Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's VL2

The Canoe Sprint men's VL2 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place on 14 and 15 September 2021.

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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Paracanoeing at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
KL1 men women
KL2 men women
KL3 men women
VL2 men women
VL3 men

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 edit

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

Results edit

Heats edit

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 edit

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 edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
  5 Fernando Rufino de Paulo   Brazil 53.077 PB
  6 Steven Haxton   United States 55.093
  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 edit

  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.