2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL1 explained

Event:	Men's KL1
Championship:	2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	23–25 August
Venue:	Sportcentrum Račice
Location:	Račice, Czech Republic
Competitors:	11
Nations:	9
Win Value:	47.116
Gold:	Esteban Farias
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Róbert Suba
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Luis Cardoso da Silva
Bronze Nation:	BRA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2018

The men's KL1 competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 23 August 2017	09:00	Heats
	10:35	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 25 August 2017	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:35	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

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

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Róbert Suba		50.856
2	Jakub Tokarz		51.456
3	Adrián Castaño		57.350
4	Artur Chuprov		1:00.494
5	Pavel Gromov		1:11.600

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Luis Cardoso da Silva		50.527
2	Ian Marsden		50.960
3	Esteban Farias		50.971
4	Tamás Juhász		52.221
5	Andrei Tkachuk		52.294
6	Rémy Boullé		1:03.199

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrei Tkachuk		49.976
2	Tamás Juhász		51.487
3	Rémy Boullé		52.020
4	Pavel Gromov		1:01.643
–	Artur Chuprov

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[5]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Esteban Farias		47.116
	Róbert Suba		47.438
	Luis Cardoso da Silva		48.016
4	Ian Marsden		49.605
5	Jakub Tokarz		49.788
6	Andrei Tkachuk		49.916
7	Tamás Juhász		50.099
8	Rémy Boullé		50.816
9	Adrián Castaño		55.394

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Regatta Venue. Czech Canoe Union. 16 June 2018.
2. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . . 16 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171007105551/http://sdp.digicorp.hu/competition/16777218/races . 7 October 2017 . dead .
3. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Heats. International Canoe Federation. 1–2. 16 June 2018.
4. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Semi-final 1. International Canoe Federation. 16. 16 June 2018.
5. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Final A. International Canoe Federation. 135. 16 June 2018.