title: 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2
text: # 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2
  
  The men's VL2 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 | 16:05 | Heats |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 10:50 | Semifinal |
  | Friday 17 September 2021 | 15:35 | 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 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 54.10 | QF |
  | 2 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 57.70 | QF |
  | 3 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 58.44 | QF |
  | 4 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 58.55 | QS |
  | 5 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.67 | QS |
  | 6 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 1:01.24 | QS |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 55.87 | QF |
  | 2 | Igor Korobeynikov | RCF | 55.88 | QF |
  | 3 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 56.02 | QF |
  | 4 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 56.55 | QS |
  | 5 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:07.94 | QS |
  | – | Roman Serebryakov | RCF | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinal
  
  The fastest three boats advanced to the final.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 57.08 | QF |
  | 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 58.25 | QF |
  | 3 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.54 | QF |
  | 4 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 1:02.38 | |
  | 5 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:09.52 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 53.93 |
  | | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 56.21 |
  | | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 56.54 |
  | 4 | Igor Korobeynikov | RCF | 56.78 |
  | 5 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 57.05 |
  | 6 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 57.13 |
  | 7 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 57.92 |
  | 8 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 57.94 |
  | 9 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.17 |
  