2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's KL1 explained

Event:	Men's KL1
Championship:	2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships
Dates:	17–19 May
Location:	Duisburg, Germany
Competitors:	21
Nations:	18
Win Value:	50.596
Gold:	Yu Xiaowei
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Jakub Tokarz
Silver Nation:	POL
Bronze:	Luis Cardoso da Silva
Bronze Nation:	BRA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2017

The men's KL1 competition at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships took place in Duisburg.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 17 May 2016	14:00	Heats
Wednesday 18 May 2016	10:50	Semifinals
Thursday 19 May 2016	10:40	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:45	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

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

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Luis Cardoso da Silva		53.186
2	Ian Marsden		53.614
3	Lucas Díaz		55.904
4	Oleksandr Hrechko		57.317
5	Elmar Sternath		1:00.014
6	Pavel Gromov		1:00.464
7	Adrián Castaño		1:01.278

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yu Xiaowei		51.060
2	Jakub Tokarz		51.209
3	Graham Paull		53.580
4	Tamás Juhász		57.303
5	Stefan Volkmann		57.396
6	Paulo Santos		1:00.979
7	Andreas Potamitis		1:01.392

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Róbert Suba		53.247
2	Rémy Boullé		55.092
3	Fernando Fernandes de Pádua		55.736
4	Colin Sieders		56.250
5	Salvatore Ravalli		57.917
6	Andrea Biagi		1:12.378
–	Azizbek Abdulkhabibov

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.^{[6] [7]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ian Marsden		51.090
2	Graham Paull		51.559
3	Fernando Fernandes de Pádua		52.282
4	Colin Sieders		53.409
5	Oleksandr Hrechko		54.364
6	Stefan Volkmann		55.061
7	Pavel Gromov		58.250
8	Andreas Potamitis		1:00.081
–	Andrea Biagi

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Tokarz		49.209
2	Rémy Boullé		51.304
3	Salvatore Ravalli		53.241
4	Lucas Díaz		53.538
5	Tamás Juhász		53.622
6	Elmar Sternath		57.458
7	Adrián Castaño		58.409
8	Paulo Santos		58.527
–	Azizbek Abdulkhabibov		47.149

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[8]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Tamás Juhász		53.849
2	Lucas Díaz		54.679
3	Oleksandr Hrechko		54.918
4	Colin Sieders		55.267
5	Stefan Volkmann		56.546
6	Pavel Gromov		59.276
7	Adrián Castaño		59.338
8	Paulo Santos		59.543
9	Elmar Sternath		1:07.124

Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[9]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Yu Xiaowei		50.596
	Jakub Tokarz		50.855
	Luis Cardoso da Silva		52.233
4	Ian Marsden		52.312
5	Fernando Fernandes de Pádua		53.160
6	Róbert Suba		53.186
7	Graham Paull		53.668
8	Rémy Boullé		54.039
9	Salvatore Ravalli		55.568

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
2. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships and European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier . . 22 June 2018.
3. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Heat 1. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
4. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Heat 2. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
5. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Heat 3. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
6. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Semi-Final 1. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
7. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Semi-Final 2. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
8. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Final B. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.
9. Web site: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships KL1 Men 200m - Final A. International Canoe Federation. 22 June 2018.