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]

DateTimeRound
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:lemonchiffonFinal 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

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Igor Alex Tofalini51.727
2Higinio Rivero54.236
3Mathieu St-Pierre54.264
4Tamás Juhász56.922
5Takanori Kato1:02.718
6Santi Wantawee1:04.843
7Moritz Berthold1:17.233

Heat 2

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Fernando Rufino de Paulo52.579
2Róbert Suba54.386
3Andrii Kryvchun56.356
4Eslam Jahedi57.504
5Anas Al Khalifa1:01.032
6Miroslav Šperk1:05.319

Heat 3

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Steven Haxton53.301
2Norberto Mourão54.173
3Edward Clifton55.774
4Marius-Bogdan Ciustea1:00.355
5Gajendra Singh1:03.621
6Yuta Takagi1:06.652

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

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Higinio Rivero53.437
2Andrii Kryvchun54.383
3Edward Clifton54.701
4Tamás Juhász55.027
5Marius-Bogdan Ciustea58.732
6Anas Al Khalifa58.959
7Santi Wantawee1:03.006
8Yuta Takagi1:10.905

Semifinal 2

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Róbert Suba52.175
2Norberto Mourão53.012
3Mathieu St-Pierre54.225
4Eslam Jahedi55.613
5Miroslav Šperk1:00.947
6Takanori Kato1:02.950
7Gajendra Singh1:04.283
8Moritz Berthold1:16.39

Finals

Final B

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

RankCanoeistCountryTime
1Tamás Juhász56.864
2Eslam Jahedi57.149
3Marius-Bogdan Ciustea59.092
4Anas Al Khalifa1:00.531
5Miroslav Šperk1:02.590
6Gajendra Singh1:02.716
7Santi Wantawee1:02.963
8Takanori Kato1:05.667
9Yuta Takagi1:08.001

Final A

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

RankCanoeistCountryTime
Fernando Rufino de Paulo50.344
Igor Alex Tofalini51.229
Steven Haxton52.089
4Róbert Suba52.848
5Norberto Mourão53.143
6Higinio Rivero54.137
7Andrii Kryvchun54.246
8Mathieu St-Pierre54.411
9Edward Clifton55.382

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.