2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

Men's K-2 500 metres at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location	Szeged, Hungary
Dates	22–24 August
Competitors	50 from 25 nations
Winning time	1:33.13
Medalists
Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk    Belarus   Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez    Spain   Marcus Gross Martin Hiller    Germany

The men's K-2 500 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
Thursday 22 August 2019	12:25	Heats
Friday 23 August 2019	12:21	Semifinals
Saturday 24 August 2019	09:37	Final B
	12:48	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	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk	Belarus	1:26.75	QA
2	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez	Spain	1:31.49	QS
3	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall	France	1:32.63	QS
4	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi	Ukraine	1:33.23	QS
5	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam	South Korea	1:36.57	QS
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf	Switzerland	1:37.71	QS
7	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam	India	1:43.56	QS
8	Brilend Chutra Idealj Leshi	North Macedonia	1:57.68
–	Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris Sulaiman A. S. Al-Sammarraie	Iraq	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár	Hungary	1:28.64	QA
2	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller	Germany	1:29.10	QS
3	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev	Kazakhstan	1:29.60	QS
4	Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee	United States	1:31.14	QS
5	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka	Czech Republic	1:31.36	QS
6	Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals	Latvia	1:34.01	QS
7	Tsoi Yik San Mok Yuen Fung	Hong Kong	1:43.96	QS
8	Adam Aris Khairul Naim Zainal	Malaysia	1:45.21

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković	Serbia	1:28.45	QA
2	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka	Japan	1:31.81	QS
3	Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov	Russia	1:31.91	QS
4	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero	Uruguay	1:32.30	QS
5	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:33.50	QS
6	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov	Tajikistan	1:39.45	QS
7	Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan	Armenia	1:43.89	QS
8	Pita Taufatofua Malakai Ahokava	Tonga	2:37.81

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	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez	Spain	1:30.11	QA
2	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev	Kazakhstan	1:30.35	QA
3	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka	Czech Republic	1:30.93	QA
4	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi	Ukraine	1:33.42	QB
5	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero	Uruguay	1:35.42	QB
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf	Switzerland	1:35.91	QB
7	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov	Tajikistan	1:40.21	QB
8	Tsoi Yik San Mok Yuen Fung	Hong Kong	1:46.60
–	Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov	Russia	DSQ

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller	Germany	1:29.65	QA
2	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:31.65	QA
3	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall	France	1:32.02	QA
4	Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee	United States	1:32.82	QB
5	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka	Japan	1:34.70	QB
6	Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals	Latvia	1:34.91	QB
7	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam	South Korea	1:37.02	QB
8	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam	India	1:42.86	qB
9	Edgar Tutyan Vladimir Alaverdyan	Armenia	1:43.02

Finals

Final B

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee	United States	1:34.92
2	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi	Ukraine	1:35.29
3	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka	Japan	1:35.67
4	Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals	Latvia	1:36.59
5	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero	Uruguay	1:38.12
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf	Switzerland	1:38.79
7	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam	South Korea	1:38.91
8	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam	India	1:47.07
–	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov	Tajikistan	DSQ

Final A

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk	Belarus	1:33.13
	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez	Spain	1:33.48
	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller	Germany	1:34.50
4	Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković	Serbia	1:34.52
5	Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár	Hungary	1:35.66
6	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev	Kazakhstan	1:36.80
7	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka	Czech Republic	1:37.33
8	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:38.08
9	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall	France	1:40.76

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