2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-2 500 metres

Men's K-2 500 metres at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo Regatta Course
Location	Milan, Italy
Dates	21–24 August
Competitors	78 from 39 nations
Winning time	1:28.28
Medalists
Levente Kurucz Bence Nádas    Hungary   João Ribeiro Messias Baptista    Portugal   Jacob Schopf Max Lemke    Germany
←  2023

The men's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan took place in Idroscalo Regatta Course. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 21 August 2025	11:03	Heats
Saturday 23 August 2025	10:58	Semifinals
Sunday 24 August 2025	09:20	Final C
	09:25	Final B
	10:54	Final A

Results

Heats

The fastest five fastest boats (QS) in each heat plus the fastest two remaining boats (qs), advanced to the semi-finals. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Samuele Burgo Tommaso Freschi	Italy	1:30.15	QS
2	Aleksandr Sergeyev Viktor Gavrilenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:30.41	QS
3	Alex Borucki Jaroslaw Kajdanek	Poland	1:31.47	QS
4	Johan Myrberg Karl Brodén	Sweden	1:32.39	QS
5	Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev	Kyrgyzstan	1:33.24	QS
6	Vemund Næss Jensen Harald Ivarsen	Norway	1:33.26
7	Ooi Brandon Wei Cheng Alden Ler	Singapore	1:35.57
8	Edgar Tutyan Artur Akishin	Armenia	1:53.43

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista	Portugal	1:28.10	QS
2	Thomas Green Pierre van der Westhuyzen	Australia	1:28.30	QS
3	Csaba Zalka Adam Botek	Slovakia	1:30.51	QS
4	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel	Czech Republic	1:30.71	QS
5	Teodor Asenov Daniel Karakolev	Bulgaria	1:33.70	QS
6	Benjamin Cabrera Tom Holland	Great Britain	1:35.23
7	Rimson Mairembam Tomthilnganba Ngashepam	India	1:40.08
	Douglas Kiyimba Ibrahim Lukwago	Uganda	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jacob Schopf Max Lemke	Germany	1:28.66	QS
2	Uladzislau Kravets Dzmitry Natynchyk	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:29.41	QS
3	Quilian Koch Francis Mouget	France	1:29.47	QS
4	Enrique Adán Carlos García Ruiz	Spain	1:29.72	QS
5	Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon	Slovenia	1:30.65	QS
6	Aldis Artūrs Vilde Roberts Akmens	Latvia	1:31.08	qS
7	Nathan Koné Mathieu Gilbert	Canada	1:32.24
8	Martín Gorriti Luis Melo Duarte	Uruguay	1:35.74

Heat 4

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Veljko Vještica Marko Dragosavljević	Serbia	1:30.34	QS
2	Simon Schuldt-Jensen Magnus Sibbersen	Denmark	1:31.59	QS
3	Ali Aghamirzaei Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani	Iran	1:31.88	QS
4	Donat Donhauser Aaron Schmitter	Switzerland	1:32.03	QS
5	Mizuki Aoki Haruyuki Tomitsuka	Japan	1:32.07	QS
6	Vasyl Smilka Valerii Harap	Ukraine	1:32.92
7	Dmitriy Kholmogorov Kirill Tubayev	Kazakhstan	1:33.79
8	Ali Hassan Hamza Ahmed	Egypt	1:49.09

Heat 5

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Levente Kurucz Bence Nádas	Hungary	1:28.24	QS
2	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas	Lithuania	1:30.18	QS
3	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small	United States	1:30.54	QS
4	Jang Sang-won Kim Hyo-bin	South Korea	1:31.53	QS
5	Lin Yung-chieh Lin Yong-bo	Chinese Taipei	1:32.30	QS
6	Oleksandr Zarubin Bekhzod Murodov	Uzbekistan	1:32.92	qS
7	Bu Tingkai Wang Chi	China	1:33.04
8	Dede Sunandar Wandi Wandi	Indonesia	1:35.01

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the final B. The rest boats advanced to the C final ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Green Pierre van der Westhuyzen	Australia	1:29.88	FA
2	Samuele Burgo Tommaso Freschi	Italy	1:30.01	FA
3	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas	Lithuania	1:30.05	FA
4	Veljko Vještica Marko Dragosavljević	Serbia	1:30.31	FB
5	Quilian Koch Francis Mouget	France	1:31.19	FB
6	Hugo Lagerstam Karl Brodén	Sweden	1:32.53	FB
7	Donat Donhauser Aaron Schmitter	Switzerland	1:34.01	FC
8	Lin Yung-chieh Lin Yong-bo	Chinese Taipei	1:35.18	FC
9	Teodor Asenov Daniel Karakolev	Bulgaria	1:36.43	FC

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jacob Schopf Max Lemke	Germany	1:29.22	FA
2	Aleksandr Sergeyev Viktor Gavrilenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:30.01	FA
3	Enrique Adán Carlos García Ruiz	Spain	1:30.23	FA
4	Aldis Artūrs Vilde Roberts Akmens	Latvia	1:30.50	FB
5	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small	United States	1:30.85	FB
6	Csaba Zalka Adam Botek	Slovakia	1:31.80	FB
7	Mizuki Aoki Haruyuki Tomitsuka	Japan	1:32.27	FC
8	Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev	Kyrgyzstan	1:32.70	FC
9	Simon Schuldt-Jensen Magnus Sibbersen	Denmark	1:33.53	FC

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista	Portugal	1:29.28	FA
2	Uladzislau Kravets Dzmitry Natynchyk	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:29.53	FA
3	Levente Kurucz Bence Nádas	Hungary	1:29.53	FA
4	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel	Czech Republic	1:30.97	FB
5	Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon	Slovenia	1:31.83	FB
6	Jang Sang-won Kim Hyo-bin	South Korea	1:31.84	FB
7	Ali Aghamirzaei Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani	Iran	1:33.75	FC
8	Oleksandr Zarubin Bekhzod Murodov	Uzbekistan	1:34.54	FC
	Alex Borucki Jaroslaw Kajdanek	Poland	DNF

Finals

Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27. ^[10]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Simon Schuldt-Jensen Magnus Sibbersen	Denmark	1:37.22
2	Mizuki Aoki Haruyuki Tomitsuka	Japan	1:38.79
3	Erlan Sultangaziev Rysbek Tolomushev	Kyrgyzstan	1:39.59
4	Oleksandr Zarubin Bekhzod Murodov	Uzbekistan	1:39.91
5	Lin Yung-chieh Lin Yong-bo	Chinese Taipei	1:40.28
6	Donat Donhauser Aaron Schmitter	Switzerland	1:41.34
7	Teodor Asenov Daniel Karakolev	Bulgaria	1:44.31
	Ali Aghamirzaei Peyman Ghavidel Siah Sofiani	Iran	DNS

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18. ^[11]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Veljko Vještica Marko Dragosavljević	Serbia	1:36.68
2	Quilian Koch Francis Mouget	France	1:37.95
3	Matevž Manfreda Anze Pikon	Slovenia	1:38.11
4	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small	United States	1:38.49
5	Hugo Lagerstam Karl Brodén	Sweden	1:39.44
6	Csaba Zalka Adam Botek	Slovakia	1:39.46
7	Aldis Artūrs Vilde Roberts Akmens	Latvia	1:39.51
8	Jakub Špicar Daniel Havel	Czech Republic	1:39.53
9	Jang Sang-won Kim Hyo-bin	South Korea	1:40.25

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[12]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Levente Kurucz Bence Nádas	Hungary	1:28.28
	João Ribeiro Messias Baptista	Portugal	1:28.44
	Jacob Schopf Max Lemke	Germany	1:28.94
4	Uladzislau Kravets Dzmitry Natynchyk	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:29.46
5	Thomas Green Pierre van der Westhuyzen	Australia	1:29.58
6	Mindaugas Maldonis Andrejus Olijnikas	Lithuania	1:30.50
7	Samuele Burgo Tommaso Freschi	Italy	1:30.82
7	Enrique Adán Carlos García Ruiz	Spain	1:30.82
9	Aleksandr Sergeyev Viktor Gavrilenko	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:31.00

References

1. "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "K2 Men 500m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "K2 Men 500m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "K2 Men 500m - 3rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "K2 Men 500m - 4rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
6. "K2 Men 500m - 5th Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
7. "K2 Men 500m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
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9. "K2 Men 500m - Semifinal 3" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
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12. "K2 Men 500m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.