# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place in Sportpark Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 23 August 2023 | 11:55 | Heats |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 13:27 | Semifinals |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 18:08 | Final A |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 19:08 | Final B |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest six boats in each heat, plus the fastest three remaining boats, advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cătălin Chirilă | Romania | 1:47.349 | QS |
| 2 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:49.193 | QS |
| 3 | Dániel Fejes | Hungary | 1:49.460 | QS |
| 4 | Andrew Billard | Canada | 1:50.975 | QS |
| 5 | Alejandro Rodríguez | Colombia | 1:51.650 | QS |
| 6 | Jonathan Grady | United States | 1:55.671 | QS |
| 7 | Gevorg Pilosyan | Armenia | 2:00.529 | QS |
| 8 | Mohamed Ali Merzougui | Algeria | 2:02.735 | |
| | Josephat Ngali | Kenya | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:47.653 | QS |
| 2 | Conrad-Robin Scheibner | Germany | 1:47.744 | QS |
| 3 | Adrian Sieiro | Spain | 1:50.992 | QS |
| 4 | Manfred Pallinger | Austria | 1:53.611 | QS |
| 5 | Michael Martínez | Chile | 1:54.092 | QS |
| 6 | Michael Akpos Moses | Nigeria | 2:09.726 | QS |
| 7 | Kelvi Nazare | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2:19.185 | |
| | Mussa Chamaune | Mozambique | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Filipe Santana | Brazil | 39.812 | QS |
| 2 | Sergey Yemelyanov | Kazakhstan | 40.779 | QS |
| 3 | Dominik Nowacki | Poland | 41.147 | QS |
| 4 | Yu Chenwei | China | 42.938 | QS |
| 5 | Ali Aldain | Iraq | 43.368 | QS |
| 6 | Cristian Sola | Ecuador | 45.935 | QS |
| 7 | Sunil Singh Salam | India | 1:58.407 | QS |
| 8 | Manuel António | Angola | 2:04.582 | |
| | Edwar Paredes | Venezuela | DNS | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jiří Minařík | Czech Republic | 1:48.721 | QS |
| 2 | Mohammad Nabi Rezaei | Iran | 1:49.990 | QS |
| 3 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:50.627 | QS |
| 4 | Benjamin Manning | Australia | 1:50.862 | QS |
| 5 | Javier Requeiro | Cuba | 1:56.379 | QS |
| 6 | Gia Gabedava | Georgia | 2:01.871 | QS |
| 7 | Dario Maksimovic | Luxembourg | 2:02.942 | QS |
| 8 | Umar Rustamov | Tajikistan | 2:09.741 | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the final B.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Cătălin Chirilă | Moldova | 1:46.861 | QA |
| 2 | Conrad-Robin Scheibner | Germany | 1:47.994 | QA |
| 3 | Sergey Yemelyanov | Kazakhstan | 1:49.858 | QA |
| 4 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:50.221 | QB |
| 5 | Benjamin Manning | Australia | 1:51.763 | QB |
| 6 | Alejandro Rodríguez | Colombia | 1:58.618 | QB |
| 7 | Sunil Singh Salam | India | 2:01.454 | |
| 8 | Michael Akpos Moses | Nigeria | 2:12.198 | |
| 9 | Ali Aldain | Iraq | 2:24.030 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:47.246 | QA |
| 2 | Yu Chenwei | China | 1:48.177 | QA |
| 3 | Dániel Fejes | Hungary | 1:48.534 | QA |
| 4 | Mohammad Nabi Rezaei | Iran | 1:50.106 | QB |
| 5 | Andrew Billard | Canada | 1:51.398 | QB |
| 6 | Dominik Nowacki | Poland | 1:51.526 | QB |
| 7 | Michael Martínez | Chile | 1:54.492 | |
| 8 | Gevorg Pilosyan | Armenia | 2:02.383 | |
| 9 | Gia Gabedava | Georgia | 2:05.003 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:48.245 | QA |
| 2 | Jiří Minařík | Czech Republic | 1:48.341 | QA |
| 3 | Adrian Sieiro | Spain | 1:48.531 | QA |
| 4 | Filipe Santana | Brazil | 1:49.235 | QB |
| 5 | Manfred Pallinger | Austria | 1:51.184 | QB |
| 6 | Cristian Sola | Ecuador | 1:54.419 | QB |
| 7 | Jonathan Grady | United States | 1:56.315 | |
| 8 | Javier Requeiro | Cuba | 1:59.486 | |
| 9 | Dario Maksimovic | Luxembourg | 2:07.565 | |

### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Filipe Santana | Brazil | 1:50.633 |
| 2 | Dominik Nowacki | Poland | 1:52.011 |
| 3 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:52.413 |
| 4 | Andrew Billard | Canada | 1:52.861 |
| 5 | Alejandro Rodríguez | Colombia | 1:53.415 |
| 6 | Mohammad Nabi Rezaei | Iran | 1:53.506 |
| 7 | Manfred Pallinger | Austria | 1:53.719 |
| 8 | Benjamin Manning | Australia | 1:54.363 |
| 9 | Cristian Sola | Ecuador | 1:57.525 |

### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Cătălin Chirilă | Romania | 1:45.373 |
| | Conrad-Robin Scheibner | Germany | 1:45.723 |
| | Serghei Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:46.746 |
| 4 | Jiří Minařík | Czech Republic | 1:47.697 |
| 5 | Adrian Sieiro | Spain | 1:47.961 |
| 6 | Yu Chenwei | China | 1:48.148 |
| 6 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:48.148 |
| 8 | Dániel Fejes | Hungary | 1:48.477 |
| 9 | Sergey Yemelyanov | Kazakhstan | 1:50.043 |