2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's C-2 500 metres
Championship:	2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	25–26 August
Venue:	Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho
Location:	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
Competitors:	34
Nations:	17
Win Value:	1:40.043
Gold:	Erlon Silva Isaquias Queiroz
Gold Nation:	BRA
Silver:	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar
Silver Nation:	RUS
Bronze:	Arsen Śliwiński Michał Lubniewski
Bronze Nation:	POL
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The men's C-2 500 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]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 25 August 2018	16:29	Heats
	18:00	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 26 August 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:54	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Heats

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]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Arsen Śliwiński Michał Lubniewski		1:46.335
2	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar		1:46.755
3	Dmytro Ianchuk Taras Mishchuk		1:47.122
4	Sergio Vallejo Adrián Sieiro		1:48.605
5	Roland Varga Connor Fitzpatrick		1:48.682
6	Yul Oeltze Peter Kretschmer		1:49.038
7	Siarhei Pryvolkin Evgeniy Tenhel		1:49.148
8	Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa		1:50.505
9	Aoto Yabu Masato Hashimoto		1:54.349

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Erlon Silva Isaquias Queiroz		1:44.718
2	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:47.255
3	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi		1:47.928
4	Ilie Sprincean Oleg Nuţa		1:52.005
5	Osvaldas Murza Jevgenij Kuracionok		1:53.332
6	Nicolae Craciun Sergiu Craciun		1:56.379
7	Bruno Afonso Marco Apura		2:01.062
8	Nordino Mussa Joaquim Lobo		2:13.432

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yul Oeltze Peter Kretschmer		1:44.817
2	Sergio Vallejo Adrián Sieiro		1:45.124
3	Ilie Sprincean Oleg Nuţa		1:45.341
4	Nicolae Craciun Sergiu Craciun		1:45.941
5	Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa		1:46.471
6	Bruno Afonso Marco Apura		1:47.151
7	Roland Varga Connor Fitzpatrick		1:48.268
8	Osvaldas Murza Jevgenij Kuracionok		1:48.931
9	Siarhei Pryvolkin Evgeniy Tenhel		1:49.131

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time
	Erlon Silva Isaquias Queiroz		1:40.043
	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar		1:41.590
	Arsen Śliwiński Michał Lubniewski		1:41.787
4	Sergio Vallejo Adrián Sieiro		1:41.830
5	Yul Oeltze Peter Kretschmer		1:41.997
6	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:42.047
7	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi		1:42.650
8	Dmytro Ianchuk Taras Mishchuk		1:43.300
9	Ilie Sprincean Oleg Nuţa		1:43.917

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS How to get here. Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem. 24 August 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL . 24 August 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 1st Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 24 August 2018.
4. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 24 August 2018.
5. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 1st Semi-final. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 24 August 2018.
6. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Final A. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 24 August 2018.