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

The men's K-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 | 16:25 | Final |

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

## Results

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

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Bálint Noé | Hungary | 20:02.96 |
| | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 20:03.19 |
| | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | 20:13.25 |
| 4 | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 20:33.04 |
| 5 | Quentin Urban | France | 20:33.70 |
| 6 | Javier López | Spain | 20:34.58 |
| 7 | Tobias-Pascal Schultz | Germany | 20:34.90 |
| 8 | Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 20:49.34 |
| 9 | Eivind Vold | Norway | 21:08.39 |
| 10 | Quaid Thompson | New Zealand | 21:11.88 |
| 11 | Andrea Schera | Italy | 21:22.60 |
| 12 | Martin Nathell | Sweden | 21:25.45 |
| 13 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 21:45.90 |
| 14 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 21:46.12 |
| 15 | Manuel Micaz | Argentina | 21:47.98 |
| 16 | Artuur Peters | Belgium | 21:58.81 |
| 17 | Oleksandr Syromiatnykov | Ukraine | 22:03.95 |
| 18 | Eetu Kolehmainen | Finland | 22:12.04 |
| 19 | Marko Ujvári | Slovakia | 22:18.94 |
| 20 | Vasily Pogreban | RCF | 23:04.55 |
| – | Juan Rodríguez | Mexico | DNF |
| – | Mitchell Barran | Canada | DNF |
| – | Jošt Zakrajšek | Slovenia | DNS |
| – | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | DNS |
