2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-2 500 metres
Championship:	2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	4–7 August
Venue:	Lake Banook
Location:	Dartmouth, Canada
Competitors:	58
Nations:	29
Win Value:	1:34.98
Gold:	Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas
Silver Nation:	LTU
Bronze Nation:	AUS
Prev:	2021
Next:	2023

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth took place on Lake Banook.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^{[2] [3]}

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	14:48	Heats
Friday 5 August 2022	16:18	Semifinals
Sunday 7 August 2022	10:41	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:56	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

Results

Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest seventh-place boats advanced to the semifinals.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt		1:37.23
2	Zhang Dong Wang Chi		1:38.93
3	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas		1:39.00
4	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:39.94
5	Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell		1:41.14
6	Roi Rodríguez Carlos Pérez		1:43.10
7	Alberto Fragoza José Alcazar		1:47.00

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov		1:36.52
2	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel		1:37.52
3	Erik Vlček Adam Botek		1:37.72
4	Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto		1:38.23
5	Erick Verdier Sebastian Delgado		1:42.43
6	Akihiro Inoue Iori Miura		1:42.92
7	Weng Wen-sen Lin Yung-chieh		1:43.79

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista		1:36.96
2	Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz		1:37.65
3	René Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:38.30
4	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small		1:39.30
5	Max Brown Kurtis Imrie		1:41.02
6	Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala		1:45.39
7	Guang Teo Brandon Ooi		1:47.81

Heat 4

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:38.53
2	Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish		1:39.59
3	Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:39.69
4	Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski		1:39.73
5	Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras		1:41.52
6	Vid Debeljak Rok Šmit		1:47.11
7	Rodrigo González Christian Colón		2:11.91
	Matthew Robinson Nicolas Robinson

Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:

The fastest three boats advanced to the A final.
The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:34.04
2	Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov		1:34.66
3	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small		1:35.07
4	René Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:35.81
5	Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras		1:36.03
6	Zhang Dong Wang Chi		1:36.33
7	Roi Rodríguez Carlos Pérez		1:38.00
8	Akihiro Inoue Iori Miura		1:42.07
9	Weng Wen-sen Lin Yung-chieh		1:44.38

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista		1:33.95
2	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas		1:34.09
3	Erik Vlček Adam Botek		1:34.69
4	Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski		1:35.22
5	Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish		1:35.30
6	Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto		1:36.05
7	Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell		1:37.57
8	Eetu Kolehmainen Jeremy Hakala		1:40.14
9	Alberto Fragoza José Alcazar		1:42.55

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz		1:34.51
2	Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt		1:34.57
3	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel		1:34.82
4	Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:35.13
5	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:35.92
6	Max Brown Kurtis Imrie		1:36.99
7	Erick Verdier Sebastian Delgado		1:40.61
8	Vid Debeljak Rok Šmit		1:40.68
9	Guang Teo Brandon Ooi		1:44.43

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[11]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
1	Pierre-Luc Poulin Simon McTavish		1:35.06
2	René Poulsen Victor Aasmul		1:35.62
3	Jakub Stepun Bartosz Grabowski		1:35.79
4	Alessandro Gnecchi Andrea Di Liberto		1:36.32
5	Aldis Vilde Aleksejs Rumjancevs		1:36.36
6	Gonzalo Benassi Gonzalo Carreras		1:36.45
7	Bram Sikkens Artuur Peters		1:36.46
8	Zhang Dong Wang Chi		1:36.61
9	Max Brown Kurtis Imrie		1:37.60

Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[12]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
	Bence Nádas Bálint Kopasz		1:34.98
	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas		1:35.56
			1:35.85
4	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel		1:35.99
5	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista		1:37.42
6	Oleh Kukharyk Ihor Trunov		1:37.53
7	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small		1:37.60
8	Felix Frank Moritz Florstedt		1:37.85
9	Erik Vlček Adam Botek		1:39.63

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 7 October 2022.
2. Web site: CANOE '22 Time Table & Results. 7 October 2022 .
3. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 7 October 2022 .
4. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
5. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
6. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 3rd Heat. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
7. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 4th Heat. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
8. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 1st Semifinal. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
9. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 2nd Semifinal. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
10. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - 3rd Semifinal. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
11. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final B. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.
12. Web site: 2022 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Men 500m - Final A. Spotfokus. 7 October 2022.