Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's VL2
# Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's VL2

Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics :

| KL1 | men | women |
| - | - | - |
| KL2 | men | women |
| KL3 | men | women |
| VL2 | men | women |
| VL3 | men |

The Canoe Sprint men's VL2 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 14 and 15 September 2021.

Two heats were held. Winners advanced directly to the final. The rest went into the semi-finals, where the top three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

This was the first event in the Paralympics to feature the Va'a outrigger boat.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 2 September 2021 | 11:10 | Heats |
| Saturday, 4 September 2021 | 10:00 | Semifinals |
| Saturday, 4 September 2021 | 11:12 | Final A |

## Results

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 55.258 | FA, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Steven Haxton | United States | 57.027 | SF |
| 3 | 7 | Igor Korobeynikov | RPC | 57.420 | SF |
| 4 | 6 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 58.000 | SF |
| 5 | 3 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 59.683 | SF |
| 6 | 2 | Anas Al Khalifa | Refugee Paralympic Team | 1:04.658 | SF |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 57.831 | FA |
| 2 | 4 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 58.366 | SF |
| 3 | 6 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 58.699 | SF |
| 4 | 2 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 1:01.395 | SF |
| 5 | 3 | Ilya Taupianets | Belarus | 1:02.429 | SF |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Steven Haxton | United States | 54.576 | FA, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 55.818 | FA |
| 3 | 6 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 56.025 | FA |
| 4 | 3 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 58.057 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 55.195 | FA |
| 2 | 5 | Igor Korobeynikov | RPC | 55.357 | FA |
| 3 | 3 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 57.725 | FA |
| 4 | 6 | Ilya Taupianets | Belarus | 59.736 | |
| 5 | 2 | Anas Al Khalifa | Refugee Paralympic Team | 1:01.467 | |

### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 53.077 | PB |
| | 6 | Steven Haxton | United States | 55.093 | |
| | 4 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 55.365 | |
| 4 | 7 | Igor Korobeynikov | RPC | 55.681 | |
| 5 | 8 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 56.029 | |
| 6 | 3 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 56.058 | |
| 7 | 1 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 56.390 | |
| 8 | 2 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 57.193 | |
