2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 1000 metres
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 1000 metres

The men's K-2 1000 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 14:00 | Heats |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 14:25 | Semifinal |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 12:16 | 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 | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jakob Kurschat Jakob Thordsen | Germany | 3:26.81 | QF |
| 2 | Simon Jensen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 3:27.37 | QF |
| 3 | Bálint Noé Tamás Kulifai | Hungary | 3:29.82 | QF |
| 4 | Ervin Holpert Andjelo Dzombeta | Serbia | 3:33.28 | QS |
| 5 | Matthew Johnson Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 3:33.31 | QS |
| 6 | Viacheslav Liubchych Oleksandr Syromiatnykov | Ukraine | 3:33.91 | QS |
| 7 | Vitaly Ershov Vasily Pogreban | RCF | 3:34.38 | QS |
| 8 | Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 3:35.35 | qS |
| 9 | Pedro Vázquez Pelayo Roza | Spain | 3:35.38 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 3:30.13 | QF |
| 2 | Pavel Miadzvedzeu Vitaliy Bialko | Belarus | 3:31.77 | QF |
| 3 | Jon Amund Vold Edvind Vold | Norway | 3:32.76 | QF |
| 4 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 3:36.19 | QS |
| 5 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:37.15 | QS |
| 6 | Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais | Canada | 3:39.16 | QS |
| 7 | Daniel Burciu Constantin Mironescu | Romania | 3:59.06 | QS |
| – | Wang Huailong Yang Junling | China | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ervin Holpert Andjelo Dzombeta | Serbia | 3:18.89 | QF |
| 2 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:20.19 | QF |
| 3 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 3:21.07 | QF |
| 4 | Matthew Johnson Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 3:21.27 | |
| 5 | Vitaly Ershov Vasily Pogreban | RCF | 3:22.27 | |
| 6 | Brian Malfesi Vincent Jourdenais | Canada | 3:23.59 | |
| 7 | Viacheslav Liubchych Oleksandr Syromiatnykov | Ukraine | 3:23.76 | |
| 8 | Radoslav Stefanov Veselin Valchov | Bulgaria | 3:24.47 | |
| 9 | Daniel Burciu Constantin Mironescu | Romania | 3:32.07 | |

### Final

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

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Dennis Kernen Martin Nathell | Sweden | 3:13.70 |
| | Simon Jensen Morten Graversen | Denmark | 3:14.46 |
| | Bálint Noé Tamás Kulifai | Hungary | 3:14.83 |
| 4 | Pavel Miadzvedzeu Vitaliy Bialko | Belarus | 3:15.02 |
| 5 | Jakob Kurschat Jakob Thordsen | Germany | 3:17.14 |
| 6 | Tomas Sobisek Jakub Brabec | Czech Republic | 3:17.94 |
| 7 | Ervin Holpert Andjelo Dzombeta | Serbia | 3:18.04 |
| 8 | Jon Amund Vold Edvind Vold | Norway | 3:18.54 |
| 9 | Peter Gelle Ákos Gacsal | Slovakia | 3:18.87 |
