| Event: | Men's C-1 500 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 23–24 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Win Value: | 1:49.203 |
| Gold: | Isaquias Queiroz |
| Gold Nation: | BRA |
| Silver: | Sebastian Brendel |
| Silver Nation: | GER |
| Bronze: | Martin Fuksa |
| Bronze Nation: | CZE |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 11:41 | Heats | |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 11:20 | Semifinals | |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 16:31 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
| 17:11 | Final B |
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[3] [4] [5]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Fuksa | 1:49.025 | |||
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | 1:49.290 | |||
| 3 | Mikhail Pavlov | 1:50.235 | |||
| 4 | Stefan Strat | 1:53.240 | |||
| 5 | Ryo Naganuma | 1:53.585 | |||
| 6 | Angel Kodinov | 1:56.925 | |||
| 7 | Joosep Karlson | 1:59.005 | |||
| 8 | Ghailene Khattali | 1:59.885 |
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaquias Queiroz | 1:50.589 | |||
| 2 | Tamás Kiss | 1:52.684 | |||
| 3 | Sebastian Brendel | 1:52.984 | |||
| 4 | Pavlo Altukhov | 1:54.435 | |||
| 5 | Carlo Tacchini | 1:54.595 | |||
| 6 | Ian Ross | 2:02.480 | |||
| 7 | Dagnis Iļjins | 2:07.080 |
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Simart | 1:49.564 | |||
| 2 | Maksim Piatrou | 1:50.389 | |||
| 3 | Tomasz Kaczor | 1:51.079 | |||
| 4 | Craig Spence | 1:51.929 | |||
| 5 | David Fernández | 1:52.574 | |||
| 6 | Matej Rusnák | 1:53.185 | |||
| 7 | Hélder Silva | 1:57.385 | |||
| 8 | Joaquim Lobo | 2:15.251 |
Qualification was as follows:
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]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Brendel | 1:50.692 | |||
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | 1:52.027 | |||
| 3 | Tomasz Kaczor | 1:52.447 | |||
| 4 | Carlo Tacchini | 1:52.477 | |||
| 5 | Angel Kodinov | 1:54.187 | |||
| 6 | Craig Spence | 1:54.822 | |||
| 7 | Matej Rusnák | 1:55.427 | |||
| 8 | Stefan Strat | 1:58.447 | |||
| 9 | Dagnis Iļjins | 2:09.918 |
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikhail Pavlov | 1:51.918 | |||
| 2 | Maksim Piatrou | 1:52.098 | |||
| 3 | Tamás Kiss | 1:53.399 | |||
| 4 | Hélder Silva | 1:54.349 | |||
| 5 | Pavlo Altukhov | 1:54.349 | |||
| 6 | David Fernández | 1:55.134 | |||
| 7 | Ryo Naganuma | 1:55.429 | |||
| 8 | Ian Ross | 1:58.474 | |||
| 9 | Joosep Karlson | 2:00.949 |
Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.[8]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Tacchini | 1:52.676 | ||
| 2 | Angel Kodinov | 1:53.386 | ||
| 3 | Matej Rusnák | 1:54.053 | ||
| 4 | David Fernández | 1:54.156 | ||
| 5 | Craig Spence | 1:54.813 | ||
| 6 | Pavlo Altukhov | 1:55.073 | ||
| 7 | Ryo Naganuma | 1:57.063 | ||
| 8 | Hélder Silva | 2:05.887 | ||
| 9 | Stefan Strat | 2:15.024 |
Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[9]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaquias Queiroz | 1:49.203 | |||
| Sebastian Brendel | 1:49.496 | |||
| Martin Fuksa | 1:50.143 | |||
| 4 | Oleg Tarnovschi | 1:51.577 | ||
| 5 | Maksim Piatrou | 1:51.823 | ||
| 6 | Tomasz Kaczor | 1:52.643 | ||
| 7 | Mikhail Pavlov | 1:52.743 | ||
| 8 | Tamás Kiss | 1:56.217 | ||
| 9 | Thomas Simart | 2:02.734 |