2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's VL3
# 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's VL3

The men's VL3 competition at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships took place in Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday 17 May 2016 | 16:10 | Heats |
| Wednesday 18 May 2016 | 15:55 | Semifinal |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 14:50 | 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 | Pier Alberto Buccoliero | Italy | 53.219 | QF |
| 2 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 54.860 | QF |
| 3 | Victor Potanin | Russia | 55.902 | QF |
| 4 | Jamey Parks | United States | 56.254 | QS |
| 5 | Anuj Singh | India | 1:03.759 | QS |
| 6 | Garik Pilosyan | Armenia | 1:04.323 | QS |
| – | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | DNF | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksei Egorov | Russia | 54.574 | QF |
| 2 | Martin Tweedie | Great Britain | 54.853 | QF |
| 3 | Mirosław Rosiński | Poland | 56.614 | QF |
| 4 | Maik Polte | Germany | 59.882 | QS |
| 5 | Henrik Emanuelsson | Sweden | 1:00.515 | QS |
| – | Nitin Kumar Chandra | India | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jamey Parks | United States | 52.028 | QF |
| 2 | Maik Polte | Germany | 56.377 | QF |
| 3 | Henrik Emanuelsson | Sweden | 57.511 | QF |
| 4 | Anuj Singh | India | 59.591 | |
| 5 | Garik Pilosyan | Armenia | 1:02.619 | |

### Final

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

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Pier Alberto Buccoliero | Italy | 51.473 |
| | Aleksei Egorov | Russia | 52.086 |
| | Martin Tweedie | Great Britain | 52.383 |
| 4 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 52.511 |
| 5 | Jamey Parks | United States | 52.857 |
| 6 | Mirosław Rosiński | Poland | 54.481 |
| 7 | Victor Potanin | Russia | 54.634 |
| 8 | Maik Polte | Germany | 57.104 |
| 9 | Henrik Emanuelsson | Sweden | 57.524 |
