2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL3 explained

Event:	Men's VL3
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	16–17 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	20
Nations:	13
Win Value:	50.01
Gold:	Jack Eyers
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Stuart Wood
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Vladyslav Yepifanov
Bronze Nation:	UKR
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The men's VL3 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	15:40	Heats
Friday 17 September 2021	11:00	Semifinals
	15:30	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	15:47	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	Jack Eyers		50.32
2	Emilio Atamañuk		50.86
3	Markus Swoboda		50.96
4	Adrián Mosquera		52.44
5	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		52.61
6	Tomasz Moździerski		52.70
–	Manish Kaurav

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Stuart Wood		50.68
2	Eddie Potdevin		52.36
3	Maksim Popov	RCF	53.95
4	Nicolás Crosta		55.95
5	Koichi Imai		56.17
6	Robert Wydera		59.03
7	Allgower Maruae		1:00.05

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vladyslav Yepifanov		50.33
2	Giovane Vieira de Paula		51.31
3	Egor Firsov	RCF	52.97
4	Javier Reja Muñoz		53.38
5	Mirko Nicoli		55.31
6	Abel Aber		55.99

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	Markus Swoboda		51.50
2	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		51.80
3	Giovane Vieira de Paula		52.13
4	Javier Reja Muñoz		53.30
5	Tomasz Moździerski		53.73
6	Maksim Popov	RCF	54.42
7	Nicolás Crosta		56.47
8	Robert Wydera		59.74

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Eddie Potdevin		50.59
2	Emilio Atamañuk		51.23
3	Adrián Mosquera		52.73
4	Egor Firsov	RCF	53.39
5	Mirko Nicoli		53.90
6	Abel Aber		55.02
7	Koichi Imai		56.28
8	Allgower Maruae		58.99

Finals

Final B

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Tomasz Moździerski		52.43
2	Egor Firsov	RCF	53.08
3	Javier Reja Muñoz		53.30
4	Maksim Popov	RCF	53.74
5	Abel Aber		54.47
6	Mirko Nicoli		54.72
7	Koichi Imai		55.35
8	Nicolás Crosta		55.39
9	Allgower Maruae		58.02

Final A

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Jack Eyers		50.01
	Stuart Wood		50.13
	Vladyslav Yepifanov		50.55
4	Giovane Vieira de Paula		51.04
5	Eddie Potdevin		51.04
6	Markus Swoboda		51.46
7	Emilio Atamañuk		51.67
8	Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho		52.27
9	Adrián Mosquera		53.25

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 VL3 Men 200m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - 3rd Heat. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
7. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - 2nd Semi-final. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
8. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - Final B. Spotfokus. 19 September 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL3 Men 200m - Final A. Spotfokus. 18 September 2021.