| Event: | Men's K-1 5000 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 26 August 2018 |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Nations: | 31 |
| Win Value: | 21:42.196 |
| Gold: | Fernando Pimenta |
| Gold Nation: | POR |
| Silver: | René Holten Poulsen |
| Silver Nation: | DEN |
| Bronze: | Javier Hernanz |
| Bronze Nation: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The men's K-1 5000 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho on 26 August 2018 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] [4]
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Pimenta | 21:42.196 | |||
| René Holten Poulsen | 21:43.723 | |||
| Javier Hernanz | 21:46.565 | |||
| 4 | Bálint Noé | 22:07.017 | ||
| 5 | Agustín Vernice | 22:16.203 | ||
| 6 | Fabio Wyss | 22:18.170 | ||
| 7 | Artuur Peters | 22:26.151 | ||
| 8 | Samuele Burgo | 22:26.929 | ||
| 9 | Jakub Adam | 22:34.472 | ||
| 10 | Jošt Zakrajšek | 22:36.118 | ||
| 11 | Hamish Lovemore | 22:47.278 | ||
| 12 | Bram Brandjes | 22:50.761 | ||
| 13 | Martin Nathell | 22:51.201 | ||
| 14 | Riley Fitzsimmons | 22:57.656 | ||
| 15 | Aldis Arturs Vilde | 23:01.700 | ||
| 16 | Ilya Podpolnyy | 23:07.062 | ||
| 17 | Quaid Thompson | 23:22.055 | ||
| 18 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov | 23:38.899 | ||
| 19 | Zyggy Chmiel | 23:52.018 | ||
| 20 | Hristo Rekov | 23:56.173 | ||
| 21 | Miika Nykänen | 23:58.258 | ||
| – | Vagner Souta | |||
| – | Sebastián Delgado | |||
| – | Nikolay Chervov | |||
| – | Juan Calderon | |||
| – | Bartosz Stabno | |||
| – | Eivind Vold | |||
| – | Max Hoff | |||
| – | Aleh Yurenia | |||
| – | Cyrille Carré | |||
| – | Marek Krajčovič |