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

Event:	Men's K-2 500 metres
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	22–24 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	50
Nations:	25
Win Value:	1:33.13
Gold:	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk
Gold Nation:	BLR
Silver:	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez
Silver Nation:	ESP
Bronze:	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

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.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

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
	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:48	style=background:lemonchiffon	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.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:26.75
2	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez		1:31.49
3	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall		1:32.63
4	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi		1:33.23
5	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam		1:36.57
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf		1:37.71
7	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam		1:43.56
8	Brilend Chutra Idealj Leshi		1:57.68
–	Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris Sulaiman A. S. Al-Sammarraie

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković		1:28.45
2	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka		1:31.81
3	Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov		1:31.91
4	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero		1:32.30
5	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino		1:33.50
6	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov		1:39.45
7	Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan		1:43.89
8	Pita Taufatofua Malakai Ahokava		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.^{[6] [7]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez		1:30.11
2	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev		1:30.35
3	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka		1:30.93
4	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi		1:33.42
5	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero		1:35.42
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf		1:35.91
7	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov		1:40.21
8	Tsoi Yik San Mok Yuen Fung		1:46.60
–	Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov

Semifinal 2

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

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[8]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee		1:34.92
2	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi		1:35.29
3	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka		1:35.67
4	Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals		1:36.59
5	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero		1:38.12
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf		1:38.79
7	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam		1:38.91
8	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam		1:47.07
–	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov

Final A

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:33.13
	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez		1:33.48
	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller		1:34.50
4	Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković		1:34.52
5	Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár		1:35.66
6	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev		1:36.80
7	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka		1:37.33
8	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino		1:38.08
9	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall		1:40.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 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 . 26 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 K2 Men 500m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Heat III. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
7. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Semi-final II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
8. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final B. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.
9. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 26 August 2019.