2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2 explained

Event:	Men's VL2
Championship:	2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	23–26 August
Venue:	Sportpark Duisburg
Location:	Duisburg, Germany
Competitors:	19
Nations:	16
Win Value:	50.344
Gold:	Fernando Rufino de Paulo
Gold Nation:	BRA
Silver:	Igor Alex Tofalini
Silver Nation:	BRA
Bronze:	Steven Haxton
Bronze Nation:	USA
Prev:	2022

The men's VL2 competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place at Sportpark Duisburg.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 23 August 2023	15:40	Heats
Thursday 24 August 2023	15:20	Semifinal
Saturday 26 August 2023	8:50	Final B
	11:41	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

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

Results

Heats

The fastest boat in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinal^{[2] [3] [4]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Igor Alex Tofalini		51.727
2	Higinio Rivero		54.236
3	Mathieu St-Pierre		54.264
4	Tamás Juhász		56.922
5	Takanori Kato		1:02.718
6	Santi Wantawee		1:04.843
7	Moritz Berthold		1:17.233

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Fernando Rufino de Paulo		52.579
2	Róbert Suba		54.386
3	Andrii Kryvchun		56.356
4	Eslam Jahedi		57.504
5	Anas Al Khalifa		1:01.032
6	Miroslav Šperk		1:05.319

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Steven Haxton		53.301
2	Norberto Mourão		54.173
3	Edward Clifton		55.774
4	Marius-Bogdan Ciustea		1:00.355
5	Gajendra Singh		1:03.621
6	Yuta Takagi		1:06.652

Semifinal

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi and best 8th advanced to the final B.^{[5] [6]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Higinio Rivero		53.437
2	Andrii Kryvchun		54.383
3	Edward Clifton		54.701
4	Tamás Juhász		55.027
5	Marius-Bogdan Ciustea		58.732
6	Anas Al Khalifa		58.959
7	Santi Wantawee		1:03.006
8	Yuta Takagi		1:10.905

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Róbert Suba		52.175
2	Norberto Mourão		53.012
3	Mathieu St-Pierre		54.225
4	Eslam Jahedi		55.613
5	Miroslav Šperk		1:00.947
6	Takanori Kato		1:02.950
7	Gajendra Singh		1:04.283
8	Moritz Berthold		1:16.39

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[7]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
1	Tamás Juhász		56.864
2	Eslam Jahedi		57.149
3	Marius-Bogdan Ciustea		59.092
4	Anas Al Khalifa		1:00.531
5	Miroslav Šperk		1:02.590
6	Gajendra Singh		1:02.716
7	Santi Wantawee		1:02.963
8	Takanori Kato		1:05.667
9	Yuta Takagi		1:08.001

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[8]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time
	Fernando Rufino de Paulo		50.344
	Igor Alex Tofalini		51.229
	Steven Haxton		52.089
4	Róbert Suba		52.848
5	Norberto Mourão		53.143
6	Higinio Rivero		54.137
7	Andrii Kryvchun		54.246
8	Mathieu St-Pierre		54.411
9	Edward Clifton		55.382

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships 2023 Schedule . kanuduisburg.de . 25 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826024541/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/regatta.php?competition=wettkampf_277 . live .
2. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - 1st Heat . kanuduisburg.de . 14 September 2023 . 28 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230828232048/https://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=59 . live .
3. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - 2nd Heat . kanuduisburg.de . 14 September 2023 . 29 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230829084810/https://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=60 . live .
4. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - 3rd Heat . kanuduisburg.de . 14 September 2023 . 29 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929180413/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=61 . live .
5. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - Semifinal 1. Spotfokus. 14 September 2023. 29 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929181249/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=136. live.
6. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - Semifinal 2. Spotfokus. 14 September 2023. 28 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230828232046/https://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=137. live.
7. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - Final B. Spotfokus. 14 September 2023. 29 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929162511/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=207. live.
8. Web site: VL2 Men 200m - Final A. Spotfokus. 14 September 2023. 26 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230826102430/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=208. live.