2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's C-2 500 metres
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	17–19 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	34
Nations:	17
Win Value:	1:39.90
Gold:	Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar
Bronze Nation:	IOC
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The men's C-2 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 17 September 2021	10:03	Heats
	16:37	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 19 September 2021	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:42	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	Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini		1:45.13
2	Wiktor Głazunow Tomasz Barniak		1:45.34
3	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar	RCF	1:45.66
4	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart		1:46.69
5	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok		1:47.98
6	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi		1:48.15
7	Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge		1:49.76
8	Peter Kretschmer Michael Müller		1:49.98
–	Hermie Macaranas John Selecio

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez		1:45.04
2	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:45.47
3	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov		1:45.65
4	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil		1:46.32
5	Tyler Laidlaw Alix Plomteux		1:47.78
6	Mikita Rudzevich Vitali Asetski		1:49.12
7	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek		1:51.76
8	Masato Hashimoto Aoto Yabu		1:55.09

Semifinal

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

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok		1:41.98
2	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart		1:42.07
3	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil		1:42.49
4	Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge		1:43.49
5	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi		1:43.69
6	Mikita Rudzevich Vitali Asetski		1:43.70
7	Tyler Laidlaw Alix Plomteux		1:44.35
8	Peter Kretschmer Michael Müller		1:46.65
9	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek		1:47.90

Final

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

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time
	Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini		1:39.90
	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete		1:40.20
	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar	RCF	1:40.92
4	Wiktor Głazunow Tomasz Barniak		1:42.03
5	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov		1:42.16
	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok
7	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart		1:42.27
8	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil		1:42.34
9	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez		1:45.18

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 27 September 2021.
2. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 27 September 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 27 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 27 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 27 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS C2 Men 500m - Final A. Spotfokus. 27 September 2021.