| Event: | Men's VL3 |
| 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: | 26 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Value: | 47.642 |
| Gold: | Curtis McGrath |
| Gold Nation: | AUS |
| Silver: | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho |
| Silver Nation: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Jack Eyers |
| Bronze Nation: | GBR |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's VL3 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 22 August 2018 | 15:05 | Heats | ||
| 16:30 | Semifinals | |||
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 10:53 | Final B | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | 10:59 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final A |
Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[3] [4] [5]
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egor Firsov | 57.735 | |||
| 2 | Javier Reja Muñoz | 57.995 | |||
| 3 | Patrick Viriamu | 59.500 | |||
| 4 | Peter Cowan | 1:00.070 | |||
| 5 | Patrick O'Leary | 1:00.560 | |||
| 6 | Jack Eyers | 1:00.775 | |||
| 7 | Emilio Atamañuk | 1:02.245 | |||
| 8 | Masaaki Suwa | 1:09.036 | |||
| 9 | Abraão Vieira | 1:29.782 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis McGrath | 52.925 | |||
| 2 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | 56.461 | |||
| 3 | Scott Martlew | 57.321 | |||
| 4 | Fabrizio Aprile | 57.436 | |||
| 5 | Markus Swoboda | 58.406 | |||
| 6 | Jamey Parks | 1:00.746 | |||
| 7 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | 1:00.981 | |||
| 8 | Adrián Mosquera | 1:09.276 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Potdevin | 54.758 | |||
| 2 | David Phillipson | 56.753 | |||
| 3 | Tomasz Moździerski | 57.138 | |||
| 4 | Mykola Syniuk | 58.504 | |||
| 5 | Ivo Kilian | 1:01.174 | |||
| 6 | Volodymyr Velhun | 1:02.084 | |||
| 7 | Ronan Bernard | 1:02.314 | |||
| 8 | Aleksei Byvaltcev | 1:06.119 | |||
| 9 | Hiromi Tatsumi | 1:08.249 |
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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Phillipson | 56.695 | |||
| 2 | Jack Eyers | 58.385 | |||
| 3 | Fabrizio Aprile | 58.410 | |||
| 4 | Mykola Syniuk | 58.450 | |||
| 5 | Scott Martlew | 58.470 | |||
| 6 | Patrick Viriamu | 58.720 | |||
| 7 | Patrick O'Leary | 1:00.535 | |||
| 8 | Jamey Parks | 1:00.650 | |||
| 9 | Ronan Bernard | 1:01.980 |
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | 55.194 | |||
| 2 | Javier Reja Muñoz | 56.644 | |||
| 3 | Markus Swoboda | 57.304 | |||
| 4 | Tomasz Moździerski | 57.794 | |||
| 5 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | 59.944 | |||
| 6 | Peter Cowan | 1:00.014 | |||
| 7 | Ivo Kilian | 1:00.549 | |||
| 8 | Volodymyr Velhun | 1:00.789 | |||
| 9 | Emilio Atamañuk | 1:01.855 |
Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.[8]
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Moździerski | 50.818 | ||
| 2 | Scott Martlew | 52.348 | ||
| 3 | Patrick O'Leary | 52.788 | ||
| 4 | Peter Cowan | 52.953 | ||
| 5 | Ivo Kilian | 53.083 | ||
| 6 | Jamey Parks | 53.113 | ||
| 7 | Patrick Viriamu | 53.183 | ||
| 8 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | 54.133 | ||
| 9 | Mykola Syniuk | 54.938 |
Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[9]
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis McGrath | 47.642 | |||
| Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | 48.837 | |||
| Jack Eyers | 49.492 | |||
| 4 | David Phillipson | 49.747 | ||
| 5 | Eddie Potdevin | 50.197 | ||
| 6 | Egor Firsov | 51.227 | ||
| 7 | Fabrizio Aprile | 51.647 | ||
| 8 | Markus Swoboda | 52.042 | ||
| 9 | Javier Reja Muñoz | 52.937 |