# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL2

The men's KL2 competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place at Sportpark Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 23 August 2023 | 10:55 | Heats |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 12:47 | Semifinals |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 17:30 | Final A |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 18:36 | Final B |
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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 42.097 | QA |
| 2 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 42.826 | QS |
| 3 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 43.465 | QS |
| 4 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 43.564 | QS |
| 5 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 45.489 | QS |
| 6 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 45.953 | QS |
| 7 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 47.636 | QS |
| 8 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 48.515 | |
| 9 | Younho On | South Korea | 49.293 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 40.695 | QA |
| 2 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 41.585 | QS |
| 3 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 42.423 | QS |
| 4 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 42.748 | QS |
| 5 | Olasupo Temitope Hassan | Nigeria | 46.982 | QS |
| 6 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 47.065 | QS |
| 7 | Mehdi Deghmache | France | 48.798 | QS |
| 8 | Martin Diatta | Senegal | 50.192 | |
| 9 | Wei Shi | Chile | 51.231 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 41.496 | QA |
| 2 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 41.753 | QS |
| 3 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 41.931 | QS |
| 4 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 42.027 | QS |
| 5 | Tibor Kiss | Hungary | 44.708 | QS |
| 6 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 46.678 | QS |
| 7 | Sanjeev Kotiya | India | 48.988 | QS |
| 8 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 49.911 | |
| | Mauricio Adan Grotiuz | Uruguay | DNF | |

### Semifinals

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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 42.581 | QA |
| 2 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 42.853 | QA |
| 3 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 42.948 | QA |
| 4 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 43.058 | QB |
| 5 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 45.074 | QB |
| 6 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 46.714 | QB |
| 7 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 47.387 | QB |
| 8 | Mehdi Deghmache | France | 48.198 | qB |
| 9 | Olasupo Temitope Hassan | Nigeria | 56.422 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.821 | QA |
| 2 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 43.513 | QA |
| 3 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 44.506 | QA |
| 4 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 44.513 | QB |
| 5 | Tibor Kiss | Hungary | 46.271 | QB |
| 6 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 47.148 | QB |
| 7 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 48.190 | QB |
| 8 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 49.057 | |
| 9 | Sanjeev Kotiya | India | 49.620 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 43.263 |
| 2 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 43.366 |
| 3 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 45.021 |
| 4 | Tibor Kis | Hungary | 46.471 |
| 5 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 46.492 |
| 6 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 47.134 |
| 7 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 47.756 |
| 8 | Mehdi Deghmache | France | 49.258 |
| 9 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 49.530 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 40.200 |
| | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 41.614 |
| | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 41.658 |
| 4 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.071 |
| 5 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 42.128 |
| 6 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 42.208 |
| 7 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 42.282 |
| 8 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 42.314 |
| 9 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 43.835 |