# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2

The men's VL2 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 | 15:40 | Heats |
| Thursday 24 August 2023 | 15:20 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 8:50 | Final B |
| Saturday 26 August 2023 | 11:41 | 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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 51.727 | QA |
| 2 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.236 | QS |
| 3 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 54.264 | QS |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 56.922 | QS |
| 5 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:02.718 | QS |
| 6 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 1:04.843 | QS |
| 7 | Moritz Berthold | Germany | 1:17.233 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 52.579 | QA |
| 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 54.386 | QS |
| 3 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 56.356 | QS |
| 4 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 57.504 | QS |
| 5 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 1:01.032 | QS |
| 6 | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | 1:05.319 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steven Haxton | United States | 53.301 | QA |
| 2 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 54.173 | QS |
| 3 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 55.774 | QS |
| 4 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 1:00.355 | QS |
| 5 | Gajendra Singh | India | 1:03.621 | QS |
| 6 | Yuta Takagi | Japan | 1:06.652 | QS |

### Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi and fastest eighth-placer advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 53.437 | QA |
| 2 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 54.383 | QA |
| 3 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 54.701 | QA |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 55.027 | QB |
| 5 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 58.732 | QB |
| 6 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 58.959 | QB |
| 7 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 1:03.006 | QB |
| 8 | Yuta Takagi | Japan | 1:10.905 | qB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 52.175 | QA |
| 2 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 53.012 | QA |
| 3 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 54.225 | QA |
| 4 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 55.613 | QB |
| 5 | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | 1:00.947 | QB |
| 6 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:02.950 | QB |
| 7 | Gajendra Singh | India | 1:04.283 | QB |
| 8 | Moritz Berthold | Germany | 1:16.392 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 56.864 |
| 2 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 57.149 |
| 3 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 59.092 |
| 4 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 1:00.531 |
| 5 | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | 1:02.590 |
| 6 | Gajendra Singh | India | 1:02.716 |
| 7 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 1:02.963 |
| 8 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:05.667 |
| 9 | Yuta Takagi | Japan | 1:08.001 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 50.344 |
| | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 51.229 |
| | Steven Haxton | United States | 52.089 |
| 4 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 52.848 |
| 5 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 53.143 |
| 6 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.137 |
| 7 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 54.246 |
| 8 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 54.411 |
| 9 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 55.382 |