# 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth took place on Lake Banook.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 4 August 2022 | 14:48 | Heats |
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 16:18 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 7 August 2022 | 10:41 | Final B |
| Sunday 7 August 2022 | 12:56 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest seventh-place boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:37.23 | QS |
| 2 | Zhang Dong Wang Chi | China | 1:38.93 | QS |
| 3 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas | Lithuania | 1:39.00 | QS |
| 4 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:39.94 | QS |
| 5 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:41.14 | QS |
| 6 | Roi Rodríguez Carlos Pérez | Spain | 1:43.10 | QS |
| 7 | Alberto Fragoza José Alcazar | Mexico | 1:47.00 | qS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:36.52 | QS |
| 2 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:37.52 | QS |
| 3 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:37.72 | QS |
| 4 | Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto | Italy | 1:38.23 | QS |
| 5 | Erick Verdier Sebastian Delgado | Uruguay | 1:42.43 | QS |
| 6 | Akihiro Inoue Iori Miura | Japan | 1:42.92 | QS |
| 7 | Weng Wen-sen Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:43.79 | qS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:36.96 | QS |
| 2 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:37.65 | QS |
| 3 | René Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:38.30 | QS |
| 4 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:39.30 | QS |
| 5 | Max Brown Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:41.02 | QS |
| 6 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:45.39 | QS |
| 7 | Guang Teo Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:47.81 | qS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:38.53 | QS |
| 2 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:39.59 | QS |
| 3 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:39.69 | QS |
| 4 | Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski | Poland | 1:39.73 | QS |
| 5 | Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:41.52 | QS |
| 6 | Vid Debeljak Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 1:47.11 | QS |
| 7 | Rodrigo González Christian Colón | Puerto Rico | 2:11.91 | |
| | Matthew Robinson Nicolas Robinson | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:
The fastest three boats advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:34.04 | QA |
| 2 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:34.66 | QA |
| 3 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:35.07 | QA |
| 4 | René Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:35.81 | QB |
| 5 | Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:36.03 | QB |
| 6 | Zhang Dong Wang Chi | China | 1:36.33 | QB |
| 7 | Roi Rodríguez Carlos Pérez | Spain | 1:38.00 | |
| 8 | Akihiro Inoue Iori Miura | Japan | 1:42.07 | |
| 9 | Weng Wen-sen Lin Yung-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:44.38 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:33.95 | QA |
| 2 | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas | Lithuania | 1:34.09 | QA |
| 3 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:34.69 | QA |
| 4 | Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski | Poland | 1:35.22 | QB |
| 5 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:35.30 | QB |
| 6 | Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto | Italy | 1:36.05 | QB |
| 7 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 1:37.57 | |
| 8 | Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:40.14 | |
| 9 | Alberto Fragoza José Alcazar | Mexico | 1:42.55 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:34.51 | QA |
| 2 | Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:34.57 | QA |
| 3 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:34.82 | QA |
| 4 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:35.13 | QB |
| 5 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:35.92 | QB |
| 6 | Max Brown Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:36.99 | QB |
| 7 | Erick Verdier Sebastian Delgado | Uruguay | 1:40.61 | |
| 8 | Vid Debeljak Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 1:40.68 | |
| 9 | Guang Teo Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:44.43 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish | Canada | 1:35.06 |
| 2 | René Poulsen Victor Aasmul | Denmark | 1:35.62 |
| 3 | Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski | Poland | 1:35.79 |
| 4 | Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto | Italy | 1:36.32 |
| 5 | Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Latvia | 1:36.36 |
| 6 | Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras | Argentina | 1:36.45 |
| 7 | Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:36.46 |
| 8 | Zhang Dong Wang Chi | China | 1:36.61 |
| 9 | Max Brown Kurtis Imrie | New Zealand | 1:37.60 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 1:34.98 |
| | Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas | Lithuania | 1:35.56 |
| | Jean van der Westhuyzen Thomas Green | Australia | 1:35.85 |
| 4 | Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel | Czech Republic | 1:35.99 |
| 5 | João Ribeiro Messias Baptista | Portugal | 1:37.42 |
| 6 | Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov | Ukraine | 1:37.53 |
| 7 | Jonas Ecker Aaron Small | United States | 1:37.60 |
| 8 | Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:37.85 |
| 9 | Erik Vlček Adam Botek | Slovakia | 1:39.63 |