2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 500 metres explained

Event:	Men's K-1 500 metres
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	17–19 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	30
Nations:	30
Win Value:	1:38.87
Gold:	Mikita Borykau
Gold Nation:	BLR
Silver:	João Ribeiro
Silver Nation:	POR
Bronze:	Moritz Florstedt
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The men's K-1 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 17 September 2021	11:20	Heats
Saturday 18 September 2021	14:06	Semifinals
Sunday 19 September 2021	10:42	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	12:30	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the semifinals.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tommaso Freschi		1:43.34
2	Pelayo Roza		1:43.48
3	Antun Novaković		1:44.60
4	Jakub Sliwa		1:45.22
5	Juan Ignacio Cáceres		1:46.22
6	Miroslav Kirchev		1:49.23
7	Ioannis Odysseos		1:52.20

Heat 2

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Moritz Florstedt		1:43.51
2	Nicolai Winther		1:44.31
3	Vitaly Ershov	RCF	1:44.40
4	Ilya Podpolnyy		1:46.40
5	Brandon Ooi		1:46.50
6	Ričardas Nekriošius		1:46.64
7	Nicholas Robinson		2:04.16
–	Mohamed Mrabet

Heat 3

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bojan Zdelar		1:42.12
2	João Ribeiro		1:43.18
3	Daniel Johnson		1:43.55
4	Francis Mouget		1:43.72
5	Lars Magne Ullvang		1:43.80
6	Chrisjan Coetzee		1:44.74
7	Bram Brandjes		1:46.99
8	Juan Rodríguez		1:59.82

Heat 4

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Zavřel		1:43.60
2	Péter István Gál		1:43.86
3	Mikita Borykau		1:45.83
4	Theodor Orban		1:46.92
5	Alex Scott		1:49.76
6	Eetu Kolehmainen		1:55.10
7	Konstantinos Benetos		2:01.65

Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:

The fastest three boats advanced to the A final.
The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Moritz Florstedt		1:39.96
2	Jakub Zavřel		1:40.96
3	Pelayo Roza		1:41.27
4	Francis Mouget		1:41.39
5	Daniel Johnson		1:41.42
6	Bram Brandjes		1:43.04
7	Ričardas Nekriošius		1:44.26
8	Miroslav Kirchev		1:45.39
9	Alex Scott		1:49.20

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bojan Zdelar		1:40.75
2	Chrisjan Coetzee		1:42.11
3	Péter István Gál		1:42.50
4	Vitaly Ershov	RCF	1:43.00
5	Juan Ignacio Cáceres		1:43.12
6	Antun Novaković		1:43.13
7	Ilya Podpolnyy		1:43.68
8	Theodor Orban		1:44.60
9	Ioannis Odysseos		1:49.43

Semifinal 3

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mikita Borykau		1:40.96
2	João Ribeiro		1:41.08
3	Lars Magne Ullvang		1:41.34
4	Tommaso Freschi		1:41.41
5	Nicolai Winther		1:42.89
6	Jakub Sliwa		1:43.24
7	Brandon Ooi		1:45.21
8	Eetu Kolehmainen		1:45.54
9	Konstantinos Benetos		1:56.22

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[10]

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time
1	Tommaso Freschi		1:41.28
2	Francis Mouget		1:41.31
3	Daniel Johnson		1:41.93
4	Nicolai Winther		1:42.49
5	Vitaly Ershov	RCF	1:43.35
6	Jakub Sliwa		1:43.71
7	Juan Ignacio Cáceres		1:43.72
8	Bram Brandjes		1:44.34
9	Antun Novaković		1:44.38

Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[11]

Rank	Kayaker	Country	Time
	Mikita Borykau		1:38.87
	João Ribeiro		1:39.88
	Moritz Florstedt		1:40.04
4	Bojan Zdelar		1:40.25
5	Pelayo Roza		1:41.45
6	Lars Magne Ullvang		1:41.63
7	Péter István Gál		1:42.05
8	Chrisjan Coetzee		1:45.77
9	Jakub Zavřel		2:12.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 28 September 2021.
2. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 28 September 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 3rd Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 4th Heat. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
7. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
8. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 2nd Semi-final. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - 3rd Semi-final. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
10. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - Final B. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.
11. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K1 Men 500m - Final A. Spotfokus. 28 September 2021.