title: 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL3
text: # 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL3
  
  The men's KL3 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 | 09:20 | Heats |
  | Thursday 16 September 2021 | 11:40 | Semifinals |
  | Saturday 18 September 2021 | 10:15 | Final B |
  | Saturday 18 September 2021 | 10:50 | Final A |
  
  All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 43.85 | QA |
  | 2 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 45.19 | QS |
  | 3 | Pablo Díaz | Spain | 45.87 | QS |
  | 4 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 48.33 | QS |
  | 5 | Raphaël Louvigny | France | 48.41 | QS |
  | 6 | Koichi Imai | Japan | 49.54 | QS |
  | – | Artem Voronkov | RCF | DNS | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Juan Valle | Spain | 41.84 | QA |
  | 2 | Tom Kierey | Germany | 42.80 | QS |
  | 3 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 43.04 | QS |
  | 4 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.23 | QS |
  | 5 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 45.08 | QS |
  | 6 | Andrii Syvykh | Ukraine | 48.33 | QS |
  | – | Manish Kaurav | India | DNS | |
  | – | Leonid Krylov | RCF | DNS | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 41.26 | QA |
  | 2 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 42.39 | QS |
  | 3 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 43.38 | QS |
  | 4 | Martin Farineaux | France | 43.64 | QS |
  | 5 | José Segura | Spain | 46.03 | QS |
  | 6 | Dávid Török | Hungary | 46.49 | QS |
  | 7 | Gabriel Ferron-Bouius | Canada | 46.96 | QS |
  | – | Edmond Sanka | Senegal | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  Qualification was as follows:
  
  The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 42.74 | QA |
  | 2 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 43.50 | QA |
  | 3 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 43.73 | QA |
  | 4 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 44.30 | QB |
  | 5 | Martin Farineaux | France | 44.36 | QB |
  | 6 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 46.91 | QB |
  | 7 | Dávid Török | Hungary | 47.08 | QB |
  | 8 | Koichi Imai | Japan | 49.32 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 42.29 | QA |
  | 2 | Tom Kierey | Germany | 42.54 | QA |
  | 3 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.94 | QA |
  | 4 | Pablo Díaz | Spain | 45.84 | QB |
  | 5 | Raphaël Louvigny | France | 46.54 | QB |
  | 6 | José Segura | Spain | 47.33 | QB |
  | 7 | Gabriel Ferron-Bouius | Canada | 47.67 | QB |
  | 8 | Andrii Syvykh | Ukraine | 48.17 | qB |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 42.06 |
  | 2 | Martin Farineaux | France | 42.21 |
  | 3 | Pablo Díaz | Spain | 43.92 |
  | 4 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 44.26 |
  | 5 | José Segura | Spain | 44.57 |
  | 6 | Andrii Syvykh | Ukraine | 45.44 |
  | 7 | Raphaël Louvigny | France | 45.46 |
  | 8 | Gabriel Ferron-Bouius | Canada | 45.65 |
  | 9 | Dávid Török | Hungary | 45.87 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 39.54 |
  | | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 40.68 |
  | | Juan Valle | Spain | 41.04 |
  | 4 | Tom Kierey | Germany | 41.40 |
  | 5 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 41.45 |
  | 6 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 41.78 |
  | 7 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 42.69 |
  | 8 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 42.72 |
  | 9 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.40 |
  