# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL3

The men's VL3 competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 22 August 2018 | 15:05 | Heats |
| Wednesday 22 August 2018 | 16:30 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 10:53 | Final B |
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 10:59 | Final A |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## 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 | Egor Firsov | Russia | 57.735 | QA |
| 2 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 57.995 | QS |
| 3 | Patrick Viriamu | Tahiti | 59.500 | QS |
| 4 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 1:00.070 | QS |
| 5 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 1:00.560 | QS |
| 6 | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 1:00.775 | QS |
| 7 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 1:02.245 | QS |
| 8 | Masaaki Suwa | Japan | 1:09.036 | |
| 9 | Abraão Vieira | Portugal | 1:29.782 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 52.925 | QA |
| 2 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 56.461 | QS |
| 3 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 57.321 | QS |
| 4 | Fabrizio Aprile | Italy | 57.436 | QS |
| 5 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 58.406 | QS |
| 6 | Jamey Parks | United States | 1:00.746 | QS |
| 7 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | Poland | 1:00.981 | QS |
| 8 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 1:09.276 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Eddie Potdevin | France | 54.758 | QA |
| 2 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 56.753 | QS |
| 3 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 57.138 | QS |
| 4 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 58.504 | QS |
| 5 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 1:01.174 | QS |
| 6 | Volodymyr Velhun | Ukraine | 1:02.084 | QS |
| 7 | Ronan Bernard | France | 1:02.314 | QS |
| 8 | Aleksei Byvaltcev | Russia | 1:06.119 | |
| 9 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 1:08.249 | |

### 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 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 56.695 | QA |
| 2 | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 58.385 | QA |
| 3 | Fabrizio Aprile | Italy | 58.410 | QA |
| 4 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 58.450 | QB |
| 5 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 58.470 | QB |
| 6 | Patrick Viriamu | Tahiti | 58.720 | QB |
| 7 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 1:00.535 | QB |
| 8 | Jamey Parks | United States | 1:00.650 | qB |
| 9 | Ronan Bernard | France | 1:01.980 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 55.194 | QA |
| 2 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 56.644 | QA |
| 3 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 57.304 | QA |
| 4 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 57.794 | QB |
| 5 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | Poland | 59.944 | QB |
| 6 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 1:00.014 | QB |
| 7 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 1:00.549 | QB |
| 8 | Volodymyr Velhun | Ukraine | 1:00.789 | |
| 9 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 1:01.855 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 50.818 |
| 2 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 52.348 |
| 3 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 52.788 |
| 4 | Peter Cowan | New Zealand | 52.953 |
| 5 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 53.083 |
| 6 | Jamey Parks | United States | 53.113 |
| 7 | Patrick Viriamu | Tahiti | 53.183 |
| 8 | Zbigniew Olizarowicz | Poland | 54.133 |
| 9 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 54.938 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 47.642 |
| | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 48.837 |
| | Jack Eyers | Great Britain | 49.492 |
| 4 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 49.747 |
| 5 | Eddie Potdevin | France | 50.197 |
| 6 | Egor Firsov | Russia | 51.227 |
| 7 | Fabrizio Aprile | Italy | 51.647 |
| 8 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 52.042 |
| 9 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 52.937 |