# 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's KL2

The men's KL2 competition at the 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 9 May 2024 | 9:05 | Heats |
| Thursday 9 May 2024 | 11:40 | Semifinals |
| Friday 10 May 2024 | 10:53 | Final B |
| Friday 10 May 2024 | 11:11 | 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 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 41.94 | QA |
| 2 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 43.73 | QS |
| 3 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 44.45 | QS |
| 4 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 45.09 | QS |
| 5 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 45.20 | QS |
| 6 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 47.95 | QS |
| 7 | On Younho | South Korea | 49.27 | QS |
| 8 | Sanjeev Kotiya | India | 51.09 | |
| 9 | Martin Diatta | Senegal | 51.50 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 41.78 | QA |
| 2 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 42.67 | QS |
| 3 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 42.94 | QS |
| 4 | Tibor Kiss | Hungary | 44.03 | QS |
| 5 | Javier Reja | Spain | 47.34 | QS |
| 6 | Olasupo Temitope | Nigeria | 49.20 | QS |
| 7 | Yury Samanenka | AIN | 53.68 | QS |
| 8 | Michael Ballard | United States | 54.95 | |
| 9 | Mauricio Grotiuz | Uruguay | 55.82 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.94 | QA |
| 2 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 43.25 | QS |
| 3 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 43.68 | QS |
| 4 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 44.64 | QS |
| 5 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 48.20 | QS |
| 6 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 49.50 | QS |
| 7 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 49.58 | QS |
| 8 | David Charbonnet | United States | 1:05.71 | |

### 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 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 42.44 | QA |
| 2 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 43.26 | QA |
| 3 | Tibor Kiss | Hungary | 43.94 | QA |
| 4 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 43.96 | QB |
| 5 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 44.83 | QB |
| 6 | Olasupo Temitope | Nigeria | 47.18 | QB |
| 7 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 47.34 | QB |
| 8 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 48.79 | qB |
| 9 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 49.66 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 41.87 | QA |
| 2 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 42.43 | QA |
| 3 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 42.79 | QA |
| 4 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 44.30 | QB |
| 5 | Javier Reja | Spain | 47.39 | QB |
| 6 | On Younho | South Korea | 47.89 | QB |
| 7 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 49.23 | QB |
| 8 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 49.24 | |
| 9 | Yury Samanenka | AIN | 55.52 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Uilian Ferreira Mendes | Brazil | 45.47 |
| 2 | Emilio Ariel Atamanuk | Argentina | 45.95 |
| 3 | Strahinja Bukvić | Serbia | 46.73 |
| 4 | Franco Gutiérrez | Chile | 47.24 |
| 5 | Olasupo Temitope | Nigeria | 49.91 |
| 6 | Adi Ezra | Israel | 50.42 |
| 7 | On Younho | South Korea | 50.98 |
| 8 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 50.99 |
| 9 | Javier Reja | Spain | 51.14 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 42.89 |
| | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 43.60 |
| | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 43.64 |
| 4 | Christian Volpi | Italy | 43.83 |
| 5 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 43.86 |
| 6 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 43.95 |
| 7 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 44.39 |
| 8 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 44.98 |
| 9 | Tibor Kiss | Hungary | 46.26 |