K-2, men, 500 m

What to remember

Hungarian kayakers Bence Nádas and Sándor Tótka covered 500 m in a K-2 in 1 min 26.500 s on 16 July 2017, at the European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

The ICF lists world best times in canoe sprint, and it only acknowledges times set in finals of the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and other events of an acceptable technical level. A European Championships qualifies.

The pairing went on to further success. At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Nádas and Tótka won silver together in the K2 500 metres, the same distance as their world best time. Nádas, born in Budapest, had also competed at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.