# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 200 metres

The men's K-1 200 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 | 14:00 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 14:00 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 08:55 | Final C |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 09:00 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 11:51 | Final A |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest four boats in each heat, plus the fastest three remaining boats, advanced to the semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Badri Kavelashvili | Georgia | 35.635 | QS |
| 2 | Martin Sobíšek | Czech Republic | 36.353 | QS |
| 3 | Brandon Wei Cheng Ooi | Singapore | 37.163 | QS |
| 4 | Ahmed Elbedwihy | Egypt | 39.166 | QS |
| 5 | Nicholas Robinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.390 | |
| 6 | Juan Arbeláez | Colombia | 39.668 | |
| | Ousmane Mbaye | Senegal | DNS | DNS |
| | Ray Acuna | Venezuela | DNS | DNS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roberts Akmens | Latvia | 35.776 | QS |
| 2 | Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 35.820 | QS |
| 3 | Jakub Michalski | Poland | 36.492 | QS |
| 4 | Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris | Iraq | 36.949 | QS |
| 5 | Erlan Sultangaziev | Kyrgyzstan | 37.428 | qS |
| 6 | Philip Majumdar | United States | 37.597 | |
| 7 | Achraf Elaidi | Morocco | 45.872 | |
| 8 | Pita Taufatofua | Tonga | 52.925 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Balázs Birkás | Hungary | 35.752 | QS |
| 2 | Petter Menning | Sweden | 35.907 | QS |
| 3 | Emircan Ayaklı | Turkey | 37.594 | QS |
| 4 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 38.136 | QS |
| 5 | Eddy Barranco | Puerto Rico | 39.901 | |
| 6 | Amado Cruz | Belize | 40.009 | |
| 7 | Andre Tutaka-George | Cook Islands | 41.910 | |
| 8 | Joaquim Manhique | Mozambique | 42.005 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin Santos | Portugal | 36.016 | QS |
| 2 | Denislav Tsvetanov | Bulgaria | 36.175 | QS |
| 3 | Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 36.635 | QS |
| 4 | Fletcher Armstrong | Australia | 37.157 | QS |
| 5 | Gustav Bock | Denmark | 37.162 | qS |
| 6 | So Pak Yin | Hong Kong | 38.720 | |
| 7 | Vishnu Reghunath | India | 39.306 | |
| 8 | Jairo Domingos | Angola | 42.153 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 35.965 | QS |
| 2 | Nicholas Matveev | Canada | 36.149 | QS |
| 3 | Luka Stojkov | Serbia | 36.693 | QS |
| 4 | Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 38.141 | QS |
| 5 | Ryad Bentouati | Algeria | 39.726 | |
| 6 | Milan Gajdobranski | United Arab Emirates | 40.305 | |
| 7 | Nikola Maleski | North Macedonia | 43.428 | |
| 8 | Trevor Lespoir | Seychelles | 44.719 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 35.338 | QS |
| 2 | Carlos Garrote | Spain | 35.623 | QS |
| 3 | Jonas Dräger | Germany | 35.904 | QS |
| 4 | Edson Silva | Brazil | 36.269 | QS |
| 5 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 37.369 | qS |
| 6 | Henry van der Walt | South Africa | 38.012 | |
| 7 | Rafik Saputra | Indonesia | 38.544 | |

### 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. The remaining boats advanced to the C final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Carlos Garrote | Spain | 34.186 | QA |
| 2 | Badri Kavelashvili | Georgia | 34.274 | QA |
| 3 | Kevin Santos | Portugal | 34.334 | QA |
| 4 | Petter Menning | Sweden | 34.646 | QB |
| 5 | Luka Stojkov | Serbia | 34.985 | QB |
| 6 | Jakub Michalski | Poland | 35.514 | QB |
| 7 | Fletcher Armstrong | Australia | 35.771 | QC |
| 8 | Gustav Bock | Denmark | 36.216 | QC |
| 9 | Ahmed Elbedwihy | Egypt | 38.535 | QC |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 34.467 | QA |
| 2 | Denislav Tsvetanov | Bulgaria | 34.575 | QA |
| 3 | Roberts Akmens | Latvia | 34.826 | QA |
| 4 | Jonas Dräger | Germany | 35.079 | QB |
| 5 | Martin Sobíšek | Czech Republic | 35.575 | QB |
| 6 | Emircan Ayaklı | Turkey | 36.323 | QB |
| 7 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 36.344 | QC |
| 8 | Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris | Iraq | 36.412 | QC |
| 9 | Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 36.812 | QC |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Balázs Birkás | Hungary | 34.720 | QA |
| 2 | Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 34.912 | QA |
| 3 | Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 34.955 | QA |
| 4 | Nicholas Matveev | Canada | 35.178 | QB |
| 5 | Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 35.220 | QB |
| 6 | Edson Silva | Brazil | 35.418 | QB |
| 7 | Erlan Sultangaziev | Kyrgyzstan | 36.207 | QC |
| 8 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 36.234 | QC |
| 9 | Brandon Wei Cheng Ooi | Singapore | 37.051 | QC |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 36.751 |
| 2 | Fletcher Armstrong | Australia | 37.040 |
| 3 | Gustav Bock | Denmark | 37.075 |
| 4 | Erlan Sultangaziev | Kyrgyzstan | 37.426 |
| 5 | Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 37.537 |
| 6 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 37.748 |
| 7 | Ahmed Sameer Jumaah Faris | Iraq | 37.763 |
| 8 | Ahmed Elbedwihy | Egypt | 40.498 |
| | Brandon Wei Cheng Ooi | Singapore | DNS |

### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Petter Menning | Sweden | 35.232 |
| 2 | Nicholas Matveev | Canada | 35.360 |
| 3 | Jonas Dräger | Germany | 35.403 |
| 4 | Oleksandr Zaitsev | Ukraine | 35.619 |
| 5 | Luka Stojkov | Serbia | 35.696 |
| 6 | Edson Silva | Brazil | 35.997 |
| 7 | Martin Sobíšek | Czech Republic | 36.073 |
| 8 | Jakub Michalski | Poland | 36.339 |
| 9 | Emircan Ayaklı | Turkey | 36.490 |

### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Artūras Seja | Lithuania | 35.243 |
| | Badri Kavelashvili | Georgia | 35.364 |
| | Carlos Garrote | Spain | 35.380 |
| 4 | Kevin Santos | Portugal | 35.565 |
| 5 | Lewis Fletcher | Great Britain | 35.674 |
| 6 | Balázs Birkás | Hungary | 35.735 |
| 7 | Roberts Akmens | Latvia | 36.119 |
| 8 | Cho Gwang-hee | South Korea | 36.154 |
| 9 | Denislav Tsvetanov | Bulgaria | 36.244 |