# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL3

The men's KL3 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 | 11:25 | Heats |
| Wednesday 22 August 2018 | 12:45 | Semifinals |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 10:33 | Final B |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 10:39 | Final A |
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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 42.268 | QS |
| 2 | Juan Antonio Valle | Spain | 43.394 | QS |
| 3 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 44.134 | QS |
| 4 | Ron Halevi | Israel | 46.549 | QS |
| 5 | Dávid Török | Hungary | 49.919 | QS |
| 6 | Vigen Sahakyan | Armenia | 56.114 | QS |
| 7 | Abraão Vieira | Portugal | 57.544 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 42.701 | QS |
| 2 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 43.166 | QS |
| 3 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 44.347 | QS |
| 4 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 45.262 | QS |
| 5 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 45.872 | QS |
| 6 | Nikiha Miller | United States | 46.297 | QS |
| 7 | Lu Xiaocong | China | 50.987 | qS |
| 8 | Swaleh Yunus | Kenya | 1:15.013 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 40.767 | QS |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 42.062 | QS |
| 3 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 43.917 | QS |
| 4 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 44.467 | QS |
| 5 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 45.397 | QS |
| 6 | Simone Giannini | Italy | 48.182 | QS |
| 7 | Hua Zhixin | China | 50.107 | qS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 42.118 | QS |
| 2 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 42.338 | QS |
| 3 | Nader Eivazi | Iran | 45.148 | QS |
| 4 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 48.003 | QS |
| 5 | Nissim Mayo | Israel | 51.639 | QS |
| 6 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 51.724 | QS |
| 7 | Francisco Cruz | Portugal | 53.534 | qS |

### 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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 40.544 | QA |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 42.299 | QA |
| 3 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 43.254 | QA |
| 4 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 44.689 | QB |
| 5 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 45.434 | QB |
| 6 | Nader Eivazi | Iran | 46.519 | QB |
| 7 | Nikiha Miller | United States | 46.794 | |
| 8 | Hua Zhixin | China | 48.464 | |
| 9 | Dávid Török | Hungary | 48.934 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 42.051 | QA |
| 2 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 42.231 | QA |
| 3 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 43.341 | QA |
| 4 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 43.431 | QB |
| 5 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.966 | QB |
| 6 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 45.981 | QB |
| 7 | Ron Halevi | Israel | 46.376 | |
| 8 | Hiromi Tatsumi | Japan | 52.306 | |
| – | Lu Xiaocong | China | DNF | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 41.295 | QA |
| 2 | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 42.130 | QA |
| 3 | Juan Antonio Valle | Spain | 42.920 | QA |
| 4 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 44.851 | QB |
| 5 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 46.411 | QB |
| 6 | Simone Giannini | Italy | 48.241 | QB |
| 7 | Francisco Cruz | Portugal | 52.721 | |
| 8 | Nissim Mayo | Israel | 52.816 | |
| – | Vigen Sahakyan | Armenia | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 42.622 |
| 2 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.378 |
| 3 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 43.393 |
| 4 | Giovane Vieira de Paula | Brazil | 43.963 |
| 5 | Adrián Mosquera | Spain | 44.593 |
| 6 | Kwadzo Klokpah | Italy | 44.663 |
| 7 | Erik Kiss | Hungary | 45.318 |
| 8 | Nader Eivazi | Iran | 46.153 |
| 9 | Simone Giannini | Italy | 47.358 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 39.031 |
| | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 39.761 |
| | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 40.896 |
| 4 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 40.987 |
| 5 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 41.257 |
| 6 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 41.582 |
| 7 | Juan Antonio Valle | Spain | 41.602 |
| 8 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 42.522 |
| 9 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 42.652 |