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

Women'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	58 from 29 nations
Winning time	1:41.34
Medalists
Martyna Klatt Anna Puławska    Poland   Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot    Australia   Paulina Paszek Pauline Jagsch    Germany
←  2023

The women'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	10:39	Heats
Saturday 23 August 2025	10:40	Semifinals
Sunday 24 August 2025	09:10	Final B
	11:01	Final A

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ina Sauchuk Uladzislava Skryhanava	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:41.52	QS
2	Lisa Carrington Tara Vaughan	New Zealand	1:42.59	QS
3	Estefanía Fernández Begoña Lazkano	Spain	1:42.64	QS
4	Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:42.80	QS
5	Maria Virik Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:44.43	QS
6	Kristina Armstrong Deborah Kerr	Great Britain	1:55.98	QS
7	Maya Hosomi Juri Urada	Japan	1:46.65	qS
8	Choi Ran Kim So-hyun	South Korea	1:49.47

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paulina Paszek Pauline Jagsch	Germany	1:40.92	QS
2	Irene Bellan Meshua Marigo	Italy	1:42.83	QS
3	Kseniia Lukantseva Anastasiia Dolgova	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:43.20	QS
4	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers	Denmark	1:44.29	QS
5	Dagmar Čulenová Katarína Pecsuková	Slovakia	1:44.95	QS
6	Stevani Maysche Ibo Ramla Baharuddin	Indonesia	1:48.90	QS
7	Soniya Devi Phairembam Parvathy Geetha	India	1:58.23

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:40.77	QS
2	Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti	France	1:42.26	QS
3	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng	China	1:42.44	QS
4	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz	Hungary	1:42.55	QS
5	Anja Osterman Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:43.16	QS
6	Selma Konijn Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:44.87	QS
7	Melānija Čamane Krista Bērziņa	Latvia	1:46.41	qS

Heat 4

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martyna Klatt Anna Puławska	Poland	1:42.60	QS
2	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:43.93	QS
3	Kateřina Zárubová Štěpánka Sobíšková	Czech Republic	1:45.76	QS
4	Riley Melanson Michelle Russell	Canada	1:46.11	QS
5	Yoana Georgieva Pamela Ivanova	Bulgaria	1:47.69	QS
6	Diana Rybak Snizhana Stalinova	Ukraine	1:49.22	QS
7	Emma McDonald Knytly Sybounmy	United States	1:53.22	qS

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. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Martyna Klatt Anna Puławska	Poland	1:40.26	FA
2	Paulina Paszek Pauline Jagsch	Germany	1:40.83	FA
3	Lisa Carrington Tara Vaughan	New Zealand	1:41.35	FA
4	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz	Hungary	1:42.57	FB
5	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng	China	1:44.14	FB
6	Melānija Čamane Krista Bērziņa	Latvia	1:46.43	FB
7	Kristina Armstrong Deborah Kerr	Great Britain	1:46.52
8	Yoana Georgieva Pamela Ivanova	Bulgaria	1:49.41
9	Stevani Maysche Ibo Ramla Baharuddin	Indonesia	1:49.69

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:41.18	FA
2	Selma Konijn Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:42.81	FA
3	Estefanía Fernández Begoña Lazkano	Spain	1:42.98	FA
4	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:43.05	FB
5	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers	Denmark	1:43.23	FB
6	Kseniia Lukantseva Anastasiia Dolgova	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:45.83	FB
7	Maria Virik Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:46.00
8	Maya Hosomi Juri Urada	Japan	1:47.65
9	Riley Melanson Michelle Russell	Canada	1:47.89

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti	France	1:42.84	FA
2	Ina Sauchuk Uladzislava Skryhanava	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:42.87	FA
3	Anja Osterman Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:43.45	FA
4	Irene Bellan Meshua Marigo	Italy	1:43.59	FB
5	Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:45.40	FB
6	Dagmar Čulenová Katarína Pecsuková	Slovakia	1:46.20	FB
7	Kateřina Zárubová Štěpánka Sobíšková	Czech Republic	1:47.70
8	Diana Rybak Snizhana Stalinova	Ukraine	1:52.23
9	Emma McDonald Knytly Sybounmy	United States	1:55.87

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18. ^[9]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz	Hungary	1:47.94
2	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:48.25
3	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng	China	1:48.45
4	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers	Denmark	1:50.41
5	Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:50.64
6	Kseniia Lukantseva Anastasiia Dolgova	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:51.39
7	Melānija Čamane Krista Bērziņa	Latvia	1:51.74
8	Irene Bellan Meshua Marigo	Italy	1:52.04
9	Dagmar Čulenová Katarína Pecsuková	Slovakia	1:53.89

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[10]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Martyna Klatt Anna Puławska	Poland	1:41.34
	Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:41.92
	Paulina Paszek Pauline Jagsch	Germany	1:43.19
4	Lisa Carrington Tara Vaughan	New Zealand	1:43.78
5	Selma Konijn Ruth Vorsselman	Netherlands	1:43.92
6	Anja Osterman Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:44.30
7	Ina Sauchuk Uladzislava Skryhanava	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:44.49
8	Manon Hostens Vanina Paoletti	France	1:45.01
9	Estefanía Fernández Begoña Lazkano	Spain	1:45.05

References

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