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