| Event: | Men's K-2 200 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 23–25 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 34 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Win Value: | 31.873 |
| Gold: | Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro |
| Silver Nation: | ESP |
| Bronze: | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković |
| Bronze Nation: | SRB |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's K-2 200 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.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 14:40 | Heats | ||||
| 16:15 | Semifinal | |||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Saturday 25 August 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 12:57 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.[3] [4]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirill Lyapunov Alexander Dyachenko | 32.000 | |||
| 2 | Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás | 32.070 | |||
| 3 | Edvinas Ramanauskas Ignas Navakauskas | 32.390 | |||
| 4 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | 32.675 | |||
| 5 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | 32.875 | |||
| 6 | Kevin Santos Hugo Figueiras | 34.725 | |||
| 7 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | 35.900 | |||
| 8 | Abdelmajid Jabbour Ossama Bousserra | 40.205 |
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | 32.203 | |||
| 2 | Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | 32.313 | |||
| 3 | Paweł Kaczmarek Piotr Mazur | 33.038 | |||
| 4 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | 33.533 | |||
| 5 | Mark de Jonge Alex Scott | 33.838 | |||
| 6 | Nicholas Weeks David Rodrigues | 33.883 | |||
| 7 | Trevor Thomson Stelian Naftanaila | 34.053 | |||
| 8 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | 34.438 | |||
| 9 | Edvards Ceipe Kristofers Lamberts | 34.588 |
The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | 33.530 | |||
| 2 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | 33.540 | |||
| 3 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | 34.385 | |||
| 4 | Nicholas Weeks David Rodrigues | 34.715 | |||
| 5 | Theodor Orban David Johansson | 34.730 | |||
| 6 | Mark de Jonge Alex Scott | 34.895 | |||
| 7 | Trevor Thomson Stelian Naftanaila | 34.905 | |||
| 8 | Kevin Santos Hugo Figueiras | 35.975 | |||
| 9 | Vitalii Brezitskyi Vasyl Chedryk | 37.460 |
Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Márk Balaska Balázs Birkás | 31.873 | |||
| Saúl Craviotto Cristian Toro | 32.133 | |||
| Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković | 32.156 | |||
| 4 | Kirill Lyapunov Alexander Dyachenko | 32.233 | ||
| 5 | Paweł Kaczmarek Piotr Mazur | 32.753 | ||
| 6 | Edvinas Ramanauskas Ignas Navakauskas | 32.790 | ||
| 7 | Riccardo Maria Spotti Andrea di Liberto | 32.823 | ||
| 8 | Filip Šváb Ondřej Bišický | 33.136 | ||
| 9 | Franck Le Moël Francis Mouget | 33.213 |