2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-2 200 metres
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	21–23 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	34
Nations:	17
Win Value:	36.21
Gold:	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka
Gold Nation:	BLR
Silver:	Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman
Silver Nation:	SLO
Bronze:	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The women's K-2 200 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	10:00	Heats
	15:00	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 23 August 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:03	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	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman		37.14
2	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz		37.91
3	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska		38.11
4	Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones		39.21
5	Bridgitte Hartley Donna Hutton		40.42
6	Eva Barrios Laura Pedruelo		40.87
7	Chou Ju-chuan Liu Hui-chi		42.29
8	Laura Skukauska Katrina Smiltniece		42.84
9	Amira Kheris Anfel Arabi		44.96

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka		36.77
2	Tina Dietze Franziska John		38.07
3	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova		38.16
4	Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts		38.34
5	Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova		39.30
6	Arezou Hakimimoghaddam Hediyeh Kazemi		40.41
7	Sarah Chen Jiemei Stephenie Chen Jiexian		40.55
8	Kaitlyn McElroy Samantha Barlow		42.56

Semifinal

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts		37.10
2	Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones		37.15
3	Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova		37.39
4	Bridgitte Hartley Donna Hutton		38.08
5	Arezou Hakimimoghaddam Hediyeh Kazemi		38.37
6	Eva Barrios Laura Pedruelo		38.48
7	Sarah Chen Jiemei Stephenie Chen Jiexian		39.10
8	Kaitlyn McElroy Samantha Barlow		39.22
9	Chou Ju-chuan Liu Hui-chi		40.35

Final

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka		36.21
	Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman		36.72
	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz		36.79
4	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova		36.99
5	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska		37.11
6	Tina Dietze Franziska John		37.32
7	Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones		38.03
8	Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts		38.35
9	Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova		38.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 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 . 22 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 Women 200m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019.