2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 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 |
| - | - | - |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 11:56 | Heats |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 14:00 | Semifinal |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 12:06 | 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 | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maksim Piatrou | Belarus | 1:51.39 | QF |
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:51.68 | QF |
| 3 | Mateusz Kamiński | Poland | 1:52.54 | QF |
| 4 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:52.77 | QS |
| 5 | Taras Mishchuk | Ukraine | 1:53.13 | QS |
| 6 | Craig Spence | Canada | 1:55.83 | QS |
| 7 | Manuel Fontán | Spain | 1:55.97 | QS |
| 8 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:58.82 | qS |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:50.69 | QF |
| 2 | Conrad-Robin Scheibner | Germany | 1:51.63 | QF |
| 3 | José Ramón Pelier | Cuba | 1:52.40 | QF |
| 4 | Balázs Kiss | Hungary | 1:53.94 | QS |
| 5 | Dmitrii Sharov | RCF | 1:54.47 | QS |
| 6 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 1:54.70 | QS |
| 7 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 1:57.01 | QS |
| 8 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:59.62 | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:50.18 | QF |
| 2 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 1:50.29 | QF |
| 3 | Taras Mishchuk | Ukraine | 1:50.47 | QF |
| 4 | Balázs Kiss | Hungary | 1:50.96 | |
| 5 | Craig Spence | Canada | 1:52.10 | |
| 6 | Dmitrii Sharov | RCF | 1:52.77 | |
| 7 | Manuel Fontán | Spain | 1:53.98 | |
| 8 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 1:54.13 | |
| 9 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:56.76 | |

### Final

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top four as two boats were tied for third place.

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Conrad-Robin Scheibner | Germany | 1:46.55 |
| | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:47.58 |
| | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:48.50 |
| | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:48.50 |
| 5 | Maksim Piatrou | Belarus | 1:49.35 |
| 6 | Mateusz Kamiński | Poland | 1:49.60 |
| 7 | Taras Mishchuk | Ukraine | 1:50.07 |
| 8 | Adel Mojallali | Iran | 1:50.48 |
| 9 | José Ramón Pelier | Cuba | 1:50.57 |
