Following are the semifinal results of the flatwater men's kayak double (K2) 500m at the Olympic Games on Thursday (top 3 to final, rest out):

1. Richard Jr Dober/Andrew Willows, Canada, 1 minute 31.232 seconds

2. Marek Twardowski/Adam Wysocki, Poland, 1:31.481

3. Kim Wraae Knudsen/Rene Holten Poulsen, Denmark, 1:31.796

4. Krists Straume/Kristaps Zalupe, Latvia, 1:32.649

5. Alvydas Duonela/Egidijus Balciunas, Lithuania, 1:32.887

6. Alexey Dergunov/Dmitriy Kaltenberger, Kazakhstan,1:33.512

7. Clint Robinson/Jacob Clear, Australia, 1:33.839

8. Mika Hokajarvi/Kalle Mikkonen, Finland, 1:34.994

9. Jose Ramos/Gabriel Rodriguez, Venezuela, 1:37.285

(Xinhua News Agency August 21, 2008)