| Event: | Men's C-1 5000 metres |
| Championship: | 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 19 September |
| Venue: | Lake Bagsværd |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 23:08.62 |
| Gold: | Balázs Adolf |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Sebastian Brendel |
| Silver Nation: | GER |
| Bronze: | Kirill Shamshurin |
| Bronze Nation: | IOC |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's C-1 5000 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)As a long-distance event, it was held as a direct final.[3]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balázs Adolf | 23:08.62 | |||
| Sebastian Brendel | 23:09.28 | |||
| Kirill Shamshurin | RCF | 23:30.18 | ||
| 4 | Filip Dvořák | 23:40.56 | ||
| 5 | Serghei Tarnovschi | 23:55.11 | ||
| 6 | Mateusz Kamiński | 24:06.82 | ||
| 7 | Adel Mojallali | 24:12.51 | ||
| 8 | Fernando Jorge | 24:28.92 | ||
| 9 | Joosep Karlson | 24:30.67 | ||
| 10 | Matej Rusnák | 24:38.87 | ||
| 11 | Andrii Zakharov | 24:40.94 | ||
| 12 | Craig Spence | 24:52.98 | ||
| 13 | Bruno Kumpez | 25:45.39 | ||
| – | Mikita Rudzevich | |||
| – | Noel Domínguez | |||
| – | Carlo Tacchini |