title: 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL3
text: # 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL3
  
  The men's VL3 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 | 15:40 | Heats |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 11:00 | Semifinals |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 15:30 | Final B |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 15:47 | 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 | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 50.32 | QA |
  | 2 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 50.86 | QS |
  | 3 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 50.96 | QS |
  | 4 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 52.44 | QS |
  | 5 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 52.61 | QS |
  | 6 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 52.70 | QS |
  | – | Manish Kaurav | India | DNS | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stuart Wood | Great Britain | 50.68 | QA |
  | 2 | Eddie Potdevin | France | 52.36 | QS |
  | 3 | Maksim Popov | RCF | 53.95 | QS |
  | 4 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 55.95 | QS |
  | 5 | Koichi Imai | Japan | 56.17 | QS |
  | 6 | Robert Wydera | Poland | 59.03 | QS |
  | 7 | Allgower Maruae | Tahiti | 1:00.05 | QS |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vladyslav Yepifanov | Ukraine | 50.33 | QA |
  | 2 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 51.31 | QS |
  | 3 | Egor Firsov | RCF | 52.97 | QS |
  | 4 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 53.38 | QS |
  | 5 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 55.31 | QS |
  | 6 | Abel Aber | France | 55.99 | QS |
  
  ### 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 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 51.50 | QA |
  | 2 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 51.80 | QA |
  | 3 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 52.13 | QA |
  | 4 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 53.30 | QB |
  | 5 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 53.73 | QB |
  | 6 | Maksim Popov | RCF | 54.42 | QB |
  | 7 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 56.47 | QB |
  | 8 | Robert Wydera | Poland | 59.74 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eddie Potdevin | France | 50.59 | QA |
  | 2 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 51.23 | QA |
  | 3 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 52.73 | QA |
  | 4 | Egor Firsov | RCF | 53.39 | QB |
  | 5 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 53.90 | QB |
  | 6 | Abel Aber | France | 55.02 | QB |
  | 7 | Koichi Imai | Japan | 56.28 | QB |
  | 8 | Allgower Maruae | Tahiti | 58.99 | qB |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 52.43 |
  | 2 | Egor Firsov | RCF | 53.08 |
  | 3 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 53.30 |
  | 4 | Maksim Popov | RCF | 53.74 |
  | 5 | Abel Aber | France | 54.47 |
  | 6 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 54.72 |
  | 7 | Koichi Imai | Japan | 55.35 |
  | 8 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 55.39 |
  | 9 | Allgower Maruae | Tahiti | 58.02 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 50.01 |
  | | Stuart Wood | Great Britain | 50.13 |
  | | Vladyslav Yepifanov | Ukraine | 50.55 |
  | 4 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 51.04 |
  | 5 | Eddie Potdevin | France | 51.04 |
  | 6 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 51.46 |
  | 7 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 51.67 |
  | 8 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 52.27 |
  | 9 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 53.25 |
  