2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2 explained

Event:	Men's VL2
Championship:	2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	22–25 August
Venue:	Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho
Location:	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
Competitors:	16
Nations:	12
Win Value:	54.316
Gold:	Igor Alex Tofalini
Gold Nation:	BRA
Silver:	Luis Cardoso da Silva
Silver Nation:	BRA
Bronze:	Marius Bogdan Ciustea
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The men's VL2 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
Wednesday 22 August 2018	15:35	Heats
	16:50	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 25 August 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:41	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

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] [4]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Luis Cardoso da Silva		1:02.534
2	Higinio Rivero		1:04.239
3	Tamás Juhász		1:05.024
4	Róbert Suba		1:06.564
5	Jakub Tokarz		1:06.599
6	Cyrille Hureau		1:09.175
7	Mathieu St-Pierre		1:13.745
–	Oleksandr Suprun
–	Andrei Tkachuk

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marius Bogdan Ciustea		1:02.299
2	Igor Alex Tofalini		1:02.849
3	Roman Serebryakov		1:03.609
4	Ilya Taupianets		1:07.824
5	Norberto Mourão		1:09.514
6	Raiarii Teuiau		1:13.879
7	Floriano Jesus		1:31.465

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Tokarz		1:00.768
2	Mathieu St-Pierre		1:01.278
3	Róbert Suba		1:01.623
4	Ilya Taupianets		1:02.153
5	Norberto Mourão		1:02.738
6	Cyrille Hureau		1:04.248
7	Raiarii Teuiau		1:11.329
8	Floriano Jesus		1:21.214

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Igor Alex Tofalini		54.316
	Luis Cardoso da Silva		54.911
	Marius Bogdan Ciustea		55.246
4	Tamás Juhász		55.706
5	Roman Serebryakov		55.931
6	Róbert Suba		56.266
7	Mathieu St-Pierre		56.606
8	Higinio Rivero		56.811
9	Jakub Tokarz		58.106

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS How to get here. Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem. 22 August 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL . 22 August 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Men 200m - 1st Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
4. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Men 200m - 2nd Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
5. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Men 200m - 1st Semi-final. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
6. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Men 200m - Final A. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.