2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL1 explained

Event:	Men's KL1
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	21–23 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	15
Nations:	14
Win Value:	45.42
Gold:	Péter Pál Kiss
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Esteban Farias
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze:	Luis Cardoso da Silva
Bronze Nation:	BRA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The men's KL1 competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 21 August 2019	09:00	Heats
	12:15	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Friday 23 August 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:05	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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	Esteban Farias		47.71
2	Luis Cardoso da Silva		48.21
3	Róbert Suba		48.76
4	Rémy Boullé		49.94
5	Pavel Gromov		53.98
6	Adrián Castaño		56.16
7	Robinson Méndez		59.05
8	Andreas Potamitis		1:07.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Péter Pál Kiss		46.16
2	Ian Marsden		49.54
3	Jakub Tokarz		49.84
4	Yu Xiaowei		50.89
5	Lucas Díaz		52.68
6	Floriano Jesus		53.41
7	Yuta Takagi		1:00.75

Semifinal

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rémy Boullé		50.50
2	Yu Xiaowei		52.08
3	Lucas Díaz		53.43
4	Floriano Jesus		54.35
5	Pavel Gromov		55.82
6	Adrián Castaño		57.60
7	Robinson Méndez		1:00.32
8	Yuta Takagi		1:03.67
9	Andreas Potamitis		1:11.50

Final

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Péter Pál Kiss		45.42
	Esteban Farias		46.17
	Luis Cardoso da Silva		46.49
4	Jakub Tokarz		47.09
5	Róbert Suba		47.54
6	Ian Marsden		48.07
7	Rémy Boullé		48.35
8	Yu Xiaowei		48.65
9	Lucas Díaz		52.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 21 August 2019. 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821141649/https://szeged2019.com/racecourse/. dead.
2. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation . 21 August 2019 . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821144903/https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/races . dead .
3. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 21 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 21 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 21 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL1 Men 200m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 23 August 2019.