# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 metres 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 |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 11:55 | Heats |
| Friday 23 August 2019 | 12:03 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 09:31 | Final B |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 12:40 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest seventh-place boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Simart | France | 1:47.54 | QS |
| 2 | Lai Kuan-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:48.54 | QS |
| 3 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:48.62 | QS |
| 4 | András Bodonyi | Hungary | 1:48.89 | QS |
| 5 | Shahriyor Daminov | Tajikistan | 1:50.42 | QS |
| 6 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:50.44 | QS |
| 7 | Štefo Lutz | Croatia | 1:51.11 | qS |
| 8 | Phanuphong Jiranarongchai | Thailand | 1:57.28 | |
| 9 | Leon Mussell | Cook Islands | 2:46.30 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:49.93 | QS |
| 2 | David Barreiro | Spain | 1:50.80 | QS |
| 3 | Xu Jiabin | China | 1:51.02 | QS |
| 4 | Vladlen Denisov | Uzbekistan | 1:51.85 | QS |
| 5 | Manfred Pallinger | Austria | 1:52.28 | QS |
| 6 | Ian Ross | United States | 1:52.30 | QS |
| 7 | Ghailene Khattali | Tunisia | 1:53.80 | qS |
| 8 | Edwar Paredes | Venezuela | 1:55.44 | |
| 9 | Dario Maksimovic | Luxembourg | 2:13.88 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:47.32 | QS |
| 2 | Wiktor Głazunow | Poland | 1:48.29 | QS |
| 3 | Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 1:48.40 | QS |
| 4 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:50.77 | QS |
| 5 | Gaurav Tomar | India | 1:52.21 | QS |
| 6 | Nicolae Craciun | Italy | 1:56.05 | QS |
| 7 | Chin Chuen Tan | Singapore | 2:04.96 | |
| 8 | Gia Gabedava | Georgia | 2:07.32 | |
| 9 | Josephat Ngali | Kenya | 2:10.94 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikhail Karpov | Russia | 1:48.31 | QS |
| 2 | Ștefan-Andrei Strat | Romania | 1:49.56 | QS |
| 3 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:50.71 | QS |
| 4 | Kim Tae-eun | South Korea | 1:53.38 | QS |
| 5 | Ara Virabyan | Armenia | 1:56.72 | QS |
| 6 | Velibor Marinkovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:57.17 | QS |
| 7 | Joaquim Lobo | Mozambique | 2:01.05 | qS |
| – | Gaona Grifa Beldin | Peru | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:
The fastest three boats advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wiktor Głazunow | Poland | 1:47.74 | QA |
| 2 | Thomas Simart | France | 1:49.18 | QA |
| 3 | David Barreiro | Spain | 1:49.32 | QA |
| 4 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:49.74 | QB |
| 5 | Ian Ross | United States | 1:51.93 | QB |
| 6 | Gaurav Tomar | India | 1:52.43 | QB |
| 7 | Kim Tae-eun | South Korea | 1:52.53 | |
| 8 | Štefo Lutz | Croatia | 1:53.06 | |
| 9 | Shahriyor Daminov | Tajikistan | 1:56.21 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 1:47.22 | QA |
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:47.77 | QA |
| 3 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:48.34 | QA |
| 4 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:48.75 | QB |
| 5 | András Bodonyi | Hungary | 1:49.18 | QB |
| 6 | Ștefan-Andrei Strat | Romania | 1:51.85 | QB |
| 7 | Manfred Pallinger | Austria | 1:54.17 | |
| 8 | Ghailene Khattali | Tunisia | 1:54.54 | |
| 9 | Velibor Marinkovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:58.17 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikhail Karpov | Russia | 1:46.98 | QA |
| 2 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:47.17 | QA |
| 3 | Lai Kuan-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 1:47.67 | QA |
| 4 | Nicolae Craciun | Italy | 1:47.75 | QB |
| 5 | Xu Jiabin | China | 1:49.30 | QB |
| 6 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:49.99 | QB |
| 7 | Vladlen Denisov | Uzbekistan | 1:52.71 | |
| 8 | Ara Virabyan | Armenia | 1:58.29 | |
| 9 | Joaquim Lobo | Mozambique | 2:01.44 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Nicolae Craciun | Italy | 1:53.17 |
| 2 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:53.41 |
| 3 | Xu Jiabin | China | 1:55.36 |
| 4 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:55.72 |
| 5 | András Bodonyi | Hungary | 1:56.30 |
| 6 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:57.28 |
| 7 | Ștefan-Andrei Strat | Romania | 1:57.88 |
| 8 | Gaurav Tomar | India | 1:58.17 |
| 9 | Ian Ross | United States | 2:00.59 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:53.59 |
| | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:54.49 |
| | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:54.94 |
| 4 | Wiktor Głazunow | Poland | 1:55.28 |
| 5 | Mikhail Karpov | Russia | 1:55.79 |
| 6 | Filip Dvořák | Czech Republic | 1:56.18 |
| 7 | Thomas Simart | France | 1:56.21 |
| 8 | David Barreiro | Spain | 1:59.56 |
| 9 | Lai Kuan-chieh | Chinese Taipei | 2:00.36 |