| | Event type
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Men
| Date | 6 – 9 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | National Olympic Nautical Stadium d'Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne, France |
| Participants | 40 from 16 countries |
Men’s K2-500 returned to the canoe sprint Olympic Programme for the first time since 2008, although the event was on the Olympic Programme continuously from 1976-2008.
The event was considered wide open as the last five World Championships had seen five different nations take home gold medals. In 2023, the Portugal pair of João Ribeiro and Messias Baptista had taken World gold. Germany had the world #1 ranked double in Martin Hiller and Tamas Gesco, but they would not compete at Paris, as the Germans sent out Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke. Schopf had won silver in the K2-1000 at Tokyo 2020, alongside Max Hoff, while Lemke had taken gold in 2020 in the K4 event.
Schopf and Lemke would come through for the gold medal. After winning their heat and semi-final, however, they were challenged in a close final by the Hungarian duo of Bence Nádas and Sándor Tótka, coming from behind to win gold by only 0.28 seconds. The German’s winning time of 1:26.87 was a new Olympic best for the event. Taking bronze was the Australian pair of Jean van der Westhuyzen and Tom Green, who had won gold in K2 at Tokyo 2020, but over 1,000 metres.
Nádas had been the 2022 World Champion in this event, paddling with Bálint Kopasz. Kopasz competed at Tokyo 2024 and in this event, but he was partnered by Ádám Varga, and they made only the consolation final. Kopasz and Varga would seem a formidable pair, taking silver and bronze in Paris in kayak singles, but they finished only 15th overall in K2-500.
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 122/119 | Jacob Schopf / Max Lemke |  GER | 1:28.03 (1 h1) | – | 1:28.13 (1 h1) | 1:26.87 (1 h1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 141/142 | Bence Nádas / Sándor Tótka |  HUN | 1:29.08 (2 h2) | – | 1:28.38 (2 h1) | 1:27.15 (2 h1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 15/13 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green |  AUS | 1:28.59 (1 h4) | – | 1:26.85 (1 h2) | 1:27.29 (3 h1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 95/91 | Adrián del Río / Marcus Cooper |  ESP | 1:35.26 (3 h1) | 1:29.12 (1 h1) | 1:27.24 (2 h2) | 1:27.38 (4 h1) | |||
| 5 | 121/120 | Max Rendschmidt / Tom Liebscher-Lucz | GER | 1:28.39 (1 h2) | – | 1:27.67 (4 h2) | 1:27.54 (5 h1) | |||
| 6 | 239/237 | João Ribeiro / Messias Baptista |  POR | 1:28.10 (2 h1) | – | 1:27.64 (3 h2) | 1:27.82 (6 h1) | |||
| 7 | 76/75 | Jakub Špicar / Daniel Havel |  CZE | 1:29.73 (3 h4) | 1:28.36 (1 h2) | 1:28.71 (3 h1) | 1:29.29 (7 h1) | |||
| 8 | 280/281 | Jonas Ecker / Aaron Small |  USA | 1:32.01 (5 h2) | 1:28.93 (3 h2) | 1:29.51 (4 h1) | 1:30.02 (8 h1) | |||
| 9 | 90/97 | Carlos Arévalo / Rodrigo Germade | ESP | 1:28.85 (2 h3) | – | 1:28.49 (5 h2) | 1:30.08 (1 h2) | |||
| 10 | 39/38 | Pierre-Luc Poulin / Simon McTavish |  CAN | 1:28.91 (3 h3) | 1:30.01 (3 h1) | 1:29.01 (6 h2) | 1:30.80 (2 h2) | |||
| 11 | 256/254 | Marko Novaković / Marko Dragosavljević |  SRB | 1:30.71 (4 h3) | 1:28.57 (2 h2) | 1:30.20 (7 h2) | 1:31.50 (3 h2) | |||
| 12 | 246/245 | Hamish Lovemore / Andrew Birkett |  RSA | 1:33.25 (4 h4) | 1:29.75 (2 h1) | 1:29.70 (6 h1) | 1:31.79 (4 h2) | |||
| 13 | 226/225 | Jakub Stepun / Przemysław Korsak |  POL | 1:28.84 (1 h3) | – | 1:30.95 (8 h1) | 1:32.05 (5 h2) | |||
| 14 | 215/214 | Hamish Legarth / Kurtis Imrie |  NZL | 1:41.18 (5 h1) | 1:30.29 (4 h1) | 1:30.26 (7 h1) | 1:32.09 (6 h2) | |||
| 15 | 139/143 | Bálint Kopasz / Ádám Varga | HUN | 1:29.37 (2 h4) | – | 1:29.66 (5 h1) | 1:32.85 (7 h2) | |||
| 16 | 255/257 | Anđelo Džombeta / Vladimir Torubarov | SRB | 1:34.22 (5 h4) | 1:29.46 (4 h2) | 1:34.65 (8 h2) | 1:35.00 (8 h2) | |||
| 17 | 51/56 | Bu Tingkai / Zhang Dong |  CHN | 1:36.79 (4 h1) | 1:29.58 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 18 | 272/274 | Oleh Kukharyk / Ihor Trunov |  UKR | 1:31.24 (3 h2) | 1:29.68 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 19 | 192/195 | Mindaugas Maldonis / Andrejus Olijnikas |  LTU | 1:31.27 (4 h2) | 1:30.30 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 20 | 187/188 | Bekarys Ramatulla / Sergey Tokarnitsky |  KAZ | 1:38.62 (5 h3) | 1:37.58 (6 h1) | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 6 August 2024 — 11:30 |
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| Format | First two in each heat to semi-finals, all others to quarter-finals. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 122/119 | Jacob Schopf / Max Lemke | GER | 1:28.03 | 42.26 (1) | 45.77 (2) | SF | |
| 2 | 239/237 | João Ribeiro / Messias Baptista | POR | 1:28.10 | 42.60 (2) | 45.50 (1) | SF | |
| 3 | 95/91 | Adrián del Río / Marcus Cooper | ESP | 1:35.26 | 42.79 (3) | 52.47 (4) | QF | |
| 4 | 51/56 | Bu Tingkai / Zhang Dong | CHN | 1:36.79 | 44.99 (4) | 51.80 (3) | QF | |
| 5 | 215/214 | Hamish Legarth / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 1:41.18 | 46.37 (5) | 54.81 (5) | QF |
Heat #2
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121/120 | Max Rendschmidt / Tom Liebscher-Lucz | GER | 1:28.39 | 42.92 (2) | 45.47 (1) | SF | |
| 2 | 141/142 | Bence Nádas / Sándor Tótka | HUN | 1:29.08 | 42.72 (1) | 46.36 (2) | SF | |
| 3 | 272/274 | Oleh Kukharyk / Ihor Trunov | UKR | 1:31.24 | 44.55 (5) | 46.69 (3) | QF | |
| 4 | 192/195 | Mindaugas Maldonis / Andrejus Olijnikas | LTU | 1:31.27 | 43.42 (3) | 47.85 (4) | QF | |
| 5 | 280/281 | Jonas Ecker / Aaron Small | USA | 1:32.01 | 43.74 (4) | 48.27 (5) | QF |
Heat #3
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 226/225 | Jakub Stepun / Przemysław Korsak | POL | 1:28.84 | 42.87 (4) | 45.97 (1) | SF | |
| 2 | 90/97 | Carlos Arévalo / Rodrigo Germade | ESP | 1:28.85 | 42.46 (1) | 46.39 (3) | SF | |
| 3 | 39/38 | Pierre-Luc Poulin / Simon McTavish | CAN | 1:28.91 | 42.66 (2) | 46.25 (2) | QF | |
| 4 | 256/254 | Marko Novaković / Marko Dragosavljević | SRB | 1:30.71 | 42.81 (3) | 47.90 (4) | QF | |
| 5 | 187/188 | Bekarys Ramatulla / Sergey Tokarnitsky | KAZ | 1:38.62 | 45.89 (5) | 52.73 (5) | QF |
Heat #4
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15/13 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 1:28.59 | 42.30 (1) | 46.29 (3) | SF | |
| 2 | 139/143 | Bálint Kopasz / Ádám Varga | HUN | 1:29.37 | 44.01 (2) | 45.36 (1) | SF | |
| 3 | 76/75 | Jakub Špicar / Daniel Havel | CZE | 1:29.73 | 44.23 (4) | 45.50 (2) | QF | |
| 4 | 246/245 | Hamish Lovemore / Andrew Birkett | RSA | 1:33.25 | 44.08 (3) | 49.17 (5) | QF | |
| 5 | 255/257 | Anđelo Džombeta / Vladimir Torubarov | SRB | 1:34.22 | 45.11 (5) | 49.11 (4) | QF |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 6 August 2024 — 14:30 |
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| Format | First four to semi-finals, all others to Final B. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95/91 | Adrián del Río / Marcus Cooper | ESP | 1:29.12 | 42.64 (1) | 46.48 (5) | SF | |
| 2 | 246/245 | Hamish Lovemore / Andrew Birkett | RSA | 1:29.75 | 43.77 (3) | 45.98 (1) | SF | |
| 3 | 39/38 | Pierre-Luc Poulin / Simon McTavish | CAN | 1:30.01 | 43.57 (2) | 46.44 (4) | SF | |
| 4 | 215/214 | Hamish Legarth / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 1:30.29 | 43.93 (5) | 46.36 (2) | SF | |
| 5 | 192/195 | Mindaugas Maldonis / Andrejus Olijnikas | LTU | 1:30.30 | 43.89 (4) | 46.41 (3) | ||
| 6 | 187/188 | Bekarys Ramatulla / Sergey Tokarnitsky | KAZ | 1:37.58 | 45.32 (6) | 52.26 (6) |
Heat #2
| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 76/75 | Jakub Špicar / Daniel Havel | CZE | 1:28.36 | 44.09 (5) | 44.27 (1) | SF | |
| 2 | 256/254 | Marko Novaković / Marko Dragosavljević | SRB | 1:28.57 | 42.99 ((=1)) | 45.58 (5) | SF | |
| 3 | 280/281 | Jonas Ecker / Aaron Small | USA | 1:28.93 | 43.93 (3) | 45.00 (2) | SF | |
| 4 | 255/257 | Anđelo Džombeta / Vladimir Torubarov | SRB | 1:29.46 | 42.99 ((=1)) | 46.47 (6) | SF | |
| 5 | 51/56 | Bu Tingkai / Zhang Dong | CHN | 1:29.58 | 44.04 (4) | 45.54 (4) | ||
| 6 | 272/274 | Oleh Kukharyk / Ihor Trunov | UKR | 1:29.68 | 44.28 (6) | 45.40 (3) |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 9 August 2024 |
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| Format | First four in each heat to Final A, all others to Final B. |
Heat #1
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 122/119 | Jacob Schopf / Max Lemke | GER | 1:28.13 | 42.42 (2) | 45.71 (2) | FA | |
| 2 | 141/142 | Bence Nádas / Sándor Tótka | HUN | 1:28.38 | 42.28 (1) | 46.10 (4) | FA | |
| 3 | 76/75 | Jakub Špicar / Daniel Havel | CZE | 1:28.71 | 43.66 (8) | 45.05 (1) | FA | |
| 4 | 280/281 | Jonas Ecker / Aaron Small | USA | 1:29.51 | 43.62 (7) | 45.89 (3) | FA | |
| 5 | 139/143 | Bálint Kopasz / Ádám Varga | HUN | 1:29.66 | 43.28 (4) | 46.38 (6) | FB | |
| 6 | 246/245 | Hamish Lovemore / Andrew Birkett | RSA | 1:29.70 | 43.52 (6) | 46.18 (5) | FB | |
| 7 | 215/214 | Hamish Legarth / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 1:30.26 | 43.31 (5) | 46.95 (7) | FB | |
| 8 | 226/225 | Jakub Stepun / Przemysław Korsak | POL | 1:30.95 | 43.19 (3) | 47.76 (8) | FB |
Heat #2
| Time | 11:20 |
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| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15/13 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 1:26.85 | 41.24 (1) | 45.61 (3) | FA OR | |
| 2 | 95/91 | Adrián del Río / Marcus Cooper | ESP | 1:27.24 | 42.39 (5) | 44.85 (1) | FA | |
| 3 | 239/237 | João Ribeiro / Messias Baptista | POR | 1:27.64 | 41.79 (3) | 45.85 (4) | FA | |
| 4 | 121/120 | Max Rendschmidt / Tom Liebscher-Lucz | GER | 1:27.67 | 42.75 (6) | 44.92 (2) | FA | |
| 5 | 90/97 | Carlos Arévalo / Rodrigo Germade | ESP | 1:28.49 | 41.67 (2) | 46.82 (6) | FB | |
| 6 | 39/38 | Pierre-Luc Poulin / Simon McTavish | CAN | 1:29.01 | 42.98 (7) | 46.03 (5) | FB | |
| 7 | 256/254 | Marko Novaković / Marko Dragosavljević | SRB | 1:30.20 | 42.26 (4) | 47.94 (7) | FB | |
| 8 | 255/257 | Anđelo Džombeta / Vladimir Torubarov | SRB | 1:34.65 | 43.51 (8) | 51.14 (8) | FB |
Final Round
| Date | 9 August 2024 |
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Final A
| Time | 13:30 |
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| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 122/119 | Jacob Schopf / Max Lemke | GER | 1:26.87 | 41.18 (1) | 45.69 (6) | ||
| 2 | 141/142 | Bence Nádas / Sándor Tótka | HUN | 1:27.15 | 42.05 (3) | 45.10 (2) | ||
| 3 | 15/13 | Jean van der Westhuyzen / Tom Green | AUS | 1:27.29 | 41.58 (2) | 45.71 (7) | ||
| 4 | 95/91 | Adrián del Río / Marcus Cooper | ESP | 1:27.38 | 42.25 (4) | 45.13 (3) | ||
| 5 | 121/120 | Max Rendschmidt / Tom Liebscher-Lucz | GER | 1:27.54 | 42.71 (6) | 44.83 (1) | ||
| 6 | 239/237 | João Ribeiro / Messias Baptista | POR | 1:27.82 | 42.44 (5) | 45.38 (4) | ||
| 7 | 76/75 | Jakub Špicar / Daniel Havel | CZE | 1:29.29 | 43.84 (8) | 45.45 (5) | ||
| 8 | 280/281 | Jonas Ecker / Aaron Small | USA | 1:30.02 | 43.77 (7) | 46.25 (8) |
Final B
| Time | 13:20 |
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| Pos | Bib | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90/97 | Carlos Arévalo / Rodrigo Germade | ESP | 1:30.08 | 43.37 (1) | 46.71 (1) | ||
| 2 | 39/38 | Pierre-Luc Poulin / Simon McTavish | CAN | 1:30.80 | 43.41 (2) | 47.39 (4) | ||
| 3 | 256/254 | Marko Novaković / Marko Dragosavljević | SRB | 1:31.50 | 43.95 (3) | 47.55 (5) | ||
| 4 | 246/245 | Hamish Lovemore / Andrew Birkett | RSA | 1:31.79 | 44.87 (6) | 46.92 (2) | ||
| 5 | 226/225 | Jakub Stepun / Przemysław Korsak | POL | 1:32.05 | 44.19 (5) | 47.86 (6) | ||
| 6 | 215/214 | Hamish Legarth / Kurtis Imrie | NZL | 1:32.09 | 44.92 (7) | 47.17 (3) | ||
| 7 | 139/143 | Bálint Kopasz / Ádám Varga | HUN | 1:32.85 | 44.95 (8) | 47.90 (7) | ||
| 8 | 255/257 | Anđelo Džombeta / Vladimir Torubarov | SRB | 1:35.00 | 44.03 (4) | 50.97 (8) |