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.

Competition format 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, .

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.

Schedule

All times listed are UTC+10.

Date Time Round 29 September 2025 13:33 Time trial4 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

Results

Time trial

2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's kayak cross individual

Round 1

Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest go to repechage.

Proceed to heats Proceed to repechage

+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 1 David Llorente 2 12 Benjamin Renia 3 33 Benjamin Pope

+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 Joseph Clarke 2 13 Jan Rohrer 3 32 Martin Dougoud

+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Jakub Krejčí 2 14 Alex Baldoni 3 42 Andraz Echeverría Olguín 4 31 Gabriel De Coster FLT (5)

+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 15 Žiga Lin Hočevar 2 4 Jakub Grigar 3 30 Pavel Eigel 4 41 Lucien Delfour FLT (8)

+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 5 Matyáš Novák 2 16 Sam Leaver 3 40 Gelindo Chiariello 4 29 Mateusz Polaczyk

+ Race 6 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 6 Jonny Dickson 2 17 Giovanni De Gennaro 3 39 Tadeusz Kuchno 4 28 Martin Halčin

+ Race 7 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 7 Manuel Ochoa 2 38 Tillmann Röller 3 18 Pedro Gonçalves 4 27 Artem Ivchenko

+ Race 8 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 26 Maxime Aubertin 2 8 Mathurin Madoré 3 37 Mario Leitner 4 19 Martin Rudorfer FLT (2)

+ Race 9 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 9 Finn Butcher 2 36 Alistair McCreery 3 20 Noah Hegge FLT (5) 4 25 Xabier Ferrazzi FLT (2)

+ Race 10 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 10 Timothy Anderson 2 35 Lyu Luhui 3 21 Jakub Brzeziński FLT (6) 4 24 Stefan Hengst FLT (5)

+ Race 11 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 11 Titouan Castryck 2 23 Nicholas Collier 3 22 Ivan Kozlov 4 34 Serhii Sovko

Repechage

Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest are eliminated.

Proceed to heats Eliminated

+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 24 Stefan Hengst 2 18 Pedro Gonçalves 3 34 Serhii Sovko 4 42 Andraz Echeverría Olguín

+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 19 Martin Rudorfer 2 41 Lucien Delfour 3 33 Benjamin Pope 4 25 Xabier Ferrazzi FLT (5)

+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 20 Noah Hegge 2 27 Artem Ivchenko 3 32 Martin Dougoud 4 40 Gelindo Chiariello

+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 39 Tadeusz Kuchno 2 28 Martin Halčin 3 21 Jakub Brzeziński 4 31 Gabriel De Coster FLT (5)

+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 29 Mateusz Polaczyk 2 37 Mario Leitner 3 30 Pavel Eigel 4 22 Ivan Kozlov

Heats

Top 2 from each race advance to the quarterfinals. The rest are eliminated.

Proceed to quarterfinals Eliminated

+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 17 Sam Leaver 2 32 Lucien Delfour 3 16 Alex Baldoni 4 1 David Llorente FLT (5)

+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 24 Noah Hegge 2 9 Titouan Castryck 3 8 Timothy Anderson 4 25 Stefan Hengst FLT (5)

+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 12 Jakub Grigar 2 28 Pedro Gonçalves 3 5 Jonny Dickson 4 21 Alistair McCreery

+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 4 Matyáš Novák 2 13 Mathurin Madoré 3 20 Lyu Luhui 4 29 Artem Ivchenko

+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Jakub Krejčí 2 14 Benjamin Renia 3 19 Nicholas Collier 4 30 Martin Halčin FLT (5)

+ Race 6 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 11 Maxime Aubertin 2 6 Manuel Ochoa 3 27 Tadeusz Kuchno 4 22 Tillmann Röller FLT (2)

+ Race 7 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 7 Finn Butcher 2 26 Mateusz Polaczyk 3 10 Žiga Lin Hočevar 4 23 Martin Rudorfer

+ Race 8 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 Joseph Clarke 2 18 Giovanni De Gennaro 3 31 Mario Leitner 4 15 Jan Rohrer FLT (5)

Quarterfinals

Top 2 from each race advance to the semifinals. The rest are eliminated.

Proceed to semifinals Eliminated

+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 24 Noah Hegge 2 9 Titouan Castryck 3 17 Sam Leaver 4 32 Lucien Delfour FLT (2)

+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 4 Matyáš Novák 2 13 Mathurin Madoré 3 28 Pedro Gonçalves 4 12 Jakub Grigar

+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Jakub Krejčí 2 11 Maxime Aubertin 3 14 Benjamin Renia 4 6 Manuel Ochoa

+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 Joseph Clarke 2 7 Finn Butcher 3 26 Mateusz Polaczyk 4 18 Giovanni De Gennaro FLT (5)

Semifinals

Top 2 from each race advance to the final. The rest go to the small final.

Proceed to final Proceed to small final

+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 4 Matyáš Novák 2 13 Mathurin Madoré 3 24 Noah Hegge 4 9 Titouan Castryck FLT (5)

+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 Joseph Clarke 2 11 Maxime Aubertin 3 7 Finn Butcher 4 3 Jakub Krejčí

Small final

Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 7 Finn Butcher 2 9 Titouan Castryck 3 24 Noah Hegge 4 3 Jakub Krejčí RAL

Final

Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 2 Joseph Clarke 13 Mathurin Madoré 4 Matyáš Novák 4 11 Maxime Aubertin FLT (2)

Final ranking (Top 42)

The top 42 ranking determined by the knockout rounds.

RankAthleteCountryHeat rank Joseph Clarke 1 Mathurin Madoré 2 Matyáš Novák 3 4 Maxime Aubertin 4 5 Finn Butcher 1 6 Titouan Castryck 2 7 Noah Hegge 3 8 Jakub Krejčí 4 (RAL) 9 Benjamin Renia QF3 (3) 10 Sam Leaver QF1 (3) 11 Mateusz Polaczyk QF4 (3) 12 Pedro Gonçalves QF2 (3) 13 Manuel Ochoa QF3 (4) 14 Jakub Grigar QF2 (4) 15 Giovanni De Gennaro QF4 (4) 16 Lucien Delfour QF1 (4) 17 Jonny Dickson H3 (3) 18 Timothy Anderson H2 (3) 19 Žiga Lin Hočevar H7 (3) 20 Alex Baldoni H1 (3) 21 Nicholas Collier H5 (3) 22 Lyu Luhui H4 (3) 23 Tadeusz Kuchno H6 (3) 24 Mario Leitner H8 (3) 25 David Llorente H1 (4) 26 Jan Rohrer H8 (4) 27 Alistair McCreery H3 (4) 28 Tillmann Röller H6 (4) 29 Martin Rudorfer H7 (4) 30 Stefan Hengst H2 (4) 31 Artem Ivchenko H4 (4) 32 Martin Halčin H5 (4) 33 Jakub Brzeziński RE (3) 34 Pavel Eigel RE (3) 35 Martin Dougoud RE (3) 36 Benjamin Pope RE (3) 37 Serhii Sovko RE (3) 38 Ivan Kozlov RE (4) 39 Xabier Ferrazzi RE (4) 40 Gabriel De Coster RE (4) 41 Gelindo Chiariello RE (4) 42 Andraz Echeverría Olguín RE (4)

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