title: 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres
text: # 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-2 500 metres
  
  The men's C-2 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  The schedule was as follows:
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 10:03 | Heats |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 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.
  
  **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.
  
  | 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.
  
  | 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 |
  | 5 | Vitaliy Vergeles Andrii Rybachok | Ukraine | 1:42.16 |
  | 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 |
  