| Event: | Men's C-1 5000 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 26 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 23:40.857 |
| Gold: | Sebastian Brendel |
| Gold Nation: | GER |
| Silver: | Fernando Enriquez |
| Silver Nation: | CUB |
| Bronze: | Kirill Shamshurin |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's C-1 5000 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]
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)As a long-distance event, it was held as a direct final.[3]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Brendel | 23:40.857 | |||
| Fernando Jorge | 23:46.646 | |||
| Kirill Shamshurin | 24:09.504 | |||
| 4 | Mateusz Kamiński | 24:25.916 | ||
| 5 | Carlo Tacchini | 24:31.263 | ||
| 6 | Manuel Campos | 24:32.367 | ||
| 7 | Thomas Simart | 25:02.871 | ||
| 8 | Aivis Tints | 25:04.850 | ||
| 9 | Rui Lacerda | 25:06.489 | ||
| 10 | Ilya Palonski | 25:22.358 | ||
| 11 | Joosep Karlson | 25:37.886 | ||
| 12 | Mark Oldershaw | 25:51.003 | ||
| 13 | Filip Dvořák | 26:08.611 | ||
| 14 | Eduard Shemetylo | 26:12.116 | ||
| 15 | Ian Ross | 26:29.481 | ||
| 16 | Takayuki Kokaji | 26:30.929 | ||
| 17 | Ghailene Khattali | 27:06.032 | ||
| – | Oleg Tarnovschi | |||
| – | Tamás Kiss |