2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL3 explained

Event:	Men's KL3
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	16–18 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	23
Nations:	15
Win Value:	39.54
Gold:	Serhii Yemelianov
Gold Nation:	UKR
Silver:	Robert Oliver
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Juan Valle
Bronze Nation:	ESP
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The men's KL3 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
Thursday 16 September 2021	09:20	Heats
	11:40	Semifinals
Saturday 18 September 2021	10:15	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:50	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

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

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final.
The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Serhii Yemelianov		43.85
2	Erik Kiss		45.19
3	Pablo Díaz		45.87
4	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		48.33
5	Raphaël Louvigny		48.41
6	Koichi Imai		49.54
–	Artem Voronkov	RCF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Juan Valle		41.84
2	Tom Kierey		42.80
3	Giovane Vieira de Paula		43.04
4	Jonathan Young		43.23
5	Zhalgas Taikenov		45.08
6	Andrii Syvykh		48.33
–	Manish Kaurav
–	Leonid Krylov	RCF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robert Oliver		41.26
2	Mateusz Surwiło		42.39
3	Kwadzo Klokpah		43.38
4	Martin Farineaux		43.64
5	José Segura		46.03
6	Dávid Török		46.49
7	Gabriel Ferron-Bouius		46.96
–	Edmond Sanka

Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.^{[6] [7]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		42.74
2	Kwadzo Klokpah		43.50
3	Erik Kiss		43.73
4	Giovane Vieira de Paula		44.30
5	Martin Farineaux		44.36
6	Zhalgas Taikenov		46.91
7	Dávid Török		47.08
8	Koichi Imai		49.32

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mateusz Surwiło		42.29
2	Tom Kierey		42.54
3	Jonathan Young		43.94
4	Pablo Díaz		45.84
5	Raphaël Louvigny		46.54
6	José Segura		47.33
7	Gabriel Ferron-Bouius		47.67
8	Andrii Syvykh		48.17

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[8]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Giovane Vieira de Paula		42.06
2	Martin Farineaux		42.21
3	Pablo Díaz		43.92
4	Zhalgas Taikenov		44.26
5	José Segura		44.57
6	Andrii Syvykh		45.44
7	Raphaël Louvigny		45.46
8	Gabriel Ferron-Bouius		45.65
9	Dávid Török		45.87

Final A

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Serhii Yemelianov		39.54
	Robert Oliver		40.68
	Juan Valle		41.04
4	Tom Kierey		41.40
5	Mateusz Surwiło		41.45
6	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		41.78
7	Kwadzo Klokpah		42.69
8	Erik Kiss		42.72
9	Jonathan Young		43.40

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 18 September 2021.
2. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 18 September 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - 3rd Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
7. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - 2nd Semi-final. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
8. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - Final B. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL3 Men 200m - Final A. Spotfokus. 18 September 2021.