2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 500 metres

Women's K-2 500 metres at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho
Location	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
Dates	23–25 August
Competitors	34 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:43.065
Medalists
Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák   Hungary   Lisa Carrington Caitlin Ryan   New Zealand   Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein   Germany

The women's K-2 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 23 August 2018	11:59	Heats
Saturday 25 August 2018	09:45	Semifinal
	13:04	Final

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

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	Lisa Carrington Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:39.262	QF
2	Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák	Hungary	1:40.347	QF
3	Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos	Portugal	1:41.737	QF
4	Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek	Poland	1:42.017	QS
5	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:43.087	QS
6	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:44.377	QS
7	Natalia García Laia Pelachs	Spain	1:44.972	QS
8	Roxana Ciur Elena Meroniac	Romania	1:46.802
9	Deborah Kerr Emily Lewis	Great Britain	1:47.282

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein	Germany	1:41.448	QF
2	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska	Ukraine	1:41.758	QF
3	Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot	France	1:42.018	QF
4	Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:43.208	QS
5	Kira Stepanova Svetlana Chernigovskaya	Russia	1:43.213	QS
6	Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette	Canada	1:43.978	QS
7	Moa Wikberg Melina Andersson	Sweden	1:46.128	QS
8	Marianna Petrušová Martina Gogolová	Slovakia	1:46.703	qS

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek	Poland	1:43.650	QF
2	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:44.155	QF
3	Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:44.355	QF
4	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Belgium	1:44.595
5	Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette	Canada	1:46.190
6	Kira Stepanova Svetlana Chernigovskaya	Russia	1:46.980
7	Moa Wikberg Melina Andersson	Sweden	1:49.235
8	Marianna Petrušová Martina Gogolová	Slovakia	1:49.310
9	Natalia García Laia Pelachs	Spain	1:49.530

Final

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák	Hungary	1:43.065
	Lisa Carrington Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:43.088
	Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein	Germany	1:45.589
4	Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot	France	1:45.682
5	Justyna Iskrzycka Paulina Paszek	Poland	1:46.832
6	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska	Ukraine	1:47.902
7	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz	Austria	1:48.272
8	Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos	Portugal	1:49.665
9	Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč	Serbia	1:49.919