Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's VL2

Men's VL2
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates14–15 September 2021
Competitors11 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fernando Rufino de Paulo  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steven Haxton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norberto Mourão  Portugal
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The Canoe Sprint men's VL2 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 14 and 15 September 2021.

Two heats were held. Winners advanced directly to the final. The rest went into the semi-finals, where the top three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

This was the first event in the Paralympics to feature the Va'a outrigger boat.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Thursday, 2 September 2021 11:10 Heats
Saturday, 4 September 2021 10:00 Semifinals
11:12 Final A

Results

Heats

Heat 1
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[1] Notes
1 5 Fernando Rufino de Paulo  Brazil 55.258 FA, PB
2 4 Steven Haxton  United States 57.027 SF
3 7 Igor Korobeynikov  RPC 57.420 SF
4 6 Luis Cardoso da Silva  Brazil 58.000 SF
5 3 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 59.683 SF
6 2 Anas Al Khalifa  Refugee Paralympic Team 1:04.658 SF
Heat 2
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[2] Notes
1 5 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 57.831 FA
2 4 Higinio Rivero  Spain 58.366 SF
3 6 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 58.699 SF
4 2 Eslam Jahedi  Iran 1:01.395 SF
5 3 Ilya Taupianets  Belarus 1:02.429 SF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 4 Steven Haxton  United States 54.576 FA, PB
2 5 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 55.818 FA
3 6 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 56.025 FA
4 3 Eslam Jahedi  Iran 58.057
Semifinal 2
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[4] Notes
1 4 Higinio Rivero  Spain 55.195 FA
2 5 Igor Korobeynikov  RPC 55.357 FA
3 3 Luis Cardoso da Silva  Brazil 57.725 FA
4 6 Ilya Taupianets  Belarus 59.736
5 2 Anas Al Khalifa  Refugee Paralympic Team 1:01.467

Final A

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Fernando Rufino de Paulo  Brazil 53.077 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Steven Haxton  United States 55.093
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 55.365
4 7 Igor Korobeynikov  RPC 55.681
5 8 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 56.029
6 3 Higinio Rivero  Spain 56.058
7 1 Luis Cardoso da Silva  Brazil 56.390
8 2 Tamás Juhász  Hungary 57.193

References

  1. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL2 200m – Heat 1 – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL2 200m – Heat 2 – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL2 200m – Semi-final 1 – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL2 200m – Semi-final 2 – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Canoe Sprint – Men's Kayak Single - VL2 200m – Final A – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.