# 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's KL1

The men's KL1 competition at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships took place in Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 17 May 2016 | 14:00 | Heats |
| Wednesday 18 May 2016 | 10:50 | Semifinals |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 10:40 | Final B |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 10:45 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## 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 | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 53.186 | QA |
| 2 | Ian Marsden | Great Britain | 53.614 | QS |
| 3 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 55.904 | QS |
| 4 | Oleksandr Hrechko | Ukraine | 57.317 | QS |
| 5 | Elmar Sternath | Austria | 1:00.014 | QS |
| 6 | Pavel Gromov | Russia | 1:00.464 | QS |
| 7 | Adrián Castaño | Spain | 1:01.278 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yu Xiaowei | China | 51.060 | QA |
| 2 | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 51.209 | QS |
| 3 | Graham Paull | South Africa | 53.580 | QS |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 57.303 | QS |
| 5 | Stefan Volkmann | Germany | 57.396 | QS |
| 6 | Paulo Santos | Portugal | 1:00.979 | QS |
| 7 | Andreas Potamitis | Cyprus | 1:01.392 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 53.247 | QA |
| 2 | Rémy Boullé | France | 55.092 | QS |
| 3 | Fernando Fernandes de Pádua | Brazil | 55.736 | QS |
| 4 | Colin Sieders | Australia | 56.250 | QS |
| 5 | Salvatore Ravalli | Italy | 57.917 | QS |
| 6 | Andrea Biagi | Italy | 1:12.378 | QS |
| – | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | DSQ | |

### 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 | Ian Marsden | Great Britain | 51.090 | QA |
| 2 | Graham Paull | South Africa | 51.559 | QA |
| 3 | Fernando Fernandes de Pádua | Brazil | 52.282 | QA |
| 4 | Colin Sieders | Australia | 53.409 | QB |
| 5 | Oleksandr Hrechko | Ukraine | 54.364 | QB |
| 6 | Stefan Volkmann | Germany | 55.061 | QB |
| 7 | Pavel Gromov | Russia | 58.250 | QB |
| 8 | Andreas Potamitis | Cyprus | 1:00.081 | |
| – | Andrea Biagi | Italy | SO | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 49.209 | QA |
| 2 | Rémy Boullé | France | 51.304 | QA |
| 3 | Salvatore Ravalli | Italy | 53.241 | QA |
| 4 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 53.538 | QB |
| 5 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 53.622 | QB |
| 6 | Elmar Sternath | Austria | 57.458 | QB |
| 7 | Adrián Castaño | Spain | 58.409 | QB |
| 8 | Paulo Santos | Portugal | 58.527 | qB |
| – | Azizbek Abdulkhabibov | Uzbekistan | DSQ 47.149 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 53.849 |
| 2 | Lucas Díaz | Argentina | 54.679 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Hrechko | Ukraine | 54.918 |
| 4 | Colin Sieders | Australia | 55.267 |
| 5 | Stefan Volkmann | Germany | 56.546 |
| 6 | Pavel Gromov | Russia | 59.276 |
| 7 | Adrián Castaño | Spain | 59.338 |
| 8 | Paulo Santos | Portugal | 59.543 |
| 9 | Elmar Sternath | Austria | 1:07.124 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Yu Xiaowei | China | 50.596 |
| | Jakub Tokarz | Poland | 50.855 |
| | Luis Cardoso da Silva | Brazil | 52.233 |
| 4 | Ian Marsden | Great Britain | 52.312 |
| 5 | Fernando Fernandes de Pádua | Brazil | 53.160 |
| 6 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 53.186 |
| 7 | Graham Paull | South Africa | 53.668 |
| 8 | Rémy Boullé | France | 54.039 |
| 9 | Salvatore Ravalli | Italy | 55.568 |