2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final.
The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[3][4][5]

Qualification was as follows:

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.[6][7]

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.[8]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Miles Cross-Whiter Alexander Lee	United States	1:34.92
2	Dmytro Bespalko Vitalii Brezitskyi	Ukraine	1:35.29
3	Taishi Tanada Koyo Niioka	Japan	1:35.67
4	Roberts Pumpa Mārtiņš Veispals	Latvia	1:36.59
5	Sebastian Delgado Matias Otero	Uruguay	1:38.12
6	Linus Bolzern Maurus Pfalzgraf	Switzerland	1:38.79
7	Gwon Gihong An Gilnam	South Korea	1:38.91
8	Sharma Ajatsatru Jetli Singh Ningthoujam	India	1:47.07
–	Abdusattor Gafurov Saidilhomkhon Nazirov	Tajikistan	DSQ

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Stanislau Daineka Dzmitry Natynchyk	Belarus	1:33.13
	Pelayo Roza Pedro Vázquez	Spain	1:33.48
	Marcus Gross Martin Hiller	Germany	1:34.50
4	Ervin Holpert Marko Novaković	Serbia	1:34.52
5	Zsombor Noé Gábor Bogár	Hungary	1:35.66
6	Alexey Dergunov Yevgeniy Alexeyev	Kazakhstan	1:36.80
7	Jan Vorel Vilém Kukačka	Czech Republic	1:37.33
8	Matteo Torneo Giulio Dressino	Italy	1:38.08
9	Pierrick Bayle Aurélien Le Gall	France	1:40.76