# 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's extreme kayak

The men's extreme kayak event at the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 31 July 2022 at the Augsburg Eiskanal in Augsburg, with the time trials on 30 July 2022.

## Competition format

The extreme kayak event is split into two phases - qualification time trials and knockout phase where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 20 paddlers from the qualification advance to the knockout phase plus the 12 next fastest paddlers from countries that have not qualified in the top 20. There are 8 heats in the first round of the knockout phase with the top 2 paddlers from each heat advancing to the next round. The same rules apply in quarterfinals and semifinals.
Paddlers start their run by sliding off the starting platform several meters above the water. Then they must navigate the downstream and upstream gates. Unlike in classic slalom, paddlers are allowed to touch the gates and even intentionally move them with their paddle, but not with a free hand. There is also a designated zone where paddlers must perform an Eskimo roll.
Athletes can be penalized in three ways in each round, by receiving a fault (FLT) or by being ranked as lower (RAL). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked as lower (RAL) if they breach the safety requirements of the competition, such as by holding back another athlete with their hands or paddle, deliberately paddling over another athlete's boat, or by making dangerous contact with another athlete's head or body - all other non-dangerous contact is allowed. In each round athletes are ranked first by the order in which they cross the finish line, with those incurring penalties ranked in the following order: FLT, RAL, DNF, DNS.
The final classification of athletes is determined in the following manner: Athletes eliminated at any phase of the competition will be given their rank based on the comparison of the qualification times of athletes eliminated at the same phase. All 3rd ranked athletes will be ranked above all 4th ranked athletes. The final rank of athletes who did not progress to the heats is determined by their qualification results.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2022 |
| 30 July 2022 | 17:20 | Time trials |
| 31 July 2022 |
| 31 July 2022 | 15:24 | Heats |
| 31 July 2022 | 16:21 | Quarterfinals |
| 31 July 2022 | 16:48 | Semifinals |
| 31 July 2022 | 17:05 | Final |

## Results
### Time trials

Top 20 qualify automatically. The last 12 spots go to fastest paddlers from countries not yet qualified.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | 62.29 | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | 63.35 | Q |
| 3 | 43 | Mateusz Polaczyk | Poland | 63.55 | Q |
| 4 | 29 | Alex Baldoni | Canada | 63.61 | Q |
| 5 | 23 | David Llorente | Spain | 63.86 | Q |
| 6 | 40 | Erik Holmer | Sweden | 64.50 | Q |
| 7 | 37 | Vojtěch Heger | Czech Republic | 64.58 | Q |
| 8 | 10 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | 65.00 | Q |
| 8 | 13 | Felix Oschmautz | Austria | 65.00 | Q |
| 10 | 52 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | 65.05 | Q |
| 11 | 14 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | 65.17 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Vít Přindiš | Czech Republic | 65.19 | Q |
| 13 | 39 | Manuel Ochoa | Spain | 65.24 | Q |
| 14 | 96 | Oleksandr Fedorenko | Ukraine | 65.29 | Q |
| 15 | 7 | Vid Kuder Marušič | Slovenia | 65.52 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Finn Butcher | New Zealand | 65.64 | Q |
| 17 | 58 | Zack Mutton | New Zealand | 65.65 | Q |
| 18 | 12 | Hannes Aigner | Germany | 65.97 | Q |
| 19 | 36 | Tine Kancler | Slovenia | 66.02 | Q |
| 20 | 69 | Miquel Travé | Spain | 66.03 | Q |
| 21 | 61 | Jan Rohrer | Switzerland | 66.15 | FR: 33 |
| 22 | 6 | Michał Pasiut | Poland | 66.20 | FR: 34 |
| 23 | 31 | Marco Vianello | Italy | 66.25 | FR: 35 |
| 24 | 8 | Bradley Forbes-Cryans | Great Britain | 66.32 | FR: 36 |
| 25 | 76 | Mathis Soudi | Morocco | 66.40 | Q |
| 26 | 26 | Lucien Delfour | Australia | 66.52 | FR: 37 |
| 27 | 62 | Anatole Delassus | France | 66.53 | Q |
| 28 | 9 | Joan Crespo | Spain | 66.61 | FR: 38 |
| 29 | 1 | Mario Leitner | Austria | 66.70 | FR: 39 |
| 30 | 56 | Ben Haylett | Great Britain | 66.75 | FR: 40 |
| 31 | 49 | Zeno Ivaldi | Italy | 66.98 | FR: 41 |
| 32 | 18 | Fredrik Wahlén | Sweden | 67.14 | FR: 42 |
| 33 | 19 | Trevor Boyd | Canada | 67.16 | FR: 43 |
| 34 | 22 | Ondřej Tunka | Czech Republic | 67.19 | FR: 44 |
| 35 | 85 | Djanibek Temirgaliev | Uzbekistan | 67.36 | Q |
| 36 | 15 | Christopher Bowers | Great Britain | 67.37 | FR: 45 |
| 37 | 47 | Yusuke Muto | Japan | 67.42 | Q |
| 37 | 54 | Gabriel De Coster | Belgium | 67.42 | Q |
| 39 | 20 | Alistair McCreery | Ireland | 67.45 | Q |
| 40 | 24 | Mathieu Desnos | Brazil | 67.63 | Q |
| 41 | 67 | Ren Korpes | Croatia | 67.75 | Q |
| 42 | 55 | Benjamin Pope | Australia | 67.84 | FR: 46 |
| 43 | 17 | Boris Neveu | France | 67.95 | FR: 47 |
| 44 | 83 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | 67.96 | Q |
| 45 | 75 | George Snook | New Zealand | 67.99 | FR: 48 |
| 46 | 34 | Isak Öhrström | Sweden | 68.12 | FR: 49 |
| 47 | 80 | Ritvars Celmiņš | Latvia | 68.13 | Q |
| 48 | 30 | Maël Rivard | Canada | 68.30 | FR: 50 |
| 49 | 33 | Jakub Grigar | Slovakia | 68.39 | FR: 51 |
| 50 | 57 | Quan Xin | China | 68.55 | Q |
| 51 | 88 | Dariusz Popiela | Poland | 68.69 | FR: 52 |
| 52 | 79 | Thomas Ukalovic | Croatia | 68.79 | FR: 53 |
| 53 | 70 | Adam Gonšenica | Slovakia | 68.81 | FR: 54 |
| 54 | 68 | Lorand Gjoshi | Kosovo | 69.52 | Q |
| 55 | 51 | Huang Liman | China | 69.84 | |
| 56 | 101 | Borche Mirchevski | North Macedonia | 70.07 | |
| 57 | 63 | Maxime Aubertin | Belgium | 70.26 | |
| 58 | 59 | Lyu Luhui | China | 70.55 | |
| 58 | 64 | Nour Ait Kaddour | Morocco | 70.55 | |
| 60 | 78 | Matej Beňuš | Slovakia | 70.58 | |
| 61 | 72 | Antonio Reinoso | Mexico | 70.77 | |
| 62 | 35 | Kaelin Friedenson | United States | 70.85 | |
| 63 | 60 | Yu Haijie | China | 71.16 | |
| 64 | 94 | Victor Hennin | Belgium | 71.50 | |
| 65 | 38 | Jean-Pierre Bourhis | Senegal | 71.61 | |
| 66 | 48 | Martin Srabotnik | Slovenia | 72.64 | |
| 67 | 77 | Terence Saramandif | Mauritius | 73.47 | |
| 68 | 84 | Edgars Gravitis | Latvia | 73.48 | |
| 69 | 93 | Yves Bourhis | Senegal | 73.53 | |
| 70 | 97 | Mantas Atmanavičius | Lithuania | 73.60 | |
| 71 | 102 | Eriberto Gutierrez Robles | Peru | 73.87 | |
| 72 | 103 | Thibaud Lacour | Romania | 73.97 | |
| 73 | 27 | Zachary Lokken | United States | 75.32 | |
| 74 | 98 | Vilius Rasimavičius | Lithuania | 75.70 | |
| 75 | 42 | Gaël Adisson | France | 76.05 | |
| 76 | 71 | Matteo-Alexander Olar | Romania | 76.15 | |
| 77 | 81 | Paul Preisl | Austria | 77.68 | |
| 78 | 73 | Barkamol Mirzakhamdamov | Uzbekistan | 77.92 | |
| 79 | 99 | Yuuki Tanaka | Japan | 78.38 | |
| 80 | 86 | Alexandr Kulikov | Kazakhstan | 78.44 | |
| 81 | 92 | Charalampos Troiannos | Greece | 79.31 | |
| 82 | 89 | Rahul Kewat | India | 80.65 | |
| 83 | 104 | Jhon Hunter Rodriguez Canela | Peru | 82.25 | |
| 84 | 100 | Solomon Maragh | Jamaica | 82.59 | |
| 85 | 74 | Patrick Kozma | Romania | 90.56 | |
| 86 | 95 | Pradhyumna Singh Rathod | India | 93.03 | |
| 87 | 41 | Jiří Prskavec | Czech Republic | 72.90 | FLT (5) |
| 88 | 32 | Kaylen Bassett | Australia | 74.42 | FLT (4) |
| 89 | 45 | Daniel Parry | Canada | 74.84 | FLT (4) |
| 90 | 65 | Mārtiņš Plaudis | Latvia | 79.09 | FLT (4) |
| 91 | 28 | Noah Hegge | Germany | 63.96 | FLT (3) |
| 92 | 66 | Guilherme Rodrigues | Brazil | 67.58 | FLT (3) |
| 93 | 21 | Callum Gilbert | New Zealand | 76.81 | FLT (3) |
| 94 | 16 | Gelindo Chiarello | Switzerland | 65.21 | FLT (1) |
| 95 | 50 | Théo Desvignes | France | 65.91 | FLT (1) |
| 96 | 5 | Pedro Gonçalves | Brazil | 66.71 | FLT (1) |
| 97 | 46 | Jakub Brzeziński | Poland | 67.45 | FLT (1) |
| 98 | 25 | Martin Dougoud | Switzerland | 71.03 | FLT (1) |
| 99 | 82 | Donovan Wewege | South Africa | 74.84 | FLT (1) |
| 100 | 91 | Artem Ivchenko | Ukraine | 77.21 | FLT (1) |
| 101 | 87 | Yevhenii Ivanov | Ukraine | 78.06 | FLT (1) |
| 102 | 53 | Vinzenz Hartl | Germany | 65.12 | FLT (R) |
| 103 | 44 | Serhii Sovko | Ukraine | - | DNF |
| - | 90 | Marko Đorđević | Serbia | - | DNS |

### Knockout rounds
#### Heats
##### Heat 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 17 | Zack Mutton | New Zealand | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Finn Butcher | New Zealand | |
| 4 | 32 | Lorand Gjoshi | Kosovo | |

##### Heat 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Felix Oschmautz | Austria | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | Q |
| 3 | 25 | Gabriel De Coster | Belgium | |
| 4 | 24 | Yusuke Muto | Japan | |

##### Heat 3

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | David Llorente | Spain | Q |
| 2 | 21 | Mathis Soudi | Morocco | Q |
| 3 | 28 | Ren Korpes | Croatia | |
| 4 | 12 | Vít Přindiš | Czech Republic | |

##### Heat 4

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 13 | Manuel Ochoa | Spain | Q |
| 2 | 29 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Baldoni | Canada | |
| 4 | 20 | Miquel Travé | Spain | FLT (4) |

##### Heat 5

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 19 | Tine Kancler | Slovenia | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mateusz Polaczyk | Poland | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Oleksandr Fedorenko | Ukraine | |
| 4 | 30 | Ritvars Celmiņš | Latvia | DNF |

##### Heat 6

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 22 | Anatole Delassus | France | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Erik Holmer | Sweden | |
| 4 | 27 | Mathieu Desnos | Brazil | FLT (4) |

##### Heat 7

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Vojtěch Heger | Czech Republic | Q |
| 3 | 23 | Djanibek Temirgaliev | Uzbekistan | |
| 4 | 26 | Alistair McCreery | Ireland | |

##### Heat 8

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Vid Kuder Marušič | Slovenia | Q |
| 3 | 18 | Hannes Aigner | Germany | |
| 4 | 31 | Quan Xin | China | |

#### Quarterfinals
##### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Felix Oschmautz | Austria | FLT (3) |
| 4 | 17 | Zack Mutton | New Zealand | FLT (R) |

##### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | David Llorente | Spain | Q |
| 2 | 29 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Manuel Ochoa | Spain | |
| 4 | 21 | Mathis Soudi | Morocco | FLT (3) |

##### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 11 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 22 | Anatole Delassus | France | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Mateusz Polaczyk | Poland | |
| 4 | 19 | Tine Kancler | Slovenia | FLT (4) |

##### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Vojtěch Heger | Czech Republic | |
| 4 | 15 | Vid Kuder Marušič | Slovenia | |

#### Semifinals
##### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | Q |
| 3 | 29 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | FLT (3) |
| 4 | 5 | David Llorente | Spain | FLT (R) |

##### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | Q |
| 2 | 22 | Anatole Delassus | France | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | |
| 4 | 10 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | FLT (3) |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country |
| | 1 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain |
| | 22 | Anatole Delassus | France |
| | 2 | Stefan Hengst | Germany |
| 4 | 8 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland |

### Final ranking (top 32)

The top 32 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to seeding after time trials.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Heat rank |
| | 1 | Joseph Clarke | Great Britain | 1 |
| | 22 | Anatole Delassus | France | 2 |
| | 2 | Stefan Hengst | Germany | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Dimitri Marx | Switzerland | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | Giovanni De Gennaro | Italy | SF2 (3) |
| 6 | 29 | Martin Halčin | Slovakia | SF1 (3) |
| 7 | 5 | David Llorente | Spain | SF1 (4) |
| 8 | 10 | Timothy Anderson | Australia | SF2 (4) |
| 9 | 3 | Mateusz Polaczyk | Poland | QF3 (3) |
| 10 | 7 | Vojtěch Heger | Czech Republic | QF4 (3) |
| 11 | 9 | Felix Oschmautz | Austria | QF1 (3) |
| 12 | 13 | Manuel Ochoa | Spain | QF2 (3) |
| 13 | 15 | Vid Kuder Marušič | Slovenia | QF4 (4) |
| 14 | 17 | Zack Mutton | New Zealand | QF1 (4) |
| 15 | 19 | Tine Kancler | Slovenia | QF3 (4) |
| 16 | 21 | Mathis Soudi | Morocco | QF2 (4) |
| 17 | 4 | Alex Baldoni | Canada | H4 (3) |
| 18 | 6 | Erik Holmer | Sweden | H6 (3) |
| 19 | 14 | Oleksandr Fedorenko | Ukraine | H5 (3) |
| 20 | 16 | Finn Butcher | New Zealand | H1 (3) |
| 21 | 18 | Hannes Aigner | Germany | H8 (3) |
| 22 | 23 | Djanibek Temirgaliev | Uzbekistan | H7 (3) |
| 23 | 25 | Gabriel De Coster | Belgium | H2 (3) |
| 24 | 28 | Ren Korpes | Croatia | H3 (3) |
| 25 | 12 | Vít Přindiš | Czech Republic | H3 (4) |
| 26 | 20 | Miquel Travé | Spain | H4 (4) |
| 27 | 24 | Yusuke Muto | Japan | H2 (4) |
| 28 | 26 | Alistair McCreery | Ireland | H7 (4) |
| 29 | 27 | Mathieu Desnos | Brazil | H6 (4) |
| 30 | 30 | Ritvars Celmiņš | Latvia | H5 (4) |
| 31 | 31 | Quan Xin | China | H8 (4) |
| 32 | 32 | Lorand Gjoshi | Kosovo | H1 (4) |