The men's C-1 200 metres competition at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznán, Poland took place between 26 and 28 August 2026. The event was won by two time former champion (2022 and 2024), Poland's Oleksii Koliadych, holding off the 2023 and 2025 champion, Artur Guliev of Uzbekistan.Full Schedule, results and medals from 2026 ICF World Championships from Olympics.com .
Records
The world best time in the C-1 200 metres for men at the beginning of the competition was as follows:
+ Men's C-1 200 metres World Best 37.44 Plovdiv
Schedule The schedule is as follows: Date Time Round Wednesday 26 August 2026 11:11 Heats Thursday 27 August 2026 14:45 Semifinals Friday 28 August 2026 14:00 Final B 15:40 Final A
Results Heats Four heats were held on morning of 26 August 2026.Men's C-1 200 metres Heats results from ICF
Qualification rule : First six in each heat (SF) plus three next fastest (qBT) qualify for semi-finals; remainder are eliminated.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 5 Pablo Graña 41.92 2 3 Aleksandre Tsivtsivadze 42.30 0.38 3 7 Sergey Yemelyanov 42.66 0.74 4 1 Andrei Zholabau Neutral Athletes B 42.81 0.89 5 6 Nicolae Craciun 42.92 1.00 6 4 Antonín Hrabal 43.59 1.67 7 2 Ali Dherar Kadhim Aldain 45.04 3.12 8 8 Ifeanyi Okuchukwu 50.91 8.99
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 5 Gabriel Assunção 42.97 2 3 Dávid Hodován 43.60 0.63 3 4 Nico Pickert 43.84 0.87 4 6 Andrii Rybachok 44.64 1.67 5 2 Gustavo Eslava 46.00 3.03 6 1 Staņislavs Leščinskis 46.59 3.62 7 7 Mohamed Gouda 48.86 5.89 8 8 Mohamed Ali Merzougui 52.18 9.21
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Artur Guliev 42.39 2 3 Mihai Chihaia 43.00 0.61 3 6 Ilie Sprîncean 43.25 0.86 4 5 Jian Xu 44.25 1.86 5 7 Tsung Chen 44.26 1.87 6 1 Joaquim Lobo 46.78 4.39 7 8 Dario Maksimović 49.44 7.05 8 2 William Reyser Figueroa Del Aguila 53.38 10.99
Heat 4 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 5 Oleksii Koliadych 42.38 2 4 Sergey Svinarev Neutral Athletes A 44.14 1.76 3 3 Zachary Kralik 44.50 2.12 4 6 Kenneth Kasperbauer 46.82 4.44 5 2 Sunil Singh Salam 46.90 4.52 6 7 Domingos Pacavira 47.54 5.16 7 8 Cristián Ávila 50.39 8.01 0 1 Bobojon Bobojonov DNS
Semi finals
Three semi finals were held on morning of 27 August 2026.Men's C-1 200 metres Semifinals results from ICF
Qualification rule : First three in each heat to A final (FA) next three in each heat to B final (FB); remainder are eliminated. (1-2 -> FA; 4-6 -> FB; 7... -> el.)
Semi final 1 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 6 Sergey Svinarev Neutral Athletes A 42.53 2 5 Pablo Graña 42.70 +0.17 3 3 Ilie Sprîncean 43.05 +0.52 4 4 Dávid Hodován 43.25 +0.72 5 8 Nicolae Craciun 43.49 +0.96 6 7 Jian Xu 45.66 +3.13 7 1 Staņislavs Leščinskis 46.17 +3.64 8 9 Ali Dherar Kadhim Aldain 46.52 +3.99 9 2 Sunil Singh Salam 46.72 +4.19
Semi final 2 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 5 Gabriel Assunção 42.31 2 2 Andrei Zholabau Neutral Athletes B 42.65 +0.34 3 6 Sergey Yemelyanov 42.99 +0.68 4 4 Mihai Chihaia 43.37 +1.06 5 7 Kenneth Kasperbauer 43.81 +1.50 6 8 Gustavo Eslava 44.40 +2.09 7 3 Zachary Kralik 44.99 +2.68 8 9 Joaquim Lobo 46.62 +4.31 0 1 Mohamed Gouda DNS
Semi final 3 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Oleksii Koliadych 41.85 2 5 Artur Guliev 41.95 0.10 3 6 Aleksandre Tsivtsivadze 42.63 0.78 4 7 Andrii Rybachok 43.14 1.29 5 1 Antonín Hrabal 43.94 2.09 6 3 Nico Pickert 43.98 2.13 7 2 Tsung Chen 45.38 3.53 8 8 Domingos Pacavira 46.41 4.56 9 9 Dario Maksimović 48.41 6.56
Finals
The A and B finals were held on the afternoon of 28 August.Men's C-1 200 metres Finals results from ICF
B Final
Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 8 Nicolae Craciun 44.05 2 4 Dávid Hodován 44.19 +0.14 3 1 Nico Pickert 44.54 +0.49 4 6 Andrii Rybachok 44.96 +0.91 5 5 Mihai Chihaia 45.36 +1.31 6 3 Antonín Hrabal 45.51 +1.46 7 7 Kenneth Kasperbauer 45.89 +1.84 8 9 Jian Xu 46.33 +2.28 9 2 Gustavo Eslava 46.34 +2.29
A final
Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 4 Oleksii Koliadych 40.95 7 Artur Guliev 41.05 +0.10 3 Andrei Zholabau Neutral Athlete B 41.15 +0.20 4 5 Gabriel Assunção 41.39 +0.44 5 2 Pablo Graña 41.51 +0.56 6 9 Ilie Sprîncean 41.80 +0.85 7 1 Aleksandre Tsivtsivadze 42.06 +1.11 7 8 Sergey Yemelyanov 42.06 +1.11 9 6 Sergey Svinarev Neutral Athlete A 42.42 +1.47
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