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

The men's K-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 | 11:20 | Heats |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 14:06 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 10:42 | Final B |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 12:30 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 1:43.34 | QS |
| 2 | Pelayo Roza | Spain | 1:43.48 | QS |
| 3 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:44.60 | QS |
| 4 | Jakub Sliwa | Poland | 1:45.22 | QS |
| 5 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres | Argentina | 1:46.22 | QS |
| 6 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 1:49.23 | QS |
| 7 | Ioannis Odysseos | Cyprus | 1:52.20 | qS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:43.51 | QS |
| 2 | Nicolai Winther | Denmark | 1:44.31 | QS |
| 3 | Vitaly Ershov | RCF | 1:44.40 | QS |
| 4 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:46.40 | QS |
| 5 | Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:46.50 | QS |
| 6 | Ričardas Nekriošius | Lithuania | 1:46.64 | QS |
| 7 | Nicholas Robinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:04.16 | |
| – | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 1:42.12 | QS |
| 2 | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:43.18 | QS |
| 3 | Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 1:43.55 | QS |
| 4 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:43.72 | QS |
| 5 | Lars Magne Ullvang | Norway | 1:43.80 | QS |
| 6 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:44.74 | QS |
| 7 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:46.99 | qS |
| 8 | Juan Rodríguez | Mexico | 1:59.82 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 1:43.60 | QS |
| 2 | Péter István Gál | Hungary | 1:43.86 | QS |
| 3 | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:45.83 | QS |
| 4 | Theodor Orban | Sweden | 1:46.92 | QS |
| 5 | Alex Scott | Canada | 1:49.76 | QS |
| 6 | Eetu Kolehmainen | Finland | 1:55.10 | QS |
| 7 | Konstantinos Benetos | Greece | 2:01.65 | qS |

### Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:
The fastest three boats advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:39.96 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 1:40.96 | QA |
| 3 | Pelayo Roza | Spain | 1:41.27 | QA |
| 4 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:41.39 | QB |
| 5 | Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 1:41.42 | QB |
| 6 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:43.04 | QB |
| 7 | Ričardas Nekriošius | Lithuania | 1:44.26 | |
| 8 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 1:45.39 | |
| 9 | Alex Scott | Canada | 1:49.20 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 1:40.75 | QA |
| 2 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:42.11 | QA |
| 3 | Péter István Gál | Hungary | 1:42.50 | QA |
| 4 | Vitaly Ershov | RCF | 1:43.00 | QB |
| 5 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres | Argentina | 1:43.12 | QB |
| 6 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:43.13 | QB |
| 7 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:43.68 | |
| 8 | Theodor Orban | Sweden | 1:44.60 | |
| 9 | Ioannis Odysseos | Cyprus | 1:49.43 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:40.96 | QA |
| 2 | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:41.08 | QA |
| 3 | Lars Magne Ullvang | Norway | 1:41.34 | QA |
| 4 | Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 1:41.41 | QB |
| 5 | Nicolai Winther | Denmark | 1:42.89 | QB |
| 6 | Jakub Sliwa | Poland | 1:43.24 | QB |
| 7 | Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:45.21 | |
| 8 | Eetu Kolehmainen | Finland | 1:45.54 | |
| 9 | Konstantinos Benetos | Greece | 1:56.22 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tommaso Freschi | Italy | 1:41.28 |
| 2 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:41.31 |
| 3 | Daniel Johnson | Great Britain | 1:41.93 |
| 4 | Nicolai Winther | Denmark | 1:42.49 |
| 5 | Vitaly Ershov | RCF | 1:43.35 |
| 6 | Jakub Sliwa | Poland | 1:43.71 |
| 7 | Juan Ignacio Cáceres | Argentina | 1:43.72 |
| 8 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:44.34 |
| 9 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:44.38 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:38.87 |
| | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:39.88 |
| | Moritz Florstedt | Germany | 1:40.04 |
| 4 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 1:40.25 |
| 5 | Pelayo Roza | Spain | 1:41.45 |
| 6 | Lars Magne Ullvang | Norway | 1:41.63 |
| 7 | Péter István Gál | Hungary | 1:42.05 |
| 8 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:45.77 |
| 9 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 2:12.75 |