# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 1000 metres

The men's K-1 1000 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 |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 10:20 | Heats |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 18:19 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 09:46 | Final B |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 11:22 | 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 | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 3:46.13 | QA |
| 2 | Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:48.67 | QS |
| 3 | Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:50.03 | QS |
| 4 | Charles Smith | Great Britain | 3:52.33 | QS |
| 5 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:52.35 | QS |
| 6 | Eetu Kolehmainen | Finland | 4:03.23 | QS |
| – | Jošt Zakrajšek | Slovenia | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 3:38.52 | QA |
| 2 | Martin Hiller | Germany | 3:39.74 | QS |
| 3 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:44.86 | QS |
| 4 | Peter Gelle | Slovakia | 3:45.06 | QS |
| 5 | Quaid Thompson | New Zealand | 3:45.14 | QS |
| 6 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 3:46.37 | QS |
| 7 | Simon McTavish | Canada | 3:46.99 | QS |
| 8 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 3:48.47 | |
| 9 | Nicholas Robinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 4:36.85 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:45.45 | QA |
| 2 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 3:48.70 | QS |
| 3 | Roi Rodríguez | Spain | 3:48.97 | QS |
| 4 | Andrea Schera | Italy | 3:50.40 | QS |
| 5 | Oleg Siniavin | RCF | 3:52.17 | QS |
| 6 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 3:53.12 | QS |
| 7 | Juan Rodríguez | Mexico | 4:15.10 | QS |
| – | Mohamed Mrabet | Tunisia | 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 | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrea Schera | Italy | 3:38.72 | QA |
| 2 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:39.85 | QA |
| 3 | Charles Smith | Great Britain | 3:40.54 | QA |
| 4 | Simon McTavish | Canada | 3:43.09 | QB |
| 5 | Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:43.29 | QB |
| 6 | Quaid Thompson | New Zealand | 3:43.52 | QB |
| 7 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 3:44.84 | QB |
| 8 | Roi Rodríguez | Spain | 3:46.30 | qB |
| 9 | Eetu Kolehmainen | Finland | 3:46.32 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Hiller | Germany | 3:39.78 | QA |
| 2 | Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:41.68 | QA |
| 3 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 3:42.04 | QA |
| 4 | Oleg Siniavin | RCF | 3:42.83 | QB |
| 5 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:43.87 | QB |
| 6 | Peter Gelle | Slovakia | 3:52.61 | QB |
| 7 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 4:12.83 | QB |
| 8 | Juan Rodríguez | Mexico | 4:30.45 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| 1 | Roi Rodríguez | Spain | 3:35.31 |
| 2 | Quaid Thompson | New Zealand | 3:36.13 |
| 3 | Simon McTavish | Canada | 3:36.49 |
| 4 | Jakub Zavřel | Czech Republic | 3:36.61 |
| 5 | Rafał Rosolski | Poland | 3:38.12 |
| 6 | Oleg Siniavin | RCF | 3:41.14 |
| 7 | Peter Gelle | Slovakia | 3:43.63 |
| 8 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 3:45.86 |
| 9 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 3:50.98 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 3:25.82 |
| | Bálint Kopasz | Hungary | 3:26.49 |
| | Aleh Yurenia | Belarus | 3:30.47 |
| 4 | Andrea Schera | Italy | 3:31.26 |
| 5 | Martin Hiller | Germany | 3:32.62 |
| 6 | Andrej Olijnik | Lithuania | 3:33.05 |
| 7 | René Holten Poulsen | Denmark | 3:35.20 |
| 8 | Charles Smith | Great Britain | 3:35.63 |
| 9 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 3:36.05 |