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

Women's K-2 500 metres at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Lake Bagsværd
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	16–18 September
Competitors	46 from 23 nations
Winning time	1:40.52
Medalists
Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes    Hungary   Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk    Belarus   Hermien Peters Lize Broekx    Belgium

The women'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
Thursday 16 September 2021	14:45	Heats
Friday 17 September 2021	14:50	Semifinals
Saturday 18 September 2021	09:30	Final B
	12:41	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	Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes	Hungary	1:46.10	QA
2	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:48.51	QS
3	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova	RCF	1:49.26	QS
4	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:53.67	QS
5	Claire Bren Margot Maillet	France	1:54.47	QS
6	Kitty Preuper Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:58.05	QS
7	Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley	South Africa	2:01.57	QS
–	Luo Lu Peng Yanjun	China	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martyna Klatt Sandra Ostrowska	Poland	1:48.60	QA
2	Marija Dostanić Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:48.85	QS
3	Caroline Arft Sarah Brüßler	Germany	1:49.35	QS
4	Diana Tanko Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:50.78	QS
5	Julie Funch Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:53.30	QS
6	Maria Rei Francisca Laia	Portugal	1:53.41	QS
7	Michelle Russell Riley Melanson	Canada	1:55.63	QS
8	Victoria Chiew Soh Sze Ying	Singapore	1:59.35

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Deborah Kerr Emma Russell	Great Britain	1:47.20	QA
2	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:47.61	QS
3	Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:50.87	QS
4	Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:51.50	QS
5	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová	Czech Republic	1:53.20	QS
6	Sara Ouzande Carolina García	Spain	1:59.77	QS
–	Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman	Slovenia	DNS

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	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova	RCF	1:44.86	QA
2	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:46.22	QA
3	Caroline Arft Sarah Brüßler	Germany	1:46.60	QA
4	Claire Bren Margot Maillet	France	1:47.68	QB
5	Diana Tanko Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:48.24	QB
6	Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:48.79	QB
7	Maria Rei Francisca Laia	Portugal	1:49.56	QB
8	Kitty Preuper Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:51.05	qB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:45.09	QA
2	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:47.19	QA
3	Marija Dostanić Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:47.59	QA
4	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová	Czech Republic	1:47.85	QB
5	Sara Ouzande Carolina García	Spain	1:49.58	QB
6	Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:49.65	QB
7	Julie Funch Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:51.24	QB
8	Michelle Russell Riley Melanson	Canada	1:52.69
9	Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley	South Africa	2:01.43

Finals

Final B

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Diana Tanko Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:45.22
2	Claire Bren Margot Maillet	France	1:45.95
3	Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:46.45
4	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová	Czech Republic	1:46.75
5	Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:47.08
6	Maria Rei Francisca Laia	Portugal	1:47.29
7	Julie Funch Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:48.37
8	Sara Ouzande Carolina García	Spain	1:48.51
9	Kitty Preuper Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:49.30

Final A

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes	Hungary	1:40.52
	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:40.70
	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:42.15
4	Deborah Kerr Emma Russell	Great Britain	1:43.62
5	Martyna Klatt Sandra Ostrowska	Poland	1:43.70
6	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova	RCF	1:43.74
7	Caroline Arft Sarah Brüßler	Germany	1:44.39
8	Marija Dostanić Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:45.08
9	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:46.68

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