Men's kayak cross at the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Penrith Whitewater Stadium | |||||||||
Location | Penrith, Australia | |||||||||
Dates | 29 September – 4 October 2025 | |||||||||
Competitors | 73 from 34 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2025 World Championships | ||
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Individual events | ||
C1 | men | women |
K1 | men | women |
Kayak cross | men | women |
Kayak cross individual | men | women |
Team events | ||
C1 | men | women |
K1 | men | women |
The men's kayak cross event at the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 4 October 2025 at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Penrith, with the qualification time trial on 29 September 2025.
The kayak cross event is split into two phases – qualification time trials and knockout phase where 3 or 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 42 paddlers from the individual time trial (which is a medal event in itself) advance to the knockout phase.
Paddlers start their run by sliding off the starting platform several meters above the water. Then they must navigate the downstream and upstream gates. Unlike in classic slalom, paddlers are allowed to touch the gates and even intentionally move them with their paddle, but not with a free hand. There is also a designated zone where paddlers must perform an Eskimo roll.
Athletes can be penalized in three ways in each round, by receiving a fault (FLT) or by being ranked as lower (RAL). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked as lower (RAL) if they breach the safety requirements of the competition, such as by holding back another athlete with their hands or paddle, deliberately paddling over another athlete's boat, or by making dangerous contact with another athlete's head or body - all other non-dangerous contact is allowed. In each round athletes are ranked first by the order in which they cross the finish line, with those incurring penalties ranked in the following order: FLT, RAL, DNF, DNS.
The final classification of athletes is determined in the following manner: Athletes eliminated at any phase of the competition will be given their rank based on the comparison of the qualification times of athletes eliminated at the same phase. All 3rd ranked athletes will be ranked above all 4th ranked athletes.
All times listed are UTC+10.
Date | Time | Round |
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29 September 2025 | 13:33 | Time trial |
4 October 2025 | ||
10:41 | Round 1 | |
11:42 | Repechage round | |
13:02 | Heats | |
14:27 | Quarterfinals | |
14:58 | Semifinals | |
15:15 | Small final | |
15:32 | Final |
Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest go to repechage. [1]
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 1 | David Llorente | ![]() | H |
2 | 12 | Benjamin Renia | ![]() | H |
3 | 33 | Benjamin Pope | ![]() | RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Joseph Clarke | ![]() | H |
2 | 13 | Jan Rohrer | ![]() | H |
3 | 32 | Martin Dougoud | ![]() | RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Jakub Krejčí | ![]() | H |
2 | 14 | Alex Baldoni | ![]() | H |
3 | 42 | Andraz Echeverría Olguín | ![]() | RE |
4 | 31 | Gabriel De Coster | ![]() | FLT (5) RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 15 | Žiga Lin Hočevar | ![]() | H |
2 | 4 | Jakub Grigar | ![]() | H |
3 | 30 | Pavel Eigel | ![]() | RE |
4 | 41 | Lucien Delfour | ![]() | FLT (8) RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Matyáš Novák | ![]() | H |
2 | 16 | Sam Leaver | ![]() | H |
3 | 40 | Gelindo Chiariello | ![]() | RE |
4 | 29 | Mateusz Polaczyk | ![]() | RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Jonny Dickson | ![]() | H |
2 | 17 | Giovanni De Gennaro | ![]() | H |
3 | 39 | Tadeusz Kuchno | ![]() | RE |
4 | 28 | Martin Halčin | ![]() | RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Manuel Ochoa | ![]() | H |
2 | 38 | Tillmann Röller | ![]() | H |
3 | 18 | Pedro Gonçalves | ![]() | RE |
4 | 27 | Artem Ivchenko | ![]() | RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 26 | Maxime Aubertin | ![]() | H |
2 | 8 | Mathurin Madoré | ![]() | H |
3 | 37 | Mario Leitner | ![]() | RE |
4 | 19 | Martin Rudorfer | ![]() | FLT (2) RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 9 | Finn Butcher | ![]() | H |
2 | 36 | Alistair McCreery | ![]() | H |
3 | 20 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | FLT (5) RE |
4 | 25 | Xabier Ferrazzi | ![]() | FLT (2) RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | Timothy Anderson | ![]() | H |
2 | 35 | Lyu Luhui | ![]() | H |
3 | 21 | Jakub Brzeziński | ![]() | FLT (6) RE |
4 | 24 | Stefan Hengst | ![]() | FLT (5) RE |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 11 | Titouan Castryck | ![]() | H |
2 | 23 | Nicholas Collier | ![]() | H |
3 | 22 | Ivan Kozlov | ![]() | RE |
4 | 34 | Serhii Sovko | ![]() | RE |
Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest are eliminated. [2]
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 24 | Stefan Hengst | ![]() | H |
2 | 18 | Pedro Gonçalves | ![]() | H |
3 | 34 | Serhii Sovko | ![]() | |
4 | 42 | Andraz Echeverría Olguín | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 19 | Martin Rudorfer | ![]() | H |
2 | 41 | Lucien Delfour | ![]() | H |
3 | 33 | Benjamin Pope | ![]() | |
4 | 25 | Xabier Ferrazzi | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 20 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | H |
2 | 27 | Artem Ivchenko | ![]() | H |
3 | 32 | Martin Dougoud | ![]() | |
4 | 40 | Gelindo Chiariello | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 39 | Tadeusz Kuchno | ![]() | H |
2 | 28 | Martin Halčin | ![]() | H |
3 | 21 | Jakub Brzeziński | ![]() | |
4 | 31 | Gabriel De Coster | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 29 | Mateusz Polaczyk | ![]() | H |
2 | 37 | Mario Leitner | ![]() | H |
3 | 30 | Pavel Eigel | ![]() | |
4 | 22 | Ivan Kozlov | ![]() |
Top 2 from each race advance to the quarterfinals. The rest are eliminated. [3]
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 17 | Sam Leaver | ![]() | QF |
2 | 32 | Lucien Delfour | ![]() | QF |
3 | 16 | Alex Baldoni | ![]() | |
4 | 1 | David Llorente | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 24 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | QF |
2 | 9 | Titouan Castryck | ![]() | QF |
3 | 8 | Timothy Anderson | ![]() | |
4 | 25 | Stefan Hengst | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 12 | Jakub Grigar | ![]() | QF |
2 | 28 | Pedro Gonçalves | ![]() | QF |
3 | 5 | Jonny Dickson | ![]() | |
4 | 21 | Alistair McCreery | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Matyáš Novák | ![]() | QF |
2 | 13 | Mathurin Madoré | ![]() | QF |
3 | 20 | Lyu Luhui | ![]() | |
4 | 29 | Artem Ivchenko | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Jakub Krejčí | ![]() | QF |
2 | 14 | Benjamin Renia | ![]() | QF |
3 | 19 | Nicholas Collier | ![]() | |
4 | 30 | Martin Halčin | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 11 | Maxime Aubertin | ![]() | QF |
2 | 6 | Manuel Ochoa | ![]() | QF |
3 | 27 | Tadeusz Kuchno | ![]() | |
4 | 22 | Tillmann Röller | ![]() | FLT (2) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Finn Butcher | ![]() | QF |
2 | 26 | Mateusz Polaczyk | ![]() | QF |
3 | 10 | Žiga Lin Hočevar | ![]() | |
4 | 23 | Martin Rudorfer | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Joseph Clarke | ![]() | QF |
2 | 18 | Giovanni De Gennaro | ![]() | QF |
3 | 31 | Mario Leitner | ![]() | |
4 | 15 | Jan Rohrer | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Top 2 from each race advance to the semifinals. The rest are eliminated.
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 24 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | SF |
2 | 9 | Titouan Castryck | ![]() | SF |
3 | 17 | Sam Leaver | ![]() | |
4 | 32 | Lucien Delfour | ![]() | FLT (2) |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Matyáš Novák | ![]() | SF |
2 | 13 | Mathurin Madoré | ![]() | SF |
3 | 28 | Pedro Gonçalves | ![]() | |
4 | 12 | Jakub Grigar | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | Jakub Krejčí | ![]() | SF |
2 | 11 | Maxime Aubertin | ![]() | SF |
3 | 14 | Benjamin Renia | ![]() | |
4 | 6 | Manuel Ochoa | ![]() |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Joseph Clarke | ![]() | SF |
2 | 7 | Finn Butcher | ![]() | SF |
3 | 26 | Mateusz Polaczyk | ![]() | |
4 | 18 | Giovanni De Gennaro | ![]() | FLT (5) |
Top 2 from each race advance to the final. The rest go to the small final.
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Matyáš Novák | ![]() | F |
2 | 13 | Mathurin Madoré | ![]() | F |
3 | 24 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | SM |
4 | 9 | Titouan Castryck | ![]() | FLT (5) SM |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Joseph Clarke | ![]() | F |
2 | 11 | Maxime Aubertin | ![]() | F |
3 | 7 | Finn Butcher | ![]() | SM |
4 | 3 | Jakub Krejčí | ![]() | SM |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | Finn Butcher | ![]() | |
2 | 9 | Titouan Castryck | ![]() | |
3 | 24 | Noah Hegge | ![]() | |
4 | 3 | Jakub Krejčí | ![]() | RAL |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
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![]() | 2 | Joseph Clarke | ![]() | |
![]() | 13 | Mathurin Madoré | ![]() | |
![]() | 4 | Matyáš Novák | ![]() | |
4 | 11 | Maxime Aubertin | ![]() | FLT (2) |
The top 42 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to seeding after time trials. [4]