2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's C-1 1000 metres

The men's C-1 1000 metres was held from 26 to 28 August 2026 at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznán, Poland.

36 canoeists entered of which 34 started.

Records Before the beginning of the event, the world best in the event was as follows: Men's C-1 1000 metresWorld Best3:41.46Zakhar Petrov Neutral Athlete ASzeged (HUN)Martin Fuksa

Heats Four heats were held on morning of 26 August 2026.Men's C-1 1000 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 4 Wu Shengyue 4:02.77 – 2 5 Martin Fuksa 4:04.98 +2.21 3 6 Zakhar Petrov Neutral Athlete A 4:14.03 +11.26 4 3 Loïc Léonard 4:23.12 +20.35 5 9 Braulio Flores-Mateescu 4:24.89 +22.12 6 7 Daniel Pacheco 4:27.85 +25.08 7 8 Gyaneshwor Singh Philem 4:33.00 +30.23 8 2 William Figueroa 4:51.16 +48.39 9 1 Ibrahima Seck 5:30.91

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Isaquias Queiroz 4:13.84 – 2 6 Pablo Crespo 4:15.67 +1.83 3 5 Serghei Tarnovschi 4:20.89 +7.05 4 3 Pavlo Altukhov 4:24.31 +10.47 5 7 Ryo Naganuma 4:25.94 +12.10 6 1 Admilson Andre Batista De Sousa 4:47.45 +33.61 7 2 Chen Tsung 4:54.58 +40.74 8 9 Joaquim Lobo 5:02.38 +48.54 9 8 Mohamed Ali Hmida 5:08.14 +54.30

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 7 Ivan Patapenka Neutral Athlete B 4:10.65 – 2 6 David Bauschke 4:11.36 +0.71 3 5 Stefanos Dimopoulos 4:13.26 +2.61 4 4 Wiktor Głazunow 4:19.14 +8.49 5 3 Connor Fitzpatrick 4:21.29 +10.64 6 9 Resul Aydın 4:34.23 +23.58 7 1 Mohamed Ali Merzougui 4:58.17 +47.52 - 8 Evans Monim DNS - 2 Amirjon Bobojoniv

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Gabriele Casadei 4:05.58 – 2 5 Dániel Fejes 4:07.84 +2.26 3 1 Diiorbek Mamatkulov 4:18.51 +12.93 4 7 Preslav Georgiev 4:21.32 +15.74 5 8 Guillermo Quirino 4:23.26 +17.68 6 6 Jonathan Grady 4:24.08 +18.50 7 3 Thomas Lambert 4:28.50 +22.92 8 2 Mohamed Gouda 4:38.65 +33.07 9 9 Isyaka Muhammed Ibrahim 4:58.12 +52.54

Semifinals

Three semifinals were held. Men's C-1 1000 metres Semi finals results from ICF.

The first three in each semi final progressed to the A final. The next three in each semi final progressed t the B final and the remainder wer eliminated. Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 5 Wu Shengyue 4:20.01 2 6 David Bauschke 4:21.55 +1.54 3 4 Pablo Crespo 4:23.88 +3.87 4 2 Connor Fitzpatrick 4:24.42 +4.41 5 7 Preslav Georgiev 4:30.71 +10.7 6 9 Thomas Lambert 4:31.41 +11.4 7 3 Diiorbek Mamatkulov 4:31.58 +11.57 8 8 Braulio Nicolae Flores-Mateescu 4:44.67 +24.66 9 1 Admilson Andre Batista De Sousa 5:10.10 +50.09

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Dániel Fejes 4:21.14 2 5 Isaquias Queiroz 4:23.65 +2.51 3 6 Zakhar Petrov Neutral Athlete A 4:24.87 +3.73 4 3 Stefanos Dimopoulos 4:27.82 +6.68 5 7 Wiktor Głazunow 4:29.11 +7.97 6 8 Ryo Naganuma 4:35.42 +14.28 7 9 Jonathan Grady 4:35.75 +14.61 8 2 Loïc Léonard 5:00.83 +39.69 9 1 Gyaneshwor Singh Philem 5:01.33 +40.19

Semifinal 3 Rank Lane Name(s) Nation Time Behind Notes 1 3 Serghei Tarnovschi 4:22.00 2 4 Ivan Patapenka Neutral Athlete B 4:22.63 +0.63 3 6 Martin Fuksa 4:22.94 +0.94 4 5 Gabriele Casadei 4:23.22 +1.22 5 8 Resul Aydın 4:37.45 +15.45 6 2 Guillermo Quirino 4:43.27 +21.27 7 1 Daniel Pacheco 4:43.87 +21.87 8 7 Pavlo Altukhov 4:44.15 +22.15 9 9 Chen Tsung 5:25.57

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 Athlete Nation Time Behind Notes 1 4 Connor Fitzpatrick 4:26.54 2 6 Gabriele Casadei 4:27.80 +1.26 3 5 Stefanos Dimopoulos 4:28.17 +1.63 4 7 Wiktor Głazunow 4:32.45 +5.91 5 9 Thomas Lambert 4:35.48 +8.94 6 2 Ryo Naganuma 4:40.17 +13.63 7 8 Preslav Georgiev 4:41.71 +15.17 8 1 Guillermo Quirino 4:43.42 +16.88 9 3 Resul Aydın 4:53.60 +27.06 A Final

The first two finishers, Dániel Fejes and Martin Fuksa, could not be separated even on a photo finish, so both were awarded the gold medal. The third place finisher Zakhar Petrov was placed two hundredths of a second further back, and won the bronze.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Behind Notes 5 Dániel Fejes 4:07.44 1 Martin Fuksa 8 Zakhar Petrov Neutral Athlete A 4:07.46 +0.02 4 4 Serghei Tarnovschi 4:08.74 +1.30 5 7 Ivan Patapenka Neutral Athlete B 4:09.56 +2.12 6 9 Pablo Crespo 4:11.47 +4.03 7 6 Wu Shengyue 4:12.01 +4.57 8 2 David Bauschke 4:12.57 +5.13 9 3 Isaquias Queiroz 4:22.13 +14.69

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