# 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1

The men's kayak event at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 September 2023 at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London, with the qualification heats on 21 September 2023.

## Competition format

The event uses a three-round format with qualification heats, semifinal and final. Paddlers complete up to two runs in the heats, with the top ranked athletes starting last. In the first heat, the 30 fastest paddlers qualify automatically for the semifinal, whilst the rest compete in the second heat for additional 10 qualification spots. The final rank of non-qualifying athletes is determined by their second run score. Paddlers start in the reverse order of their heats position in the semifinal and complete a single run, with the top 10 advancing to the final. The start list for the final is once again in reverse order of the semifinal results. The athlete with the best time in the single-run final is awarded gold.
A penalty of 2 seconds is awarded for touching a gate and a 50-second penalty is awarded for missing a gate or negotiating it in the opposite direction.
The heats setup had 23 gates including 6 upstream gates (3-11-12-15-19-23). The semifinal and final gate setup also had 23 gates with 6 upstream gates (3-11-12-15-19-23), but in a more difficult configuration, causing slower times.

## Schedule

All times listed are UTC+1.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 21 September 2023 |
| 21 September 2023 | 10:21 | Heats Run 1 |
| 21 September 2023 | 14:31 | Heats Run 2 |
| 23 September 2023 |
| 23 September 2023 | 11:07 | Semifinal |
| 23 September 2023 | 14:12 | Final |

## Results

British paddler Joseph Clarke was the last man to start after winning the semifinal and he managed to back up his semifinal run with another clean and fast run to win gold ahead of the Czech paddler Jiří Prskavec and Mathis Soudi from Morocco. For Clarke it was his first individual medal in the K1 event at the World Championships. Prskavec won his fifth medal in the discipline and third silver. Soudi made history by becoming the first African paddler to win any kind of medal at the Canoe Slalom World Championships.
There were 15 quota spots available for the 2024 Summer Olympics, one per country. The quota spots were secured by:
* Great Britain
* Czech Republic
* Morocco
* Switzerland
* Australia
* Italy
* Poland
* Spain
* Slovenia
* China
* Sweden
* New Zealand
* Japan
* Ireland
* Slovakia
Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Heats | Heats | Heats | Heats | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | | | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Pen | Rank | Time | Pen | Rank | Time | Pen | Rank | Time | Pen | Rank |
| | 6 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | 83.28 | 2 | 23 | - | - | - | 90.96 | 0 | 1 | 91.32 | 0 | 1 |
| | 1 | Jiří Prskavec | Czech Republic | 79.12 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | 92.70 | 0 | 2 | 93.26 | 0 | 2 |
| | 40 | Mathis Soudi | Morocco | 80.87 | 0 | 10 | - | - | - | 95.15 | 0 | 5 | 93.91 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | Martin Dougoud | Switzerland | 81.53 | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | 94.56 | 0 | 4 | 93.93 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | 79.84 | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | 95.52 | 0 | 6 | 94.50 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | 79.96 | 0 | 7 | - | - | - | 94.26 | 0 | 3 | 94.74 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 92 | Mateusz Polaczyk | Poland | 134.04 | 52 | 79 | 81.71 | 0 | 4 | 95.74 | 0 | 8 | 95.04 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 26 | Pau Echaniz | Spain | 86.65 | 4 | 34 | 81.95 | 0 | 6 | 95.96 | 0 | 9 | 96.59 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Jonny Dickson | Great Britain | 133.68 | 54 | 78 | 82.91 | 2 | 10 | 95.99 | 0 | 10 | 98.28 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | Peter Kauzer | Slovenia | 81.43 | 0 | 11 | - | - | - | 95.64 | 0 | 7 | 152.71 | 52 | 10 |
| 11 | 24 | Quan Xin | China | 83.63 | 2 | 25 | - | - | - | 96.30 | 0 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 12 | 33 | Isak Öhrström | Sweden | 83.23 | 0 | 22 | - | - | - | 96.51 | 0 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | 18 | Finn Butcher | New Zealand | 82.67 | 0 | 18 | - | - | - | 96.79 | 0 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | 13 | Titouan Castryck | France | 82.05 | 0 | 15 | - | - | - | 97.00 | 0 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | 52 | Yuuki Tanaka | Japan | 81.79 | 0 | 13 | - | - | - | 97.05 | 4 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | 42 | Noel Hendrick | Ireland | 84.79 | 0 | 30 | - | - | - | 97.20 | 0 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | 19 | Jakub Krejčí | Czech Republic | 79.11 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 97.21 | 2 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | 36 | Adam Gonšenica | Slovakia | 87.47 | 4 | 40 | 82.87 | 0 | 9 | 97.59 | 0 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | 12 | Jakub Grigar | Slovakia | 80.36 | 0 | 8 | - | - | - | 97.72 | 2 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | 5 | Boris Neveu | France | 83.44 | 2 | 24 | - | - | - | 97.76 | 0 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | 25 | David Llorente | Spain | 82.56 | 0 | 17 | - | - | - | 97.80 | 4 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | 10 | Martin Srabotnik | Slovenia | 136.67 | 52 | 84 | 81.84 | 0 | 5 | 97.83 | 2 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | 15 | Lucien Delfour | Australia | 85.73 | 4 | 32 | 81.64 | 0 | 2 | 97.98 | 2 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | 2 | Vít Přindiš | Czech Republic | 81.88 | 2 | 14 | - | - | - | 98.22 | 6 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | 32 | Pedro Gonçalves | Brazil | 133.52 | 54 | 76 | 82.10 | 0 | 7 | 98.49 | 2 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 26 | 35 | Christopher Bowers | Great Britain | 80.37 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | 98.70 | 4 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | 44 | Mathieu Desnos | Brazil | 79.27 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | 99.15 | 2 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | 20 | Dariusz Popiela | Poland | 79.89 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - | 99.41 | 4 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 29 | 9 | Hannes Aigner | Germany | 84.11 | 0 | 28 | - | - | - | 99.42 | 4 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 30 | 30 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | 84.20 | 0 | 29 | - | - | - | 99.68 | 2 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | 34 | Michał Pasiut | Poland | 82.78 | 0 | 20 | - | - | - | 100.09 | 0 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 32 | 14 | Mario Leitner | Austria | 82.12 | 0 | 16 | - | - | - | 100.47 | 2 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 33 | 29 | Kazuya Adachi | Japan | 87.00 | 4 | 37 | 81.68 | 0 | 3 | 105.07 | 0 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 34 | 38 | Žiga Lin Hočevar | Slovenia | 82.70 | 0 | 19 | - | - | - | 105.25 | 4 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 35 | 65 | Trevor Boyd | Canada | 83.22 | 0 | 21 | - | - | - | 106.90 | 6 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 36 | 39 | Callum Gilbert | New Zealand | 84.02 | 0 | 26 | - | - | - | 113.52 | 6 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | 21 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | 79.51 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | 140.61 | 50 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 38 | 43 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | 133.35 | 50 | 75 | 82.91 | 0 | 10 | 144.07 | 52 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 39 | 37 | Xabier Ferrazzi | Italy | 133.66 | 52 | 77 | 80.22 | 0 | 1 | 159.36 | 54 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 40 | 41 | Benjamin Pope | Australia | 87.29 | 2 | 38 | 82.63 | 0 | 8 | 199.10 | 100 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 41 | 45 | Erik Holmer | Sweden | 84.04 | 0 | 27 | - | - | - | 203.18 | 100 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 42 | 16 | Noah Hegge | Germany | 135.36 | 50 | 82 | 83.02 | 0 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 43 | 8 | Felix Oschmautz | Austria | 139.31 | 52 | 87 | 83.64 | 2 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 44 | 11 | Miquel Travé | Spain | 139.00 | 52 | 85 | 84.29 | 2 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 45 | 22 | Benjamin Renia | France | 135.58 | 54 | 83 | 85.22 | 2 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 46 | 47 | Fredrik Wahlén | Sweden | 86.77 | 2 | 35 | 85.51 | 0 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 47 | 48 | Lucas Rossi | Argentina | 94.18 | 8 | 62 | 85.58 | 0 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 48 | 31 | Gabriel De Coster | Belgium | 184.16 | 102 | 95 | 85.66 | 4 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | 46 | Joshua Joseph | United States | 194.03 | 100 | 96 | 85.69 | 2 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 50 | 49 | Maxime Aubertin | Belgium | 148.31 | 56 | 90 | 85.92 | 2 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 51 | 51 | Tyler Westfall | United States | 90.15 | 2 | 50 | 86.97 | 0 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 52 | 54 | Samuel Curtis | Ireland | 88.36 | 2 | 43 | 87.35 | 0 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 53 | 72 | Matías Contreras | Argentina | 139.12 | 54 | 86 | 87.79 | 2 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 54 | 87 | Zhu Haoran | China | 139.68 | 54 | 88 | 87.96 | 4 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 55 | 90 | Imangali Mambetov | Kazakhstan | 92.65 | 2 | 61 | 88.20 | 0 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 56 | 55 | Alex Baldoni | Canada | 87.81 | 4 | 41 | 88.24 | 4 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 57 | 73 | Andraz Echeverría Olguín | Chile | 86.84 | 0 | 36 | 88.35 | 4 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 58 | 70 | Djanibek Temirgaliev | Uzbekistan | 88.00 | 2 | 42 | 88.90 | 4 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 59 | 57 | Lorand Gjoshi | Kosovo | 86.59 | 2 | 33 | 89.10 | 4 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 60 | 71 | Mustafa Arda Acar | Turkey | 195.48 | 102 | 97 | 89.65 | 0 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | 60 | Ritvars Celmiņš | Latvia | 88.50 | 0 | 44 | 90.16 | 2 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 62 | 50 | Yusuke Muto | Japan | 135.34 | 50 | 81 | 90.90 | 0 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 63 | 64 | Thibaud Lacour | Romania | 90.45 | 0 | 52 | 90.99 | 0 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 64 | 74 | Manuel Trípano | Argentina | 91.14 | 0 | 54 | 93.03 | 4 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 65 | 77 | Alexis Pérez | Venezuela | 97.08 | 4 | 65 | 93.65 | 0 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 66 | 63 | Serhii Sovko | Ukraine | 92.24 | 4 | 60 | 94.38 | 4 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 67 | 66 | Frederico Alvarenga | Portugal | 89.40 | 0 | 48 | 94.87 | 0 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 68 | 78 | Vilius Rasimavičius | Lithuania | 94.87 | 2 | 63 | 94.95 | 2 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 69 | 94 | Salim Ahmad Jemai | Tunisia | 89.63 | 0 | 49 | 95.22 | 8 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 70 | 88 | Andy Barat | Comoros | 102.24 | 2 | 68 | 95.69 | 0 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 71 | 76 | Mārtiņš Plaudis | Latvia | 95.60 | 0 | 64 | 96.78 | 0 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | 56 | Alistair McCreery | Ireland | 91.84 | 2 | 58 | 99.55 | 4 | 42 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 73 | 79 | Antonio Reinoso | Mexico | 98.07 | 2 | 66 | 103.20 | 4 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 74 | 80 | Yusuf Emir Ertek | Turkey | 275.61 | 152 | 99 | 103.92 | 2 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 75 | 89 | Ong Jun Yi | Singapore | 111.36 | 8 | 72 | 111.59 | 2 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 76 | 82 | Vėjas Pranskūnas | Lithuania | 128.75 | 0 | 74 | 113.08 | 4 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 77 | 85 | Mantas Atmanavičius | Lithuania | 111.36 | 12 | 72 | 114.72 | 8 | 47 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 78 | 81 | Tarık Tuğcu | Turkey | 155.98 | 54 | 91 | 115.36 | 4 | 48 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 79 | 99 | Marcos Gallegos | Chile | 109.52 | 6 | 71 | 118.15 | 8 | 49 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 80 | 97 | Tang Hung-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 134.11 | 10 | 80 | 118.28 | 0 | 50 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 81 | 95 | Samuel Muchiri | Kenya | DSQ | DSQ | 101 | 120.52 | 2 | 51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 82 | 101 | Iain Rennie | South Africa | 256.35 | 108 | 98 | 126.28 | 8 | 52 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 83 | 27 | Gelindo Chiarello | Switzerland | 91.61 | 6 | 55 | 132.70 | 52 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 84 | 84 | Pradhyumna Singh Rathod | India | 302.81 | 156 | 100 | 132.83 | 4 | 54 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 85 | 59 | Roko Bengeri | Croatia | 84.88 | 0 | 31 | 135.35 | 52 | 55 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 86 | 61 | Kaelin Friedenson | United States | 88.77 | 2 | 45 | 136.54 | 50 | 56 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 87 | 68 | Maël Rivard | Canada | 98.27 | 4 | 67 | 136.62 | 50 | 57 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 88 | 17 | Marcello Beda | Italy | 90.87 | 2 | 53 | 136.87 | 50 | 58 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 89 | 69 | Thomas Ukalovic | Croatia | 146.34 | 60 | 89 | 138.17 | 52 | 59 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 90 | 58 | Ren Korpes | Croatia | 91.97 | 2 | 59 | 138.36 | 50 | 60 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 91 | 62 | Lucas Jacob | Portugal | 87.33 | 2 | 39 | 138.50 | 52 | 61 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 92 | 98 | Sam Oud | Netherlands | 91.76 | 0 | 56 | 138.59 | 50 | 62 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 93 | 53 | Huang Liman | China | 91.78 | 6 | 57 | 139.62 | 56 | 63 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 94 | 67 | Moritz Kremslehner | Austria | 88.82 | 0 | 46 | 141.12 | 52 | 64 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 95 | 93 | Guilherme Mapelli | Brazil | 90.27 | 2 | 51 | 142.23 | 56 | 65 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 96 | 96 | Fernando Reinoso | Mexico | 161.74 | 8 | 93 | 145.10 | 14 | 66 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 97 | 75 | João Cunha | Portugal | 88.98 | 0 | 47 | 147.54 | 54 | 67 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 98 | 83 | Edgars Gravitis | Latvia | 106.99 | 0 | 70 | 148.62 | 54 | 68 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 99 | 86 | Donovan Wewege | South Africa | 104.40 | 2 | 69 | 154.95 | 54 | 69 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 100 | 91 | Solomon Maragh | Jamaica | 173.10 | 56 | 94 | 219.11 | 108 | 70 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 101 | 100 | Scott Humphry | South Africa | 159.57 | 14 | 92 | 310.55 | 160 | 71 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |