Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's K-2 500 metres

Men's K-2 500 metres at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Laguna Grande
Dates	November 1 and November 3
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:30.45
Medalists
Ian Gaudet Simon McTavish    Canada   Gonzalo Benassi Agustín Vernice    Argentina   Jonas Ecker Aaron Small    United States
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The men's K-2 500 metres competition of the canoeing events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 1 and 3 at the Laguna Grande in San Pedro de la Paz, Chile. ^{[1] [2]}

The men's K-2 event was changed from 1000 metres, as it was contested during the previous games, to 500 metres. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 1, 2023	09:20	Heats
November 1, 2023	11:20	Semifinals
November 3, 2023	09:20	Final

Results

Heats

The best two score of each heat advance directly to the final, while the rest advance to the semifinal. ^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Gonzalo Benassi Agustín Vernice	Argentina	1:31.59	F
2	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small	United States	1:33.66	F
3	Robert Benítez Yan López	Cuba	1:38.84	SF
4	Erick Cabrera Matías Otero	Uruguay	1:48.79	SF
5	Eddy Barranco Rodrigo González	Puerto Rico	1:51.49	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ian Gaudet Simon McTavish	Canada	1:32.50	F
2	Camilo Valdés Marcelo Godoy	Chile	1:33.24	F
3	Heuer Silva Rodrigues Roberto Maehler	Brazil	1:34.87	SF
4	Juan Rodríguez Alberto Briones	Mexico	1:35.76	SF

Semifinals

The best four scores advance to the final. ^[4]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Robert Benítez Yan López	Cuba	1:36.73	F
2	Juan Rodríguez Alberto Briones	Mexico	1:38.66	F
3	Heuer Silva Rodrigues Roberto Maehler	Brazil	1:40.10	F
4	Erick Cabrera Matías Otero	Uruguay	1:44.29	F
5	Eddy Barranco Rodrigo González	Puerto Rico	1:50.43

Final

The results for the finals were as follows: ^[4]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	Ian Gaudet Simon McTavish	Canada	1:30.45
	Gonzalo Benassi Agustín Vernice	Argentina	1:31.25
	Jonas Ecker Aaron Small	United States	1:31.48
4	Erick Cabrera Matías Otero	Uruguay	1:32.85
5	Camilo Valdés Marcelo Godoy	Chile	1:34.54
6	Heuer Silva Rodrigues Roberto Maehler	Brazil	1:34.79
7	Juan Rodríguez Alberto Briones	Mexico	1:35.71
8	Robert Benítez Yan López	Cuba	1:36.94

References

1. "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. Canhete, Fábio (23 March 2022). "COPAC releases the classification system for Santiago 2023". www.copaconline.com. Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
4. "Canoeing Sprint - Men's K-2 500 metres results" (PDF). Retrieved November 24, 2023.