# 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 500 metres

The men's C-1 500 metres 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 |
| Thursday 23 August 2018 | 11:41 | Heats |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 11:20 | Semifinals |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 16:31 | Final A |
| Friday 24 August 2018 | 17:11 | Final B |
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

## 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 | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:49.025 | QA |
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:49.290 | QS |
| 3 | Mikhail Pavlov | Russia | 1:50.235 | QS |
| 4 | Stefan Strat | Romania | 1:53.240 | QS |
| 5 | Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:53.585 | QS |
| 6 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:56.925 | QS |
| 7 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 1:59.005 | QS |
| 8 | Ghailene Khattali | Tunisia | 1:59.885 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 1:50.589 | QA |
| 2 | Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 1:52.684 | QS |
| 3 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:52.984 | QS |
| 4 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:54.435 | QS |
| 5 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:54.595 | QS |
| 6 | Ian Ross | United States | 2:02.480 | QS |
| 7 | Dagnis Iļjins | Latvia | 2:07.080 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Simart | France | 1:49.564 | QA |
| 2 | Maksim Piatrou | Belarus | 1:50.389 | QS |
| 3 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 1:51.079 | QS |
| 4 | Craig Spence | Canada | 1:51.929 | QS |
| 5 | David Fernández | Spain | 1:52.574 | QS |
| 6 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:53.185 | QS |
| 7 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 1:57.385 | QS |
| 8 | Joaquim Lobo | Mozambique | 2:15.251 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
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 | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:50.692 | QA |
| 2 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:52.027 | QA |
| 3 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 1:52.447 | QA |
| 4 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:52.477 | QB |
| 5 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:54.187 | QB |
| 6 | Craig Spence | Canada | 1:54.822 | QB |
| 7 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:55.427 | QB |
| 8 | Stefan Strat | Romania | 1:58.447 | qB |
| 9 | Dagnis Iļjins | Latvia | 2:09.918 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikhail Pavlov | Russia | 1:51.918 | QA |
| 2 | Maksim Piatrou | Belarus | 1:52.098 | QA |
| 3 | Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 1:53.399 | QA |
| 4 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 1:54.349 | QB |
| 5 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:54.349 | QB |
| 6 | David Fernández | Spain | 1:55.134 | QB |
| 7 | Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:55.429 | QB |
| 8 | Ian Ross | United States | 1:58.474 | |
| 9 | Joosep Karlson | Estonia | 2:00.949 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Carlo Tacchini | Italy | 1:52.676 |
| 2 | Angel Kodinov | Bulgaria | 1:53.386 |
| 3 | Matej Rusnák | Slovakia | 1:54.053 |
| 4 | David Fernández | Spain | 1:54.156 |
| 5 | Craig Spence | Canada | 1:54.813 |
| 6 | Pavlo Altukhov | Ukraine | 1:55.073 |
| 7 | Ryo Naganuma | Japan | 1:57.063 |
| 8 | Hélder Silva | Portugal | 2:05.887 |
| 9 | Stefan Strat | Romania | 2:15.024 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Isaquias Queiroz | Brazil | 1:49.203 |
| | Sebastian Brendel | Germany | 1:49.496 |
| | Martin Fuksa | Czech Republic | 1:50.143 |
| 4 | Oleg Tarnovschi | Moldova | 1:51.577 |
| 5 | Maksim Piatrou | Belarus | 1:51.823 |
| 6 | Tomasz Kaczor | Poland | 1:52.643 |
| 7 | Mikhail Pavlov | Russia | 1:52.743 |
| 8 | Tamás Kiss | Hungary | 1:56.217 |
| 9 | Thomas Simart | France | 2:02.734 |