673 | QS |
| 3 | Jiang Han Liao Mengjiao | China | 1:43.441 | QS |
| 4 | Brenda Rojas Maria Garro | Argentina | 1:43.585 | QS |
| 5 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell | Great Britain | 1:43.703 | QS |
| 6 | Daylen Rodriguez Yurieni Guerra | Cuba | 1:44.530 | QS |
| 7 | Kateřina Zárubová Barbora Betlachová | Czech Republic | 1:44.550 | QS |
| 8 | Maya Hosomi Juri Urada | Japan | 1:46.347 | |
| | Yocelin Canache Milenca Hernandez | Venezuela | DNS | DNS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linnea Stensils Moa Wikberg | Sweden | 1:41.935 | QS |
| 2 | Laia Pelachs Begona Lazkano | Spain | 1:42.028 | QS |
| 3 | Beatriz Briones Brenda Gutierrez | Mexico | 1:42.733 | QS |
| 4 | Olga Shmelyova Irina Podoinikova | Kazakhstan | 1:43.270 | QS |
| 5 | Sara Fojt Noemi Pupp | Hungary | 1:43.717 | QS |
| 6 | Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot | Australia | 1:43.797 | QS |
| 7 | Diexe Molina Tatiana Muñoz | Colombia | 1:51.786 | QS |
| 8 | Liliana Cardenas Stefanie Perdomo | Ecuador | 1:58.981 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats in each semifinal boats advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martyna Klatt Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:39.843 | QA |
| 2 | Emma Jørgensen Frederikke Matthiesen | Denmark | 1:40.209 | QA |
| 3 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell | Great Britain | 1:41.624 | QA |
| 4 | Courtney Stott Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:42.460 | QB |
| 5 | Seima Konijn Ruth Vorsselman | Netherlands | 1:43.132 | QB |
| 6 | Olga Shmelyova Irina Podoinikova | Kazakhstan | 1:43.230 | QB |
| 7 | Beatriz Briones Brenda Gutierrez | Mexico | 1:43.615 | |
| 8 | Kateřina Zárubová Barbora Betlachová | Czech Republic | 1:44.561 | |
| 9 | Diana Tanko Nataliia Dokiienko | Ukraine | 1:44.681 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paulina Paszek Jule Hake | Germany | 1:39.669 | QA |
| 2 | Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti | France | 1:40.788 | QA |
| 3 | Laia Pelachs Begona Lazkano | Spain | 1:41.127 | QA |
| 4 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi | Italy | 1:42.237 | QB |
| 5 | Brenda Rojas Maria Garro | Argentina | 1:42.570 | QB |
| 6 | Jiang Han Liao Mengjiao | China | 1:43.229 | QB |
| 7 | Melanija Čamane Krista Bērziņa | Latvia | 1:43.704 | |
| 8 | Adriana Lehaci Ana-Roxana Lehaci | Austria | 1:45.333 | |
| | Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot | Australia | DNS | DNS |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermien Peters Lize Broekx | Belgium | 1:40.362 | QA |
| 2 | Linnea Stensils Moa Wikberg | Sweden | 1:41.438 | QA |
| 3 | Aimee Fisher Danielle McKenzie | New Zealand | 1:41.537 | QA |
| 4 | Ekaterina Shubina Arina Tanatmisheva | Uzbekistan | 1:42.653 | QB |
| 5 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:42.724 | QB |
| 6 | Daylen Rodriguez Yurieni Guerra | Cuba | 1:43.549 | QB |
| 7 | Katarína Pecsuková Bianka Sidová | Slovakia | 1:44.147 | |
| 8 | Sara Fojt Noemi Pupp | Hungary | 1:47.782 | |
| 9 | Diexe Molina Tatiana Muñoz | Colombia | 1:50.860 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Olga Shmelyova Irina Podoinikova | Kazakhstan | 1:43.318 |
| 2 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia | Portugal | 1:44.588 |
| 3 | Brenda Rojas Maria Garro | Argentina | 1:44.699 |
| 4 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi | Italy | 1:44.710 |
| 4 | Jiang Han Liao Mengjiao | China | 1:44.710 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Shubina Arina Tanatmisheva | Uzbekistan | 1:44.766 |
| 7 | Courtney Stott Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:44.876 |
| 8 | Seima Konijn Ruth Vorsselman | Netherlands | 1:45.031 |
| 9 | Daylen Rodriguez Perez Yurieni Guerra Herrera | Cuba | 1:45.201 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Emma Jørgensen Frederikke Matthiesen | Denmark | 1:39.586 |
| | Martyna Klatt Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:40.824 |
| | Paulina Paszek Jule Hake | Germany | 1:41.597 |
| 4 | Hermien Peters Lize Broekx | Belgium | 1:42.040 |
| 5 | Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti | France | 1:42.430 |
| 6 | Linnea Stensils Moa Wikberg | Sweden | 1:42.477 |
| 7 | Laia Pelachs Begona Lazkano | Spain | 1:42.485 |
| 8 | Aimee Fisher Danielle McKenzie | New Zealand | 1:42.904 |
| 9 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell | Great Britain | 1:43.117 |