2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 5000 metres
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 5000 metres

The men's C-1 5000 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 15:10 | Final |

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

## Results

As a long-distance event, it was held as a direct final.

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Balázs Adolf | Hungary | 23:08.62 |
| | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 23:09.28 |
| | Kirill Shamshurin | RCF | 23:30.18 |
| 4 | Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 23:40.56 |
| 5 | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 23:55.11 |
| 6 | Mateusz Kamiński | Poland | 24:06.82 |
| 7 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 24:12.51 |
| 8 | Fernando Jorge | Cuba | 24:28.92 |
| 9 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 24:30.67 |
| 10 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 24:38.87 |
| 11 | Andrii Zakharov | Ukraine | 24:40.94 |
| 12 | Craig Spence | Canada | 24:52.98 |
| 13 | Bruno Kumpez | Croatia | 25:45.39 |
| – | Mikita Rudzevich | Belarus | DNF |
| – | Noel Domínguez | Spain | DSQ |
| – | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | DSQ |
