Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's VL3 explained

Event:	Men's VL3
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates:	2–4 September 2021
Competitors:	13
Nations:	12
Gold:	Curtis McGrath
Goldnpc:	AUS
Silver:	Giovane Vieira de Paula
Silvernpc:	BRA
Bronze:	Stuart Wood
Bronzenpc:	GBR
Next:	2024

The Canoe Sprint men's VL3 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 and 4 September 2021. Two initial heats were held. Winners advanced directly to the final. The rest went into one of two semifinals, where the top three in each semifinal also advanced to the final.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 2 September 2021	11:30	Heats
Saturday, 4 September 2021	10:19	Semifinals
	11:48	Finals

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[1]	Notes
1	7			51.526	,
2	6			52.579
3	4			53.435
4	2			54.269
5	3			54.470
6	1			55.439
7	5			56.773

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[2]	Notes
1	5			53.216
2	4			53.675
3	7			54.094
4	2			55.691
5	6			58.458
–	3

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[3]	Notes
1	5			50.004	,
2	6			51.450
3	7			51.704
4	4			51.787
5	3			54.992

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[4]	Notes
1	4			51.087
2	6			51.315
3	3			51.939
4	5			52.106
5	2			54.968

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[5]	Notes
9	5			53.531
10	4			54.511
11	3			55.845
12	6			57.028

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[6]	Notes
	4			50.537
	6			52.148
	3			52.760
4	7			52.793
5	8			52.910
6	5			53.055
7	2			53.246
8	1			54.756

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Heat 1 – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235411/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----HEAT000100--.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Heat 2 – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235412/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----HEAT000200--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Semi-final 1 – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235410/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----SFNL000100--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Semi-final 2 – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235411/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----SFNL000200--.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Final B – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235410/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----FNL-000200--.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL3 200m – Final A – Results. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 4 September 2021. 18 September 2021. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918235412/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/CSP/PG2020-_CSP_C73_CSPMV1-200M-03011-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.