# 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Men's VL2

The men's VL2 competition at the 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday 9 May 2024 | 15:15 | Heats |
| Friday 10 May 2024 | 8:45 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 11 May 2024 | 11:16 | Final A |
| Saturday 11 May 2024 | 11:28 | Final B |
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 | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 50.41 | QA |
| 2 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 53.51 | QS |
| 3 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.92 | QS |
| 4 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 55.65 | QS |
| 5 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 1:00.02 | QS |
| 6 | Ilya Taupianets | AIN | 1:02.64 | QS |
| 7 | Surender Kumar | India | 1:19.46 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 50.88 | QA |
| 2 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 54.03 | QS |
| 3 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 54.54 | QS |
| 4 | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | 57.73 | QS |
| 5 | Amit Kumar | India | 1:03.28 | QS |
| 6 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:03.88 | QS |
| 7 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | DNS | aS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steven Haxton | United States | 50.55 | QA |
| 2 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 53.84 | QS |
| 3 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 54.80 | QS |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 56.99 | QS |
| 5 | Andrei Tkachuk | AIN | 58.33 | QS |
| 6 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 58.97 | QS |
| 7 | Yassin Awad | Egypt | 1:29.65 | QS |
| – | Gajendra Singh | India | DNS | |

### 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 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 1:00.34 | QA |
| 2 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 1:01.06 | QA |
| 3 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 1:01.54 | QA |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 1:02.59 | QB |
| 5 | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | 1:04.07 | QB |
| 6 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 1:07.55 | QB |
| 7 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:10.14 | QB |
| 8 | Ilya Taupianets | AIN | 1:11.63 | |
| 9 | Yassin Awad | Egypt | 1:49.61 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 56.30 | QA |
| 2 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 57.79 | QA |
| 3 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 59.55 | QA |
| 4 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 59.56 | QB |
| 5 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 1:00.29 | QB |
| 6 | Andrei Tkachuk | AIN | 1:01.66 | QB |
| 7 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 1:04.01 | QB |
| 8 | Amit Kumar | India | 1:06.33 | qB |
| 9 | Surender Kumar | India | 1:35.50 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Edward Clifton | Great Britain | 53.69 |
| 2 | Eslam Jahedi | Iran | 55.62 |
| 3 | Andrei Tkachuk | AIN | 55.68 |
| 4 | Tamás Juhász | Hungary | 57.08 |
| 5 | Santi Wantawee | Thailand | 58.72 |
| 6 | Anas Al Khalifa | Germany | 59.54 |
| 7 | Takanori Kato | Japan | 1:01.15 |
| 8 | Amit Kumar | India | 1:03.85 |
| – | Miroslav Šperk | Czech Republic | DSQ |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Fernando Rufino | Brazil | 50.59 |
| | Igor Alex Tofalini | Brazil | 51.20 |
| | Steven Haxton | United States | 52.25 |
| 4 | Norberto Mourão | Portugal | 52.89 |
| 5 | Higinio Rivero | Spain | 54.12 |
| 6 | Róbert Suba | Hungary | 54.66 |
| 7 | Mathieu St-Pierre | Canada | 54.80 |
| 8 | Andrii Kryvchun | Ukraine | 54.94 |
| 9 | Marius-Bogdan Ciustea | Italy | 55.65 |