# 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's KL3

The men's KL3 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 | 15:00 | Heats |
| Wednesday 18 May 2016 | 11:20 | Semifinals |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 11:15 | Final C |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 11:20 | Final B |
| Thursday 19 May 2016 | 11:25 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The seven fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Kierey | Germany | 41.119 | QS |
| 2 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 43.012 | QS |
| 3 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 43.752 | QS |
| 4 | Eteoklis Pavlou | Greece | 43.981 | QS |
| 5 | Jonás García | Spain | 44.944 | QS |
| 6 | Nikiha Miller | United States | 47.607 | QS |
| 7 | Simone Giannini | Italy | 49.581 | QS |
| 8 | Athanasios Kotsis | Greece | 56.795 | |
| 9 | Yevgeniy Slepov | Belgium | 59.939 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 41.677 | QS |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 41.916 | QS |
| 3 | Martin Farineaux | France | 42.839 | QS |
| 4 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 44.083 | QS |
| 5 | Jonas Mikael El Awsy | Denmark | 45.484 | QS |
| 6 | Suradech Namtaothong | Thailand | 46.146 | QS |
| 7 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 47.432 | QS |
| 8 | Zaid Mata | Venezuela | 48.055 | qS |
| 9 | Jiang Jijian | China | 57.305 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 40.566 | QS |
| 2 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 43.447 | QS |
| 3 | Arsen Arsenović | Serbia | 44.181 | QS |
| 4 | Ron Halevi | Israel | 46.669 | QS |
| 5 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 46.900 | QS |
| 6 | Talgaton Valiev | Uzbekistan | 47.046 | QS |
| 7 | Akbar Tahmasbi | Iran | 48.219 | QS |
| 8 | István Fábián | Hungary | 48.344 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 41.023 | QS |
| 2 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 42.061 | QS |
| 3 | Edmond Sanka | Senegal | 43.109 | QS |
| 4 | Vander Rogério Pereira de Lima | Brazil | 44.601 | QS |
| 5 | Pier Alberto Buccoliero | Italy | 45.114 | QS |
| 6 | Hua Zhixin | China | 48.683 | QS |
| 7 | Kamil Qayyum Khan | India | 49.240 | QS |
| – | Sergei Merzliakov | Russia | DSQ | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 41.518 | QS |
| 2 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 43.289 | QS |
| 3 | Kasper Sønderby Thomsen | Denmark | 45.894 | QS |
| 4 | János Bencze | Hungary | 46.652 | QS |
| 5 | Manish Kaurav | India | 47.407 | QS |
| 5 | Jonathan Wing | South Africa | 47.407 | QS |
| 7 | Sun Xudong | China | 53.155 | QS |
| 8 | Brandon Holiday | United States | 1:18.472 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
All first and second-place boats, plus the fastest third-place boat advanced to the A final. All other third-place boats, all fourth-place boats and the two fastest fifth-place boats advanced to the B final. All other fifth-place boats, all sixth-place boats and the three fastest remaining boats advanced to the C final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 39.540 | QA |
| 2 | Tom Kierey | Germany | 40.083 | QA |
| 3 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 41.722 | QB |
| 4 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 42.242 | QB |
| 5 | Jonás García | Spain | 42.986 | qB |
| 6 | Vander Rogério Pereira de Lima | Brazil | 43.009 | QC |
| 7 | Talgaton Valiev | Uzbekistan | 44.766 | qC |
| 8 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 45.087 | qC |
| 9 | Sun Xudong | China | 51.291 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 40.571 | QA |
| 2 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 41.423 | QA |
| 3 | Edmond Sanka | Senegal | 42.237 | QB |
| 4 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 42.348 | QB |
| 5 | Jonas Mikael El Awsy | Denmark | 44.845 | QC |
| 6 | Ron Halevi | Israel | 45.229 | QC |
| 7 | Jonathan Wing | South Africa | 46.291 | |
| 8 | Akbar Tahmasbi | Iran | 46.374 | |
| 9 | Kamil Qayyum Khan | India | 49.819 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 39.321 | QA |
| 2 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 40.659 | QA |
| 3 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 41.899 | QB |
| 4 | Arsen Arsenović | Serbia | 42.893 | QB |
| 5 | Suradech Namtaothong | Thailand | 45.101 | QC |
| 6 | János Bencze | Hungary | 45.344 | QC |
| 7 | Manish Kaurav | India | 45.948 | |
| 8 | Simone Giannini | Italy | 47.029 | |
| 9 | Hua Zhixin | China | 47.561 | |

#### Semifinal 4

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 40.358 | QA |
| 2 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 40.926 | QA |
| 3 | Martin Farineaux | France | 41.028 | qA |
| 4 | Eteoklis Pavlou | Greece | 42.064 | QB |
| 5 | Pier Alberto Buccoliero | Italy | 43.725 | qB |
| 6 | Kasper Sønderby Thomsen | Denmark | 43.761 | QC |
| 7 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 44.210 | qC |
| 8 | Zaid Mata | Venezuela | 45.179 | |
| 9 | Nikiha Miller | United States | 45.300 | |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Vander Rogério Pereira de Lima | Brazil | 44.518 |
| 2 | Tomasz Moździerski | Poland | 45.103 |
| 3 | Jonas Mikael El Awsy | Denmark | 45.157 |
| 4 | Kasper Sønderby Thomsen | Denmark | 45.602 |
| 5 | Suradech Namtaothong | Thailand | 46.075 |
| 6 | Ron Halevi | Israel | 46.175 |
| 7 | Talgaton Valiev | Uzbekistan | 46.812 |
| 8 | János Bencze | Hungary | 47.095 |
| 9 | Zhalgas Taikenov | Kazakhstan | 47.177 |

#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Patrick O'Leary | Ireland | 42.882 |
| 2 | Dylan Littlehales | Australia | 43.110 |
| 2 | Arsen Arsenović | Serbia | 43.110 |
| 4 | Mateusz Surwiło | Poland | 43.154 |
| 5 | Scott Martlew | New Zealand | 43.288 |
| 6 | Edmond Sanka | Senegal | 43.295 |
| 6 | Eteoklis Pavlou | Greece | 43.295 |
| 8 | Jonás García | Spain | 44.402 |
| 9 | Pier Alberto Buccoliero | Italy | 45.367 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Tom Kierey | Germany | 40.430 |
| | Serhii Yemelianov | Ukraine | 40.474 |
| | Leonid Krylov | Russia | 40.636 |
| 4 | Caio Ribeiro de Carvalho | Brazil | 41.117 |
| 5 | Iulian Șerban | Romania | 41.170 |
| 6 | Robert Oliver | Great Britain | 41.413 |
| 7 | Artem Voronkov | Russia | 42.236 |
| 8 | Jonathan Young | Great Britain | 42.276 |
| 9 | Martin Farineaux | France | 42.581 |