2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2

The men's VL2 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 16:05 | Heats |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 10:50 | Semifinal |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 15:35 | Final |

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

## Results

### Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 54.10 | QF |
| 2 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 57.70 | QF |
| 3 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 58.44 | QF |
| 4 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 58.55 | QS |
| 5 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.67 | QS |
| 6 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 1:01.24 | QS |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 55.87 | QF |
| 2 | Igor Korobeynikov | RCF | 55.88 | QF |
| 3 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 56.02 | QF |
| 4 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 56.55 | QS |
| 5 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:07.94 | QS |
| – | Roman Serebryakov | RCF | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 57.08 | QF |
| 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 58.25 | QF |
| 3 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.54 | QF |
| 4 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 1:02.38 | |
| 5 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:09.52 | |

### Final

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

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 53.93 |
| | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 56.21 |
| | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 56.54 |
| 4 | Igor Korobeynikov | RCF | 56.78 |
| 5 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 57.05 |
| 6 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 57.13 |
| 7 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 57.92 |
| 8 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 57.94 |
| 9 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.17 |
