# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2

The men's VL2 competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 21 August 2019 | 16:25 | Heats |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 11:20 | Semifinals |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 16:20 | Final B |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 16:30 | 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 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 52.40 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 52.47 | QS |
| 3 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 53.35 | QS |
| 4 | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 54.46 | QS |
| 5 | Andrei Tkachuk | Belarus | 56.85 | QS |
| 6 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 58.27 | QS |
| 7 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:00.94 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 53.28 | QA |
| 2 | Roman Serebryakov | Russia | 53.33 | QS |
| 3 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 53.42 | QS |
| 4 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 54.91 | QS |
| 5 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 56.36 | QS |
| 6 | Oleksandr Suprun | Ukraine | 58.38 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 51.95 | QA |
| 2 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 54.40 | QS |
| 3 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.61 | QS |
| 4 | Blake Haxton | United States | 56.46 | QS |
| 5 | Ilya Taupianets | Belarus | 59.20 | QS |
| 6 | Gajendra Singh | India | 1:06.73 | QS |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
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 | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 52.15 | QA |
| 2 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 53.27 | QA |
| 3 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 53.60 | QA |
| 4 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 55.53 | QB |
| 5 | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 55.60 | QB |
| 6 | Blake Haxton | United States | 55.88 | QB |
| 7 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 59.88 | QB |
| 8 | Gajendra Singh | India | 1:07.69 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roman Serebryakov | Russia | 53.23 | QA |
| 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 53.80 | QA |
| 3 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 55.12 | QA |
| 4 | Andrei Tkachuk | Belarus | 55.85 | QB |
| 5 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 56.05 | QB |
| 6 | Ilya Taupianets | Belarus | 57.48 | QB |
| 7 | Oleksandr Suprun | Ukraine | 57.50 | QB |
| 8 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:02.44 | qB |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Stewart Clark | Great Britain | 55.54 |
| 2 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 55.94 |
| 3 | Blake Haxton | United States | 56.59 |
| 4 | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 56.65 |
| 5 | Oleksandr Suprun | Ukraine | 57.58 |
| 6 | Andrei Tkachuk | Belarus | 57.62 |
| 7 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 59.82 |
| 8 | Ilya Taupianets | Belarus | 59.84 |
| 9 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:02.33 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 51.68 |
| | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 52.82 |
| | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 53.21 |
| 4 | Roman Serebryakov | Russia | 53.42 |
| 5 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 53.87 |
| 6 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 54.20 |
| 7 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.32 |
| 8 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 54.34 |
| 9 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 54.93 |