# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL3

The men's VL3 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 |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 11:35 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 16:35 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 10:06 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2023 | 11:12 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat and three fastest 7th ranked boats advanced directly to the semi finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 47.542 | QS |
| 2 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 47.950 | QS |
| 3 | Arturo Edwards | Chile | 49.937 | QS |
| 4 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 50.267 | QS |
| 5 | Mark Daniels | Australia | 52.681 | QS |
| 6 | Sanjeev Kotiya | India | 57.232 | QS |
| 7 | Artur Petrosyan | Armenia | 58.320 | qS |
| – | Duan Yuguo | China | DSQ | DSQ |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladyslav Yepifanov | Ukraine | 47.269 | QS |
| 2 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 48.661 | QS |
| 3 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 48.904 | QS |
| 4 | Turabek Nazarkulov | Uzbekistan | 49.814 | QS |
| 5 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 49.878 | QS |
| 6 | Kapil Kumar | India | 55.905 | QS |
| 7 | Patipol Thippaphathanat | Thailand | 57.221 | qS |
| 8 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 1:09.521 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Khaytmurot Sherkuziev | Uzbekistan | 48.067 | QS |
| 2 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 48.268 | QS |
| 3 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 49.215 | QS |
| 4 | Robert Wydera | Poland | 49.956 | QS |
| 5 | Pu Yi | China | 51.321 | QS |
| 6 | Martin Diatta | Senegal | 55.649 | QS |
| 7 | Roman Terennik | Israel | 57.949 | qS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stuart Wood | Great Britain | 48.401 | QS |
| 2 | Adrian Mosquera | Spain | 48.704 | QS |
| 3 | Abel Aber | France | 48.778 | QS |
| 4 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 51.008 | QS |
| 5 | Jai Deep | India | 51.343 | QS |
| 6 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 55.717 | QS |
| – | Samuel Dagba | Nigeria | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 47.814 | QA |
| 2 | Abel Aber | France | 48.024 | QA |
| 3 | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 48.327 | QA |
| 4 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 48.502 | QB |
| 5 | Pu Yi | China | 50.839 | QB |
| 6 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 50.863 | QB |
| 7 | Mark Daniels | Australia | 53.230 | |
| 8 | Patipol Thippaphathanat | Thailand | 57.656 | |
| – | Kapil Kumar | India | DNS | DNS |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladyslav Yepifanov | Ukraine | 47.747 | QA |
| 2 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 48.731 | QA |
| 3 | Adrian Mosquera | Spain | 49.036 | QA |
| 4 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 49.645 | QB |
| 5 | Arturo Edwards | Chile | 50.000 | QB |
| 6 | Robert Wydera | Poland | 50.478 | QB |
| 7 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 51.405 | |
| 8 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 56.682 | |
| – | Roman Terennik | Israel | DNS | DNS |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Khaytmurot Sherkuziev | Uzbekistan | 48.147 | QA |
| 2 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 49.267 | QA |
| 3 | Stuart Wood | Great Britain | 49.500 | QA |
| 4 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 50.490 | QB |
| 5 | Jai Deep | India | 50.628 | QB |
| 6 | Turabek Nazarkulov | Uzbekistan | 51.055 | QB |
| 7 | Sanjeev Kotiya | India | 55.894 | |
| 8 | Martin Diatta | Senegal | 57.193 | |
| 9 | Artur Petrosyan | Armenia | 58.023 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 49.514 |
| 2 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 49.992 |
| 3 | Jai Deep | India | 50.333 |
| 4 | Robert Wydera | Poland | 50.378 |
| 5 | Mirko Nicoli | Italy | 50.732 |
| 6 | Arturo Edwards | Chile | 51.181 |
| 7 | Turabek Nazarkulov | Uzbekistan | 51.558 |
| 8 | Nicolás Crosta | Argentina | 51.624 |
| 9 | Pu Yi | China | 51.973 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Vladyslav Yepifanov | Ukraine | 48.238 |
| | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 48.602 |
| | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 48.879 |
| 4 | Khaytmurot Sherkuziev | Uzbekistan | 49.185 |
| 5 | Stuart Wood | Great Britain | 49.233 |
| 6 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 49.970 |
| 7 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 49.985 |
| 8 | Abel Aber | France | 50.094 |
| 9 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 51.452 |