2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-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:	31
Nations:	31
Win Value:	1:37.905
Gold:	Josef Dostál
Gold Nation:	CZE
Silver:	Tom Liebscher
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Bence Nádas
Bronze Nation:	HUN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The men's K-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]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 23 August 2018	10:59	Heats
Friday 24 August 2018	11:02	Semifinals
	style=background:lemonchiffon	16:39	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A
	17:05	Final B

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the semifinals.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Josef Dostál	1:38.238
2	Bence Nádas	1:38.603
3	Artuur Peters	1:41.523
4	Bojan Zdelar	1:42.578
5	Joona Mäntynen	1:43.053
6	Bram Brandjes	1:43.103
7	Mathew Bowley	1:44.078
8	Roberts Altmanis	1:46.958

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Oleh Kukharyk	1:40.034
2	Thomas Green	1:40.204
3	Antun Novaković	1:43.234
4	Ilya Podpolnyy	1:46.119
5	Tom Brennan	1:52.540
6	Joaquim Manhique	1:57.045
7	Ossama Bousserra	2:01.080
8	Vladimir Veljanoski	2:02.600

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Tom Liebscher	1:39.554
2	João Ribeiro	1:40.109
3	Étienne Hubert	1:40.149
4	Chrisjan Coetzee	1:42.210
5	Enrique Adán	1:44.105
6	Sebastián Delgado	1:45.085
7	Karim Abdelsamie	1:45.385

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Mirnazim Javadov	1:42.922
2	Roman Anoshkin	1:42.972
3	Miroslav Kirchev	1:44.117
4	Mikita Borykau	1:45.072
5	Giulio Dressino	1:45.133
6	Henrik Strand	1:46.758
7	Stanton Collins	1:47.623
8	Juan Calderon	1:50.848

Qualification in each semi was as follows:

The fastest three boats advanced to the A final.
The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.^[7] ^[8] ^[9]

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Bence Nádas	1:40.981
2	Oleh Kukharyk	1:41.146
3	Étienne Hubert	1:41.391
4	Chrisjan Coetzee	1:42.741
5	Mirnazim Javadov	1:43.106
6	Bram Brandjes	1:44.392
7	Mathew Bowley	1:45.382
8	Giulio Dressino	1:45.902
9	Joaquim Manhique	1:58.847

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Mikita Borykau	1:39.736
2	Roman Anoshkin	1:40.106
3	Tom Liebscher	1:40.236
4	Artuur Peters	1:40.306
5	Antun Novaković	1:42.186
6	Ilya Podpolnyy	1:42.741
7	Joona Mäntynen	1:43.091
8	Sebastián Delgado	1:44.396
9	Karim Abdelsamie	1:46.896

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Josef Dostál	1:40.853
2	João Ribeiro	1:40.873
3	Thomas Green	1:40.968
4	Enrique Adán	1:44.713
5	Miroslav Kirchev	1:45.313
6	Tom Brennan	1:45.708
7	Bojan Zdelar	1:46.658
8	Henrik Strand	1:49.478
9	Roberts Altmanis	1:51.063

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

Rank	Kayaker	Time
1	Artuur Peters	1:40.796
2	Chrisjan Coetzee	1:40.996
3	Antun Novaković	1:42.183
4	Enrique Adán	1:43.583
5	Ilya Podpolnyy	1:43.606
6	Bram Brandjes	1:44.436
7	Mirnazim Javadov	1:44.930
8	Tom Brennan	1:46.537
9	Miroslav Kirchev	1:51.190

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[11]

Rank	Kayaker	Time
	Josef Dostál	1:37.905
	Tom Liebscher	1:38.912
	Bence Nádas	1:39.516
4	João Ribeiro	1:39.739
5	Oleh Kukharyk	1:40.659
6	Roman Anoshkin	1:41.306
7	Étienne Hubert	1:41.592
8	Thomas Green	1:42.116
9	Mikita Borykau	1:44.376