2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's C-2 500 metres
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	21–23 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Win Value:	1:37.33
Gold:	Li Qiang Xing Song
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Sete Benavides Antoni Segura
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The men's C-2 500 metres competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 21 August 2019	11:19	Heats
Thursday 22 August 2019	15:00	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 23 August 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:39	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:42.81
2	Jan Vandrey Conrad Scheibner		1:43.47
3	Michał Lubniewski Arsen Śliwiński		1:43.85
4	Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun		1:44.12
5	Evgeniy Tengel Maksim Krysko		1:45.76
6	Sete Benavides Antoni Segura		1:47.15
7	Eduard Shemetylo Yurii Vandiuk		1:47.60
8	Yutthana Porananon Pitpiboon Mahawattanangkul		1:53.99
9	Ryan Grady Jonathan Grady		1:59.37

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Li Qiang Xing Song		1:43.13
2	Pavel Petrov Mikhail Pavlov		1:43.99
3	Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev		1:44.14
4	Filip Dvořák Tomáš Janda		1:44.78
5	Constantin Diba Gheorghe Stoian		1:52.94
6	Gaurav Tomar Sunil Singh Salam		1:53.76
7	Hwang Seon-hong Kim Yi-yeol		1:58.53
8	Mussa Chamaune Nordino Mussa		2:12.79
–	Daniel Leon Cristian Sola

Semifinal

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

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun		1:40.72
2	Sete Benavides Antoni Segura		1:40.97
3	Filip Dvořák Tomáš Janda		1:41.62
4	Evgeniy Tengel Maksim Krysko		1:41.99
5	Eduard Shemetylo Yurii Vandiuk		1:42.20
6	Constantin Diba Gheorghe Stoian		1:42.40
7	Yutthana Porananon Pitpiboon Mahawattanangkul		1:47.08
8	Gaurav Tomar Sunil Singh Salam		1:50.58
9	Hwang Seon-hong Kim Yi-yeol		1:58.76

Final

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

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time
	Li Qiang Xing Song		1:37.33
	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:38.41
	Sete Benavides Antoni Segura		1:38.97
4	Pavel Petrov Mikhail Pavlov		1:39.04
5	Jan Vandrey Conrad Scheibner		1:39.43
6	Sergiu Craciun Nicolae Craciun		1:40.99
7	Filip Dvořák Tomáš Janda		1:41.88
8	Michał Lubniewski Arsen Śliwiński		1:42.47
9	Artur Guliev Elyorjon Mamadaliev		1:50.58

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019. 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821141649/https://szeged2019.com/racecourse/. dead.
2. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation . 23 August 2019 . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821144903/https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/races . dead .
3. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019. 23 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190823195328/https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/race/374. dead.