# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL2

The men's KL2 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 | 11:10 | Heats |
| Wednesday 22 August 2018 | 12:35 | Semifinals |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 10:15 | Final B |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 10:21 | 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 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 43.196 | QA |
| 2 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 48.187 | QS |
| 3 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 48.912 | QS |
| 4 | Robert Studzizba | Poland | 50.727 | QS |
| 5 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 51.057 | QS |
| 6 | Shi Wei | China | 53.517 | QS |
| 7 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:00.562 | QS |
| – | Andrei Tkachuk | Belarus | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 44.062 | QA |
| 2 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 44.422 | QS |
| 3 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 44.752 | QS |
| 4 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 45.592 | QS |
| 5 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 45.882 | QS |
| 6 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 48.643 | QS |
| 7 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 51.003 | QS |
| 8 | Or Adato | Israel | 53.788 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 44.439 | QA |
| 2 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 47.469 | QS |
| 3 | Volodymyr Velhun | Ukraine | 48.329 | QS |
| 4 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 49.169 | QS |
| 5 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 50.304 | QS |
| 6 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 52.234 | QS |
| 7 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 52.499 | QS |
| 8 | Javier Reja Muñoz | Spain | 55.105 | |

### 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 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 44.470 | QA |
| 2 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 44.590 | QA |
| 3 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 47.555 | QA |
| 4 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 47.820 | QB |
| 5 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 48.815 | QB |
| 6 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 48.955 | QB |
| 7 | Shi Wei | China | 51.835 | QB |
| 8 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 52.581 | |
| 9 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 57.226 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 44.004 | QA |
| 2 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 44.834 | QA |
| 3 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 47.485 | QA |
| 4 | Volodymyr Velhun | Ukraine | 48.125 | QB |
| 5 | Robert Studzizba | Poland | 50.075 | QB |
| 6 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 51.540 | QB |
| 7 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 51.880 | QB |
| 8 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 52.535 | qB |
| 9 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:02.485 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Volodymyr Velhun | Ukraine | 46.805 |
| 2 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 46.865 |
| 3 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 47.165 |
| 4 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 47.195 |
| 5 | Robert Studzizba | Poland | 48.405 |
| 6 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 49.555 |
| 7 | Shi Wei | China | 50.135 |
| 8 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 50.215 |
| 9 | Igor Korobeynikov | Russia | 50.410 |

#### 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 | 41.735 |
| | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.360 |
| | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 43.230 |
| 4 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 43.605 |
| 5 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 43.795 |
| 6 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 43.865 |
| 7 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 44.160 |
| 8 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 46.130 |
| 9 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 48.520 |