# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 12:25 | Heats |
| Friday 23 August 2019 | 12:21 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 09:37 | Final B |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 12:48 | 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 | Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:26.75 | QA |
| 2 | Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez | Spain | 1:31.49 | QS |
| 3 | Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall | France | 1:32.63 | QS |
| 4 | Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi | Ukraine | 1:33.23 | QS |
| 5 | Gwon Gihong An Gilnam | South Korea | 1:36.57 | QS |
| 6 | Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf | Switzerland | 1:37.71 | QS |
| 7 | Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam | India | 1:43.56 | QS |
| 8 | Brilend Chutra Idealj Leshi | North Macedonia | 1:57.68 | |
| – | Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris Sulaiman A. S. Al-Sammarraie | Iraq | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár | Hungary | 1:28.64 | QA |
| 2 | Marcus Gross Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.10 | QS |
| 3 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 1:29.60 | QS |
| 4 | Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee | United States | 1:31.14 | QS |
| 5 | Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka | Czech Republic | 1:31.36 | QS |
| 6 | Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals | Latvia | 1:34.01 | QS |
| 7 | Tsoi Yik San Mok Yuen Fung | Hong Kong | 1:43.96 | QS |
| 8 | Adam Aris Khairul Naim Zainal | Malaysia | 1:45.21 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković | Serbia | 1:28.45 | QA |
| 2 | Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka | Japan | 1:31.81 | QS |
| 3 | Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov | Russia | 1:31.91 | QS |
| 4 | Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero | Uruguay | 1:32.30 | QS |
| 5 | Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino | Italy | 1:33.50 | QS |
| 6 | Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov | Tajikistan | 1:39.45 | QS |
| 7 | Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan | Armenia | 1:43.89 | QS |
| 8 | Pita Taufatofua Malakai Ahokava | Tonga | 2:37.81 | |

### 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 | Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez | Spain | 1:30.11 | QA |
| 2 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 1:30.35 | QA |
| 3 | Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka | Czech Republic | 1:30.93 | QA |
| 4 | Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi | Ukraine | 1:33.42 | QB |
| 5 | Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero | Uruguay | 1:35.42 | QB |
| 6 | Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf | Switzerland | 1:35.91 | QB |
| 7 | Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov | Tajikistan | 1:40.21 | QB |
| 8 | Tsoi Yik San Mok Yuen Fung | Hong Kong | 1:46.60 | |
| – | Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov | Russia | DSQ | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marcus Gross Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:29.65 | QA |
| 2 | Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino | Italy | 1:31.65 | QA |
| 3 | Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall | France | 1:32.02 | QA |
| 4 | Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee | United States | 1:32.82 | QB |
| 5 | Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka | Japan | 1:34.70 | QB |
| 6 | Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals | Latvia | 1:34.91 | QB |
| 7 | Gwon Gihong An Gilnam | South Korea | 1:37.02 | QB |
| 8 | Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam | India | 1:42.86 | qB |
| 9 | Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan | Armenia | 1:43.02 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee | United States | 1:34.92 |
| 2 | Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi | Ukraine | 1:35.29 |
| 3 | Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka | Japan | 1:35.67 |
| 4 | Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals | Latvia | 1:36.59 |
| 5 | Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero | Uruguay | 1:38.12 |
| 6 | Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf | Switzerland | 1:38.79 |
| 7 | Gwon Gihong An Gilnam | South Korea | 1:38.91 |
| 8 | Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam | India | 1:47.07 |
| – | Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov | Tajikistan | DSQ |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk | Belarus | 1:33.13 |
| | Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez | Spain | 1:33.48 |
| | Marcus Gross Martin Hiller | Germany | 1:34.50 |
| 4 | Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković | Serbia | 1:34.52 |
| 5 | Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár | Hungary | 1:35.66 |
| 6 | Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev | Kazakhstan | 1:36.80 |
| 7 | Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka | Czech Republic | 1:37.33 |
| 8 | Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino | Italy | 1:38.08 |
| 9 | Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall | France | 1:40.76 |