The men's kayak cross event at the 2023 European Games took place on 2 July 2023 at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course in Kraków, with the qualification on 1 July 2023.

Competition format The kayak cross event is split into two phases - qualification time trials and knockout phase where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 16 paddlers from the qualification advance to the quarterfinal. There are 4 quarterfinal heats with the top 2 paddlers advancing from each to the semifinal. Same rules apply in the two semifinals and the medals are then decided in the final run.

Paddlers start the cross 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, .

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. The final rank of athletes who did not progress to the heats is determined by their qualification results.

Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Date Time Round1 July 2023 15:05 Qualification2 July 2023 15:05 Quarterfinals 15:38 Semifinals 15:59 Final

Results

Qualification

RankBibAthleteCountryTimeNotes 1 3 Stefan Hengst 61.85 Q 2 23 Titouan Castryck 61.98 Q 3 8 Benjamin Renia 62.32 Q 4 14 Boris Neveu 62.79 Q 5 16 Christopher Bowers 63.09 Q 6 22 Mateusz Polaczyk 63.49 Q 7 18 Ondřej Tunka 63.64 Q 8 5 Mario Leitner 63.84 Q 9 19 Alistair McCreery 63.87 Q 10 15 David Llorente 63.96 Q 11 6 Vít Přindiš 63.98 Q 12 25 Manuel Munsch 64.03 Q 13 11 Felix Oschmautz 64.48 Q 14 2 Dimitri Marx 64.90 Q 15 33 Jonny Dickson 64.94 Q 16 4 Giovanni De Gennaro 64.95 Q 17 9 Hannes Aigner 65.06 18 10 Jan Rohrer 65.27 19 17 Erik Holmer 65.39 20 27 Fredrik Wahlén 66.06 21 30 Pau Echaniz 66.25 22 29 Noah Hegge 66.31 23 28 Jakub Krejčí 66.59 24 40 Davide Ghisetti 66.59 25 42 Ritvars Celmiņš 67.55 26 24 Oleksandr Fedorenko 68.65 27 13 Tine Kancler 69.85 28 47 Angel Petrushev 70.20 29 26 Serhii Sovko 70.26 30 49 Peter Kauzer 70.35 31 52 Lucas Jacob 72.67 32 41 Edgars Gravitis 72.71 33 34 Artem Ivchenko 73.16 34 39 Ren Korpes 73.24 35 45 Charalampos Troiannos 73.79 36 36 Mārtiņš Plaudis 74.74 37 48 Nils Biermans 74.76 38 21 Martin Halčin 75.46 39 50 Dirk Hermans 76.02 40 37 Ilja Buran 76.78 41 51 Emir Abdihodžić 78.72 42 12 Isak Öhrström 67.64 FLT (6) 43 31 Lorand Gjoshi 68.88 FLT (6) 44 20 Gabriel De Coster 71.52 FLT (6) 45 7 Vid Kuder Marušič 75.43 FLT (6) 46 44 Leonardo Proietti 77.62 FLT (6) 47 46 Tadeusz Kuchno 67.24 FLT (4) 48 43 Kacper Sztuba 67.26 FLT (4) 49 38 Paul Preisl 69.95 FLT (4) 50 1 Joe Clarke 73.62 FLT (4, 6) 51 35 Jakub Grigar 67.67 FLT (S, 6) - 32 Miquel Travé - DNS

Knockout rounds

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 8 Mario Leitner Q 2 1 Stefan Hengst Q 3 12 Manuel Munsch 4 16 Giovanni De Gennaro FLT (6)

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Boris Neveu Q 2 13 Felix Oschmautz Q 3 9 Alistair McCreery 4 5 Christopher Bowers FLT (1)

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 3 Benjamin Renia Q 2 6 Mateusz Polaczyk Q 3 14 Dimitri Marx FLT (S) 4 10 David Llorente FLT (3, R)

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Vít Přindiš Q 2 7 Ondřej Tunka Q 3 2 Titouan Castryck FLT (6) 4 15 Jonny Dickson FLT (3)

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Boris Neveu Q 2 13 Felix Oschmautz Q 3 1 Stefan Hengst 4 8 Mario Leitner FLT (7)

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 11 Vít Přindiš Q 2 7 Ondřej Tunka Q 3 6 Mateusz Polaczyk 4 3 Benjamin Renia FLT (6)

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Notes 7 Ondřej Tunka 13 Felix Oschmautz 11 Vít Přindiš FLT (4) 4 4 Boris Neveu FLT (R)

Final ranking (Top 16)

The top 16 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to qualification ranking.

RankBibAthleteCountryHeat rank 7 Ondřej Tunka 1 13 Felix Oschmautz 2 11 Vít Přindiš 3 4 4 Boris Neveu 4 5 1 Stefan Hengst SF1 (3) 6 6 Mateusz Polaczyk SF2 (3) 7 3 Benjamin Renia SF2 (4) 8 8 Mario Leitner SF1 (4) 9 2 Titouan Castryck QF4 (3) 10 9 Alistair McCreery QF2 (3) 11 12 Manuel Munsch QF1 (3) 12 14 Dimitri Marx QF3 (3) 13 5 Christopher Bowers QF2 (4) 14 10 David Llorente QF3 (4) 15 15 Jonny Dickson QF4 (4) 16 16 Giovanni De Gennaro QF1 (4)

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