2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL1
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL1

The men's KL1 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 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 11:30 | Semifinal |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 10:20 | 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 | Péter Pál Kiss | Hungary | 49.24 | QF |
| 2 | Rémy Boullé | France | 50.22 | QF |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ilichev | RCF | 53.36 | QF |
| 4 | Anas Al-Khalifa | Germany | 53.87 | QS |
| 5 | Ian Marsden | Great Britain | 54.04 | QS |
| 6 | Adrián Castaño | Spain | 57.53 | QS |
| 7 | Robinson Méndez | Chile | 1:07.85 | QS |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 47.41 | QF |
| 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 48.76 | QF |
| 3 | Alex Santos | Portugal | 52.86 | QF |
| 4 | Pavel Gromov | RCF | 53.78 | QS |
| 5 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 55.91 | QS |
| 6 | Artur Chuprov | RCF | 57.72 | QS |
| – | Yuta Takagi | Japan | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pavel Gromov | RCF | 55.21 | QF |
| 2 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 55.70 | QF |
| 3 | Anas Al-Khalifa | Germany | 55.95 | QF |
| 4 | Ian Marsden | Great Britain | 57.35 | |
| 5 | Adrián Castaño | Spain | 59.53 | |
| 6 | Artur Chuprov | RCF | 59.54 | |
| 7 | Robinson Méndez | Chile | 1:09.51 | |

### Final

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

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Péter Pál Kiss | Hungary | 45.94 |
| | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 46.30 |
| | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 47.86 |
| 4 | Rémy Boullé | France | 48.57 |
| 5 | Anas Al-Khalifa | Germany | 52.54 |
| 6 | Alex Santos | Portugal | 52.77 |
| 7 | Pavel Gromov | RCF | 53.04 |
| 8 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 53.17 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Ilichev | RCF | 54.24 |
