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

Men's C-2 500 metres at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Lake Bagsværd
Location	Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates	17–19 September
Competitors	34 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:39.90
Medalists
Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini    Italy   Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete    Hungary   Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar    International Olympic Committee

The men's C-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	10:03	Heats
	16:37	Semifinal
Sunday 19 September 2021	11:42	Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final.
The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.[3][4]

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini	Italy	1:45.13	QF
2	Wiktor Głazunow Tomasz Barniak	Poland	1:45.34	QF
3	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar	RCF	1:45.66	QF
4	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart	France	1:46.69	QS
5	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine	1:47.98	QS
6	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi	Romania	1:48.15	QS
7	Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	Cuba	1:49.76	QS
8	Peter Kretschmer Michael Müller	Germany	1:49.98	qS
–	Hermie Macaranas John Selecio	Philippines	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	Spain	1:45.04	QF
2	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete	Hungary	1:45.47	QF
3	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	1:45.65	QF
4	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil	Czech Republic	1:46.32	QS
5	Tyler Laidlaw Alix Plomteux	Canada	1:47.78	QS
6	Mikita Rudzevich Vitali Asetski	Belarus	1:49.12	QS
7	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek	Slovakia	1:51.76	QS
8	Masato Hashimoto Aoto Yabu	Japan	1:55.09

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine	1:41.98	QF
2	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart	France	1:42.07	QF
3	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil	Czech Republic	1:42.49	QF
4	Serguey Torres Fernando Jorge	Cuba	1:43.49
5	Leonid Carp Victor Mihalachi	Romania	1:43.69
6	Mikita Rudzevich Vitali Asetski	Belarus	1:43.70
7	Tyler Laidlaw Alix Plomteux	Canada	1:44.35
8	Peter Kretschmer Michael Müller	Germany	1:46.65
9	Eduard Strýček Peter Kizek	Slovakia	1:47.90

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]

Rank	Canoeists	Country	Time
	Nicolae Craciun Daniele Santini	Italy	1:39.90
	Jonatán Hajdu Ádám Fekete	Hungary	1:40.20
	Viktor Melantyev Vladislav Chebotar	RCF	1:40.92
4	Wiktor Głazunow Tomasz Barniak	Poland	1:42.03
5	Henrikas Žustautas Vadim Korobov	Lithuania	1:42.16
	Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok	Ukraine
7	Loïc Leonard Adrien Bart	France	1:42.27
8	Jiří Minařík Jiří Zalubil	Czech Republic	1:42.34
9	Cayetano García Pablo Martínez	Spain	1:45.18

References

1. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | Spectator guide". ICF. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
2. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | TIME TABLE & RESULTS". Spotfokus. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
3. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | C2 Men 500m - 1st Heat". Spotfokus. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
4. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | C2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat". Spotfokus. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
5. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | C2 Men 500m - 1st Semi-final". Spotfokus. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
6. "2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | C2 Men 500m - Final A". Spotfokus. Retrieved 27 September 2021.