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

Event:	Men's K-2 500 metres
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	17–19 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	50
Nations:	25
Win Value:	1:29.04
Gold:	Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver:	Tobias-Pascal Schultz Martin Hiller
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák
Bronze Nation:	SVK
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The men's K-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	10:15	Heats
	16:43	Semifinals
Sunday 19 September 2021	10:36	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:51	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	Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk		1:33.33
2	Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:33.53
3	Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:36.37
4	Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov		1:37.53
5	Rok Šmit Vid Debeljak		1:37.91
6	Flavio Spurio Andrea Schera		1:38.06
7	Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen		1:38.53
8	Andjelo Dzombeta Nikola Rasulić		1:39.27
9	Lasse Lotsberg Kristoffet Mjelstad		1:39.35

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák		1:33.60
2	Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade		1:33.61
3	René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:33.70
4	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:34.89
5	Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell		1:34.91
6	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik		1:35.64
7	Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev	RCF	1:35.71
8	Filip Weckwert Przemysław Korsak		1:36.33

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tobias-Pascal Schultz Martin Hiller		1:32.72
2	Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz		1:33.41
3	Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont		1:35.56
4	Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec		1:36.39
5	Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:36.96
6	Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson		1:37.51
7	Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras		1:37.55
8	Akira Komata Seiji Komatsu		1:39.96

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	René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:31.74
2	Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:32.20
3	Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell		1:32.41
4	Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont		1:32.63
5	Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev	RCF	1:33.25
6	Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson		1:34.53
7	Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec		1:34.91
8	Flavio Spurio Andrea Schera		1:36.05
9	Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov		1:38.85

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz		1:31.01
2	Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:31.28
3	Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade		1:31.29
4	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik		1:31.48
5	Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:31.75
6	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:32.92
7	Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras		1:33.79
8	Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen		1:35.05
9	Rok Šmit Vid Debeljak		1:35.72

Finals

Final B

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Uladzislau Litvinau Dzmitry Natynchyk		1:30.70
2	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrej Olijnik		1:30.78
3	Guillaume Burger Maxime Beaumont		1:31.61
4	Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec		1:31.88
5	Manuel Micaz Gonzalo Carreras		1:31.98
6	Daniel Atkins Trevor Thomson		1:32.58
7	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:32.60
8	Jeremy Hakala Joona Mäntynen		1:36.54
9	Oleg Gusev Maxim Spesivtsev	RCF	1:40.90

Final A

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Marcus Walz Rodrigo Germade		1:29.04
	Tobias-Pascal Schultz Martin Hiller		1:30.01
	Samuel Baláž Denis Myšák		1:30.09
4	Csaba Erdőssy Bálint Kopasz		1:30.47
5	Dmytro Danylenko Oleh Kukharyk		1:30.54
6	Nicholas Matveev Simon McTavish		1:30.63
7	René Holten Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:31.13
8	Aldis Arturs Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:31.21
9	Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell		1:32.40

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 28 September 2021.
2. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 28 September 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 3rd Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
7. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 2nd Semi-final. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
8. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final B. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final A. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.