2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL2

Men's VL2
at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint
World Championships
VenueIdroscalo Regatta Course
LocationMilan, Italy
Dates20–23 August
Competitors18 from 15 nations
Winning time51.80
Medalists
gold medal    Brazil
silver medal    Brazil
bronze medal    Great Britain

The men's VL2 200 metres competition at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan took place in Idroscalo Regatta Course.[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

Date Time Round
Wednesday 20 August 2025 15:48 Heats
Friday 22 August 2025 09:05 Semifinals
Saturday 23 August 2025 13:20 Final B
15:06 Final A

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final (QF). The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal (QS).[2][3]

Heat 1

Rank Canoeist Country Time Notes
1 Fernando Rufino  Brazil 52.39 QF
2 Igor Korobeynikov Individual Neutral Athletes 53.37 QF
3 Guan Nengwei  China 55.96 QF
4 Andrei Tkachuk Individual Neutral Athletes 56.49 QS
5 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 56.57 QS
6 Róbert Suba  Hungary 1:14.98 QS
7 Xander Van der Poll  Great Britain 59.01 QS
8 Takanori Kato  Japan 1:03.74
9 On Youn-ho  South Korea 1:06.07

Heat 2

Rank Canoeist Country Time Notes
1 Igor Alex Tofalini  Brazil 52.43 QF
2 Edward Clifton  Great Britain 52.98 QF
3 Roman Serebriakov Individual Neutral Athletes 53.54 QF
4 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 53.98 QS
5 Andrii Kryvchun  Ukraine 54.92 QS
6 Marius-Bogdan Ciustea  Italy 56.27 QS
7 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 56.82 QS
8 Amit Kumar  India 59.98 qS
Steven Haxton  United States DSQ

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final[4]

Rank Canoeist Country Time Notes
1 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 54.38 QF
2 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 55.06 QF
3 Xander Van der Poll  Great Britain 55.61 QF
4 Andrii Kryvchun  Ukraine 55.73
5 Marius-Bogdan Ciustea  Italy 56.71
6 Andrei Tkachuk Individual Neutral Athletes 56.93
7 Mathieu St-Pierre  Canada 57.30
8 Róbert Suba  Hungary 59.14
9 Amit Kumar  India 1:01.41

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[5]

Rank Canoeist Country Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fernando Rufino  Brazil 51.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Igor Alex Tofalini  Brazil 51.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edward Clifton  Great Britain 53.04
4 Norberto Mourão  Portugal 53.23
5 Igor Korobeynikov Individual Neutral Athletes 53.74
6 Roman Serebriakov Individual Neutral Athletes 53.92
7 Xander Van der Poll  Great Britain 55.22
8 Miroslav Šperk  Czech Republic 55.59
9 Guan Nengwei  China 57.52

References

  1. ^ "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. ^ "VL2 Men 200m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.