2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL1

Men's VL1 at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Sportpark Duisburg
Location	Duisburg, Germany
Dates	24–25 August
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:02.735
Medalists
Benjamin Sainsbury    Australia   David González    Spain   Carlos Glenndel Moreira    Brazil
←  2022

The men's VL1 competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place at Sportpark Duisburg.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 24 August 2023	12:05	Heats
	15:35	Semifinal
Friday 25 August 2023	14:35	Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final.
The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal. ^{[2] [3]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Sainsbury	Australia	1:01.935	QF
2	David González	Spain	1:05.008	QF
3	Surender Kumar	India	1:06.390	QF
4	Carlos Glenndel Moreira	Brazil	1:06.817	QS
5	Benjamin Brown	Canada	1:12.932	QS

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Peter Happ	Germany	1:06.603	QF
2	Robinson Mendez	Chile	1:07.070	QF
3	Alessio Bedin	Italy	1:07.918	QF
4	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:11.805	QS
5	Yash Kumar	India	1:13.762	QS

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final. ^[4]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carlos Glenndel Moreira	Brazil	1:06.920	QF
2	Benjamin Brown	Canada	1:12.020	QF
3	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:13.148	QF
4	Yash Kumar	India	1:13.688

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[5]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Benjamin Sainsbury	Australia	1:02.735
	David González	Spain	1:05.932
	Carlos Glenndel Moreira	Brazil	1:06.086
4	Surender Kumar	India	1:06.221
5	Peter Happ	Germany	1:07.587
6	Alessio Bedin	Italy	1:10.342
7	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:11.876
8	Robinson Mendez	Chile	1:12.279
9	Benjamin Brown	Canada	1:12.458

References

1. "ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships 2023 Schedule". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
2. "VL1 Men 200m - 1st Heat". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
3. "VL1 Men 200m - 2nd Heat". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
4. "VL1 Men 200m - Semi-final". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
5. "VL1 Men 200m - Final". kanuduisburg.de. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.