The men's kayak cross individual event at the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 20 July 2026 at the RIVERSPORT OKC in Oklahoma City.
Competition format The kayak cross individual time trial event is a single run competition which also serves as the qualification for the kayak cross event where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 42 paddlers from the kayak cross individual time trial advanced to the knockout phase at these championships.
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 by receiving a fault (FLT). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked according to the time they achieve, with those incurring faults ranked at the bottom.
Results
Top 42 qualified for the kayak cross event.
RankBibAthleteNationTimeNotes 1 Joseph Clarke 46.54 Q 8 Jakub Krejčí 46.70 Q 13 David Llorente 46.98 Q 4 4 Matyáš Novák 47.12 Q 5 26 Felix Oschmautz 47.25 Q 6 15 Merle Long 47.62 Q 7 25 Alex Baldoni 47.79 Q 8 24 Vít Přindiš 47.83 Q 9 9 Sam Leaver 47.87 Q 10 12 Giovanni De Gennaro 47.94 Q 11 6 Manuel Ochoa 47.99 Q 12 23 Gabriel De Coster 48.08 Q 13 3 Mathurin Madoré 48.33 Q 14 16 Jan Rohrer 48.66 Q 15 21 Nicholas Collier 48.76 Q 16 27 Hu Zhaoshan 48.88 Q 17 11 Martin Dougoud 48.96 Q 18 2 Finn Butcher 49.03 Q 19 55 Yuuki Tanaka 49.13 Q 20 30 Joris Hello 49.15 Q 21 28 Quan Xin 49.25 Q 22 19 Dimitri Marx 49.27 Q 23 31 Mario Leitner 49.33 Q 24 7 Pedro Gonçalves 49.34 Q 25 17 Benjamin Renia 49.35 Q 26 22 Stefan Hengst 49.40 Q 27 32 Pau Echaniz 49.42 Q 28 5 Mateusz Polaczyk 49.44 Q 29 41 Ben Haylett 49.45 Q 30 14 Timothy Anderson 49.62 Q 31 43 Ivan Kozlov 49.94 Q 32 29 Xabier Ferrazzi 50.04 Q 33 39 Serhii Sovko 50.09 Q 34 33 Isaac Zimmerman 50.13 Q 35 47 Martin Halčin 50.24 Q 36 40 Jesús Martínez 50.29 Q 37 50 Marek Kulczycki 50.39 Q 38 48 Pavel Eigel 50.49 Q 39 34 Michal Smolen 50.50 Q 40 42 Felix Sachers 50.53 Q 41 57 Thomas Ukalovic 50.54 Q 42 37 Dávid Skubík 50.60 Q 43 20 Lucien Delfour 51.18 44 60 Weng Jize 51.24 45 35 Mark Zielonka 51.88 46 54 Max Steinbrenner 52.65 47 18 Andraz Echeverría Olguín 52.87 48 62 Yusuke Muto 53.09 49 74 Kazuya Adachi 53.14 50 67 Ben Brown 53.17 51 38 Marten Konrad 53.20 52 58 Mārtiņš Plaudis 53.20 53 44 Manuel Trípano 53.51 54 51 Alexandr Korobov 53.78 55 69 Matthew Van Heerden 53.93 56 59 Tyler Westfall 54.34 57 49 Terence Saramandif 54.39 58 66 Liao Li-hong 54.56 59 53 Kauã da Silva 55.64 60 75 Eren Yalkin 56.62 61 56 Finn Anderson 58.34 62 68 Chu Hung-yu 59.25 63 76 Mustafa Parlak 60.47 64 61 Raage Magan 62.16 65 72 Wu Jung-cheng 63.00 66 63 Pradhyumna Singh Rathod 63.38 67 70 Arno Reblin 64.21 68 73 Ng Wee Meng 72.00 69 64 Juan Antonio Carrasco Cadillo 64.64 FLT (3) 70 10 Žiga Lin Hočevar 49.55 FLT (2) 71 36 Kaelin Friedenson 51.40 FLT (2) 72 46 Michał Pasiut 49.24 FLT (S) 73 45 Egor Smirnov RAL 74 77 Baek Seo-jin DNF 75 52 Noel Hendrick DSQ 71 Youssouf Wally Ndiaye DNS 65 Kevin Alfonso Vega Perez DNS
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