# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 500 metres

The men's K-1 500 metres 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 |
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 10:59 | Heats |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 11:02 | Semifinals |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 16:39 | Final A |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 17:05 | Final B |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## Results
### Heats

The six fastest boats in each heat, plus the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:38.238 | QS |
| 2 | Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:38.603 | QS |
| 3 | Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:41.523 | QS |
| 4 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 1:42.578 | QS |
| 5 | Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 1:43.053 | QS |
| 6 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:43.103 | QS |
| 7 | Mathew Bowley | Great Britain | 1:44.078 | qS |
| 8 | Roberts Altmanis | Latvia | 1:46.958 | qS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oleh Kukharyk | Ukraine | 1:40.034 | QS |
| 2 | Thomas Green | Australia | 1:40.204 | QS |
| 3 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:43.234 | QS |
| 4 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:46.119 | QS |
| 5 | Tom Brennan | Ireland | 1:52.540 | QS |
| 6 | Joaquim Manhique | Mozambique | 1:57.045 | QS |
| 7 | Ossama Bousserra | Morocco | 2:01.080 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Veljanoski | Macedonia | 2:02.600 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Liebscher | Germany | 1:39.554 | QS |
| 2 | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:40.109 | QS |
| 3 | Étienne Hubert | France | 1:40.149 | QS |
| 4 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:42.210 | QS |
| 5 | Enrique Adán | Spain | 1:44.105 | QS |
| 6 | Sebastián Delgado | Uruguay | 1:45.085 | QS |
| 7 | Karim Abdelsamie | Egypt | 1:45.385 | qS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mirnazim Javadov | Azerbaijan | 1:42.922 | QS |
| 2 | Roman Anoshkin | Russia | 1:42.972 | QS |
| 3 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 1:44.117 | QS |
| 4 | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:45.072 | QS |
| 5 | Giulio Dressino | Italy | 1:45.133 | QS |
| 6 | Henrik Strand | Sweden | 1:46.758 | QS |
| 7 | Stanton Collins | United States | 1:47.623 | |
| 8 | Juan Calderon | Colombia | 1:50.848 | |

### 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 | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:40.981 | QA |
| 2 | Oleh Kukharyk | Ukraine | 1:41.146 | QA |
| 3 | Étienne Hubert | France | 1:41.391 | QA |
| 4 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:42.741 | QB |
| 5 | Mirnazim Javadov | Azerbaijan | 1:43.106 | QB |
| 6 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:44.392 | QB |
| 7 | Mathew Bowley | Great Britain | 1:45.382 | |
| 8 | Giulio Dressino | Italy | 1:45.902 | |
| 9 | Joaquim Manhique | Mozambique | 1:58.847 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:39.736 | QA |
| 2 | Roman Anoshkin | Russia | 1:40.106 | QA |
| 3 | Tom Liebscher | Germany | 1:40.236 | QA |
| 4 | Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:40.306 | QB |
| 5 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:42.186 | QB |
| 6 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:42.741 | QB |
| 7 | Joona Mäntynen | Finland | 1:43.091 | |
| 8 | Sebastián Delgado | Uruguay | 1:44.396 | |
| 9 | Karim Abdelsamie | Egypt | 1:46.896 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:40.853 | QA |
| 2 | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:40.873 | QA |
| 3 | Thomas Green | Australia | 1:40.968 | QA |
| 4 | Enrique Adán | Spain | 1:44.713 | QB |
| 5 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 1:45.313 | QB |
| 6 | Tom Brennan | Ireland | 1:45.708 | QB |
| 7 | Bojan Zdelar | Serbia | 1:46.658 | |
| 8 | Henrik Strand | Sweden | 1:49.478 | |
| 9 | Roberts Altmanis | Latvia | 1:51.063 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| 1 | Artuur Peters | Belgium | 1:40.796 |
| 2 | Chrisjan Coetzee | South Africa | 1:40.996 |
| 3 | Antun Novaković | Croatia | 1:42.183 |
| 4 | Enrique Adán | Spain | 1:43.583 |
| 5 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:43.606 |
| 6 | Bram Brandjes | Netherlands | 1:44.436 |
| 7 | Mirnazim Javadov | Azerbaijan | 1:44.930 |
| 8 | Tom Brennan | Ireland | 1:46.537 |
| 9 | Miroslav Kirchev | Bulgaria | 1:51.190 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:37.905 |
| | Tom Liebscher | Germany | 1:38.912 |
| | Bence Nádas | Hungary | 1:39.516 |
| 4 | João Ribeiro | Portugal | 1:39.739 |
| 5 | Oleh Kukharyk | Ukraine | 1:40.659 |
| 6 | Roman Anoshkin | Russia | 1:41.306 |
| 7 | Étienne Hubert | France | 1:41.592 |
| 8 | Thomas Green | Australia | 1:42.116 |
| 9 | Mikita Borykau | Belarus | 1:44.376 |