2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres

Men's C-2 500 metres
at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Championships
Men's C-2 500 metres ; at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint; World Championships
Venue	Sportpark Duisburg
Location	Duisburg, Germany
Dates	24–27 August
Competitors	68 from 34 nations
Winning time	1:36.972
Medalists
	← 2022

The men's C-2 500 metres competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place in Sportpark Duisburg.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

The fastest five boats in each heat, plus the fastest two remaining boats, advanced to the semi-finals.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula	Poland	1:40.887	QS
2	Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart	France	1:42.828	QS
3	Bruno Afonso Marco Apura	Portugal	1:44.167	QS
4	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek	Slovakia	1:46.045	QS
5	Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio	Philippines	1:50.595	QS
6	Gevorg Pilosyan Vahe Davtyan	Armenia	1:53.051
7	Kelvi Nazare Admilson André Batista De Sousa	São Tomé and Príncipe	2:06.518
	Edwar Paredes Luis Yasser Guerra	Venezuela	DNS

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini	Italy	1:40.679	QS
2	Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz	Brazil	1:42.171	QS
3	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	1:43.429	QS
4	Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones	Great Britain	1:44.772	QS
5	Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco	Colombia	1:45.317	QS
6	Rudiansyah Rudiansyah Muhammad Burhan	Indonesia	1:50.581
	Mussa Chamaune Joaquim Lobo	Mozambique	DNS

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liu Hao Ji Bowen	China	1:38.973	QS
2	Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă	Romania	1:39.424	QS
3	Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete	Hungary	1:40.007	QS
4	Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov	Kazakhstan	1:42.213	QS
5	Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava	Mexico	1:45.174	QS
6	Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis	Latvia	1:47.612	QS
7	Cristian Sola Daniel Leon	Ecuador	1:53.406

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	Spain	1:39.173	QS
2	Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker	Germany	1:39.806	QS
3	Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia	Moldova	1:41.172	QS
4	Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov	Bulgaria	1:41.881	QS
5	Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma	Japan	1:43.558	QS
6	Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem	India	1:46.706	QS
7	Jonathan Grady Ian Ross	United States	1:46.732

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	1:40.655	QS
2	Craig Spence Alix Plomteux	Canada	1:41.421	QS
3	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine	1:44.554	QS
4	Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein	Iran	1:45.880	QS
5	Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov	Uzbekistan	1:48.240	QS
6	Manuel Antonio Benilson Sanda	Angola	1:50.453
7	Sidali Belaidi Mohamed Ali Merzougui	Algeria	2:07.222

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the final B.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	Spain	1:38.894	QA
2	Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula	Poland	1:39.325	QA
3	Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete	Hungary	1:39.362	QA
4	Craig Spence Alix Plomteux	Canada	1:40.094	QB
5	Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov	Bulgaria	1:40.802	QB
6	Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz	Brazil	1:41.982	QB
7	Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov	Uzbekistan	1:43.590	QC
8	Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco	Colombia	1:44.006	QC
9	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek	Slovakia	1:44.239	QC

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker	Germany	1:39.591	QA
2	Liu Hao Ji Bowen	China	1:40.241	QA
3	Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart	France	1:41.109	QA
4	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine	1:41.577	QB
5	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	1:42.070	QB
6	Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov	Kazakhstan	1:43.170	QB
7	Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma	Japan	1:43.422	QC
8	Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem	India	1:49.990	QC
9	Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio	Philippines	2:03.309	QC

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă	Romania	1:39.306	QA
2	Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	1:39.309	QA
3	Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini	Italy	1:39.749	QA
4	Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia	Moldova	1:41.294	QB
5	Bruno Afonso Marco Apura	Portugal	1:43.180	QB
6	Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava	Mexico	1:43.525	QB
7	Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones	Great Britain	1:44.793	QC
8	Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis	Latvia	1:48.274	QC
9	Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein	Iran	1:49.168	QC

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.^[10]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
1	Artur Guliev Kamronbek Akhtamov	Uzbekistan	1:42.301
2	Masato Hashimoto Ryo Naganuma	Japan	1:43.515
3	Adel Mojallali Syedkia Eskandanihossein	Iran	1:43.893
4	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek	Slovakia	1:44.015
5	Benjamin Phillips Jonathan Jones	Great Britain	1:44.843
6	Alejandro Rodríguez Daniel Pacheco	Colombia	1:45.241
7	Nils Medins Staņislavs Ļesčinskis	Latvia	1:46.571
8	Ribason Singh Ningthoujam Gyaneshwor Singh Philem	India	1:47.627
9	Ojay Fuentes John-Paul Selecio	Philippines	1:50.289

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

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
1	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine	1:41.001
2	Craig Spence Alix Plomteux	Canada	1:41.269
3	Oleg Tarnovschi Mihai Chihaia	Moldova	1:41.509
4	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	1:41.908
5	Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov	Kazakhstan	1:43.081
6	Preslav Georgiev Angel Kodinov	Bulgaria	1:43.224
7	Bruno Afonso Marco Apura	Portugal	1:45.063
8	Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz	Brazil	1:45.424
9	Rigoberto Camilo Gustavo Eslava	Mexico	1:45.734

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

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
	Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker	Germany	1:36.972
	Liu Hao Ji Bowen	China	1:38.126
	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	Spain	1:38.571
4	Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart	France	1:38.585
5	Dávid Korisánszky Ádám Fekete	Hungary	1:38.770
6	Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuţă	Romania	1:38.781
7	Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini	Italy	1:38.923
8	Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic	1:39.471
9	Aleksander Kitewski Norman Zezula	Poland	1:39.683