| Event: | Men's K-1 5000 metres |
| Championship: | 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 19 September |
| Venue: | Lake Bagsværd |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Competitors: | 24 |
| Nations: | 24 |
| Win Value: | 20:02.96 |
| Gold: | Bálint Noé |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Fernando Pimenta |
| Silver Nation: | POR |
| Bronze: | Mads Pedersen |
| Bronze Nation: | DEN |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The men's K-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 | Kayaker | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bálint Noé | 20:02.96 | |||
| Fernando Pimenta | 20:03.19 | |||
| Mads Pedersen | 20:13.25 | |||
| 4 | Aleh Yurenia | 20:33.04 | ||
| 5 | Quentin Urban | 20:33.70 | ||
| 6 | Javier López | 20:34.58 | ||
| 7 | Tobias-Pascal Schultz | 20:34.90 | ||
| 8 | Daniel Johnson | 20:49.34 | ||
| 9 | Eivind Vold | 21:08.39 | ||
| 10 | Quaid Thompson | 21:11.88 | ||
| 11 | Andrea Schera | 21:22.60 | ||
| 12 | Martin Nathell | 21:25.45 | ||
| 13 | Ilya Podpolnyy | 21:45.90 | ||
| 14 | Bram Brandjes | 21:46.12 | ||
| 15 | Manuel Micaz | 21:47.98 | ||
| 16 | Artuur Peters | 21:58.81 | ||
| 17 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov | 22:03.95 | ||
| 18 | Eetu Kolehmainen | 22:12.04 | ||
| 19 | Marko Ujvári | 22:18.94 | ||
| 20 | Vasily Pogreban | RCF | 23:04.55 | |
| – | Juan Rodríguez | |||
| – | Mitchell Barran | |||
| – | Jošt Zakrajšek | |||
| – | Mohamed Mrabet |