Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres

Men's C-2 500 metres at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates	6 August 2024 (heats and quarterfinals) 8 August 2024 (semifinals & finals)
Competitors	26 (13 boats) from 13 nations
Winning time	1:39.48
Medalists
Liu Hao Ji Bowen  China Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini  Italy Joan Antoni Moreno Diego Domínguez  Spain
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The men's C-2 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 8 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

This was the 10th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1976 Olympics. The last time the event took place was at the 2008 Olympics, after which Men's C-2 1000 metres was introduced.

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. For a 13-boat event, the rounds are as follows:

• Heats: Two heats of 6 and 7 boats each. The top 2 boats in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals, with all others (9 boats) going to the quarterfinals.
• Quarterfinals: Two heats of 4 and 5 boats each. The top 3 boats in each heat (6 boats total) advance to the semifinals, with the remaining 3 boats out of medal contention and competing in the consolation Final B.
• Semifinals: Two heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 boats in each heat (8 boats total) advance to the medal Final A, with the remaining 2 boats out of medal contention and competing in consolation Final B.
• Finals: Final A consists of the top 8 boats, awarding the medals as well as 4th through 8th place. Final B features the remaining 5 boats, awarding 9th through 13th places.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

The event will be held over two days, with two rounds per day.^[1]

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[2] Notes 1 8 Zakhar Petrov Alexey Korovashkov  Individual Neutral Athletes 1:38.65 SF 2 4 Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini  Italy 1:39.17 SF 3 3 Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil 1:39.38 QF 4 5 Balázs Adolf Jonatán Hajdu  Hungary 1:40.02 QF 5 7 Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuță  Romania 1:40.84 QF 6 6 Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker  Germany 1:41.58 QF 7 2 Max Brown Grant Clancy  New Zealand 2:22.09 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[3] Notes 1 5 Liu Hao Ji Bowen  China 1:37.40 SF, OB 2 6 Joan Antoni Moreno Diego Domínguez  Spain 1:37.78 SF 3 4 Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa  Czech Republic 1:41.49 QF 4 3 Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart  France 1:44.00 QF 5 7 Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov  Kazakhstan 1:45.94 QF 6 2 Manuel António Benilson Sanda  Angola 1:51.53 QF

Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest to Final B.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[4] Notes 1 5 Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil 1:38.78 SF 2 3 Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuță  Romania 1:40.00 SF 3 4 Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart  France 1:45.24 SF 4 6 Manuel António Benilson Sanda  Angola 1:49.00 FB 5 2 Max Brown Grant Clancy  New Zealand 2:24.09 FB

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[5] Notes 1 6 Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker  Germany 1:39.94 SF 2 4 Balázs Adolf Jonatán Hajdu  Hungary 1:40.95 SF 3 5 Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa  Czech Republic 1:41.02 SF 4 3 Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov  Kazakhstan 1:44.03 FB

Progression: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[6] Notes 1 5 Zakhar Petrov Alexey Korovashkov  Individual Neutral Athletes 1:39.57 FA 2 2 Balázs Adolf Jonatán Hajdu  Hungary 1:39.83 FA 3 3 Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil 1:39.95 FA 4 4 Joan Antoni Moreno Diego Domínguez  Spain 1:40.23 FA 5 6 Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart  France 1:40.98 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[7] Notes 1 5 Liu Hao Ji Bowen  China 1:40.83 FA 2 6 Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker  Germany 1:41.58 FA 3 4 Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini  Italy 1:41.59 FA 4 2 Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa  Czech Republic 1:42.69 FA 5 3 Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuță  Romania 1:43.42 FB

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[8] Notes 4 Liu Hao Ji Bowen  China 1:39.48 2 Gabriele Casadei Carlo Tacchini  Italy 1:41.08 1 Joan Antoni Moreno Diego Domínguez  Spain 1:41.18 4 5 Zakhar Petrov Alexey Korovashkov  Individual Neutral Athletes 1:41.27 5 6 Peter Kretschmer Tim Hecker  Germany 1:41.62 6 3 Balázs Adolf Jonatán Hajdu  Hungary 1:41.66 7 8 Petr Fuksa Martin Fuksa  Czech Republic 1:41.83 8 7 Jacky Godmann Isaquias Queiroz  Brazil 1:42.58

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time[9] Notes 9 4 Ilie Sprîncean Oleg Nuță  Romania 1:43.80 10 5 Loïc Léonard Adrien Bart  France 1:43.82 11 3 Sergey Yemelyanov Timur Khaidarov  Kazakhstan 1:46.75 12 6 Manuel António Benilson Sanda  Angola 1:55.74 13 2 Max Brown Grant Clancy  New Zealand 2:31.04