The men's KL1 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 RoundWednesday 22 August 2018 11:00 Heats 12:30 Semifinal Thursday 23 August 2018 16:40 Final All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

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.

Heat 1 RankNameCountryTimeNotes 1Esteban Farias 49.453 2Ian Marsden 50.403 3Jakub Tokarz 51.243 4Floriano Jesus 54.798 5Lucas Díaz 55.624 6Robinson Méndez 1:07.374 –Paulo Santos

Heat 2 RankNameCountryTimeNotes 1Róbert Suba 50.061 2Luis Cardoso da Silva 50.856 3Tamás Juhász 51.731 4Yu Xiaowei 51.931 5Adrián Castaño 1:08.742 6Yuta Takagi 1:11.247

Semifinal The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

RankNameCountryTimeNotes 1Yu Xiaowei 53.091 2Floriano Jesus 54.892 3Lucas Díaz 56.557 4Adrián Castaño 1:03.812 5Robinson Méndez 1:06.267 6Yuta Takagi 1:09.237

Final Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.

RankNameCountryTime Esteban Farias 49.796 Róbert Suba 50.606 Luis Cardoso da Silva 51.376 4Tamás Juhász 51.781 5Jakub Tokarz 52.896 6Ian Marsden 53.271 7Floriano Jesus 54.951 8Yu Xiaowei 54.966 9Lucas Díaz 1:01.416

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