# 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's K-1 500 metres

The men's K-1 500 metres competition at the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth took place on Lake Banook.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 12:30 | Heats |
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 10:51 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 11:52 | Final A |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 14:42 | Final C |
| Saturday 6 August 2022 | 14:48 | Final B |

## Results
### Heats

The five fastest boats in each heat, plus the two fastest sixth-place boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:45.40 | QS |
| 2 | Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:47.81 | QS |
| 3 | Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:48.99 | QS |
| 4 | Eddy Barranco | Puerto Rico | 1:58.22 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jakob Thordsen | Germany | 1:43.08 | QS |
| 2 | Gergely Balogh | Hungary | 1:43.66 | QS |
| 3 | Saeid Fazloula | ICF | 1:47.24 | QS |
| 4 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:47.60 | QS |
| 5 | Saphan Swaleh | Pakistan | 2:12.04 | QS |
| | José Alcazar | Mexico | DNF | |
| | Mohamed Ismail | Egypt | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dennis Kernen | Sweden | 1:43.57 | QS |
| 2 | Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:46.52 | QS |
| 3 | Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:46.83 | QS |
| 4 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 1:47.84 | QS |
| 5 | Ryuji Matsushiro | Japan | 1:49.96 | QS |
| 6 | Amado Cruz | Belize | 1:52.56 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean Westhuyzen | Australia | 1:43.79 | QS |
| 2 | Thorbjørn Rask | Denmark | 1:44.71 | QS |
| 3 | Cameron Low | Canada | 1:46.79 | QS |
| 4 | Augustus Cook | United States | 1:47.08 | QS |
| 5 | Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:47.27 | QS |
| 6 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 1:47.37 | qS |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:42.18 | QS |
| 2 | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 1:43.30 | QS |
| 3 | Wiktor Leszczyński | Poland | 1:43.63 | QS |
| 4 | Matías Otero | Uruguay | 1:44.00 | QS |
| 5 | Milan Dörner | Slovakia | 1:46.10 | QS |
| 6 | Albert Flier | Netherlands | 1:47.68 | qS |
| 7 | Lin Yung | Chinese Taipei | 1:49.13 | |
| 8 | Nicolas Robinson | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:02.72 | |

### 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. The remaining boats advanced to the C final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marcus Walz | Spain | 1:41.89 | QA |
| 2 | Jakob Thordsen | Germany | 1:42.68 | QA |
| 3 | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:44.00 | QA |
| 4 | Cameron Low | Canada | 1:45.47 | QB |
| 5 | Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:46.02 | QB |
| 6 | Augustus Cook | United States | 1:46.21 | QB |
| 7 | Eddy Barranco | Puerto Rico | 1:59.97 | QC |
| 8 | Matías Otero | Uruguay | 2:04.07 | QC |
| 9 | Saphan Swaleh | Pakistan | 2:11.75 | QC |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 1:42.78 | QA |
| 2 | Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:43.32 | QA |
| 3 | Thorbjørn Rask | Denmark | 1:43.35 | QA |
| 4 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:43.59 | QB |
| 5 | Milan Dörner | Slovakia | 1:45.36 | QB |
| 6 | Ryuji Matsushiro | Japan | 1:46.47 | QB |
| 7 | Albert Flier | Netherlands | 1:47.28 | QC |
| 8 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:48.50 | QC |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean Westhuyzen | Australia | 1:42.02 | QA |
| 2 | Dennis Kernen | Sweden | 1:42.75 | QA |
| 3 | Wiktor Leszczyński | Poland | 1:42.87 | QA |
| 4 | Gergely Balogh | Hungary | 1:43.35 | QB |
| 5 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 1:45.45 | QB |
| 6 | Saeid Fazloula | ICF | 1:46.20 | QB |
| 7 | Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:46.80 | QC |
| 8 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 1:47.06 | QC |
| 9 | Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:52.62 | QC |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 26.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Brandon Ooi | Singapore | 1:54.75 |
| 2 | Ilya Podpolnyy | Israel | 1:54.84 |
| 3 | Ashton Reiser | New Zealand | 1:55.78 |
| 4 | Darius Zaharia | Romania | 1:56.02 |
| 5 | Albert Flier | Netherlands | 1:59.09 |
| 6 | Eddy Barranco | Puerto Rico | 2:06.31 |
| 7 | Matías Otero | Uruguay | 2:13.30 |
| 8 | Saphan Swaleh | Pakistan | 2:27.11 |

#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Francis Mouget | France | 1:50.76 |
| 2 | Milan Dörner | Slovakia | 1:50.80 |
| 3 | Gergely Balogh | Hungary | 1:50.81 |
| 4 | Jeremy Hakala | Finland | 1:53.00 |
| 5 | Saeid Fazloula | ICF | 1:53.46 |
| 6 | Augustus Cook | United States | 1:54.09 |
| 7 | Cameron Low | Canada | 1:54.68 |
| 8 | Rok Šmit | Slovenia | 1:55.39 |
| 9 | Ryuji Matsushiro | Japan | 1:57.32 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Josef Dostál | Czech Republic | 1:42.45 |
| | Jean Westhuyzen | Australia | 1:43.57 |
| | Fernando Pimenta | Portugal | 1:44.06 |
| 4 | Jakob Thordsen | Germany | 1:46.24 |
| 5 | Wiktor Leszczyński | Poland | 1:46.44 |
| 6 | Dennis Kernen | Sweden | 1:47.57 |
| 7 | Mauro Crenna | Italy | 1:48.94 |
| 8 | Thorbjørn Rask | Denmark | 1:52.49 |
| 9 | Marcus Walz | Spain | 2:07.89 |