# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's KL2

The men's KL2 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 |
| Wednesday 21 August 2019 | 09:10 | Heats |
| Wednesday 21 August 2019 | 12:20 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 10:05 | Final B |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 10:15 | 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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 41.32 | QS |
| 2 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 43.43 | QS |
| 3 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 44.10 | QS |
| 4 | Shi Wei | China | 47.69 | QS |
| 5 | On Younho | South Korea | 51.59 | QS |
| 6 | Csaba Rescsik | Hungary | 54.02 | QS |
| 7 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 56.41 | qS |
| 8 | Swaleh Yunus | Kenya | 1:11.65 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 41.66 | QS |
| 2 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 42.79 | QS |
| 3 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 43.40 | QS |
| 4 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 46.19 | QS |
| 5 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 46.64 | QS |
| 6 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 47.67 | QS |
| 7 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 48.28 | qS |
| 8 | Avadhesh Avadhesh | India | 1:04.88 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 42.46 | QS |
| 2 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 44.48 | QS |
| 3 | Trinity Tratch | Canada | 46.11 | QS |
| 4 | Dejan Fabčič | Slovenia | 48.77 | QS |
| 5 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 49.06 | QS |
| 6 | Jorge Enrique Moreno | Colombia | 49.16 | QS |
| 7 | Yury Samanenka | Belarus | 55.01 | qS |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 42.84 | QS |
| 2 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 43.72 | QS |
| 3 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 48.07 | QS |
| 4 | Robert Studzizba | Poland | 48.90 | QS |
| 5 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 57.60 | QS |
| 6 | Luis Cabral | Angola | 1:00.37 | QS |
| 7 | Andrei Tkachuk | Belarus | 1:14.31 | |

### 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 | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 42.05 | QA |
| 2 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 43.60 | QA |
| 3 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 44.66 | QA |
| 4 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 49.08 | QB |
| 5 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 49.10 | QB |
| 6 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 49.48 | QB |
| 7 | Robert Studzizba | Poland | 50.48 | |
| 8 | Vuk Radovanović | Serbia | 50.87 | |
| 9 | On Younho | South Korea | 52.74 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.90 | QA |
| 2 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 44.65 | QA |
| 3 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 44.68 | QA |
| 4 | Trinity Tratch | Canada | 46.80 | QB |
| 5 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 47.43 | QB |
| 6 | Shi Wei | China | 48.35 | QB |
| 7 | Dejan Fabčič | Slovenia | 49.51 | |
| 8 | Yury Samanenka | Belarus | 56.23 | |
| 9 | Luis Cabral | Angola | 1:14.96 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 41.66 | QA |
| 2 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 42.48 | QA |
| 3 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 42.68 | QA |
| 4 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 43.07 | QB |
| 5 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 45.94 | QB |
| 6 | Jorge Enrique Moreno | Colombia | 48.88 | QB |
| 7 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 51.20 | |
| 8 | Csaba Rescsik | Hungary | 53.96 | |
| 9 | Ahmed Naguib | Egypt | 55.25 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | David Phillipson | Great Britain | 44.36 |
| 2 | Trinity Tratch | Canada | 46.90 |
| 3 | Bibarys Spatay | Kazakhstan | 47.41 |
| 4 | Shi Wei | China | 48.53 |
| 5 | Emilio Atamañuk | Argentina | 48.59 |
| 6 | András Rozbora | Hungary | 48.90 |
| 7 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 49.54 |
| 8 | Hugo Costa | Portugal | 49.58 |
| 9 | Jorge Enrique Moreno | Colombia | 50.18 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Curtis McGrath | Australia | 42.35 |
| | Federico Mancarella | Italy | 42.80 |
| | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 43.51 |
| 4 | Mykola Syniuk | Ukraine | 43.77 |
| 4 | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | 43.77 |
| 6 | Fernando Rufino de Paulo | Brazil | 44.33 |
| 7 | Markus Swoboda | Austria | 44.34 |
| 8 | Nick Beighton | Great Britain | 44.85 |
| 9 | Ivo Kilian | Germany | 45.99 |