Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing.

Competition consisted of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. Top finishers in each of the three heats advanced directly to the final, while the next six finishers (placed 2 through 7) in each heat moved on to the semifinals. Top three finishers in each of the two semifinals joined the heat winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 19, semifinals on August 21, and the final on August 23.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 16:40-17:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 16:20-16:40 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 2008 16:20-16:35 Final

Medalists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Inna Osypenko (UKR)   Josefa Idem (ITA)   Katrin Wagner-Augustin (GER)

Results

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Heats

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Qualification Rules: Winner->Finals, 2...6->Semifinals, Rest Out

Heat 1

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Katalin Kovács   Hungary 1:49.424 QF
2 Maria Teresa Portela   Spain 1:51.654 QS
3 Jennifer Hodson   South Africa 1:51.655 QS
4 Shinobu Kitamoto   Japan 1:52.148 QS
5 Chantal Meek   Australia 1:53.374 QS
6 Małgorzata Chojnacka   Poland 1:53.635 QS
7 Karen Furneaux   Canada 1:54.065 QS
8 Estefania Fontanini   Argentina 2:00.291
9 Khathia Bâ   Senegal 2:17.740

Heat 2

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Josefa Idem   Italy 1:48.864 QF
2 Zhong Hongyan   China 1:49.440 QS
3 Lucy Wainwright   Great Britain 1:50.103 QS
4 Carrie Johnson   United States 1:50.221 QS
5 Henriette Engel Hansen   Denmark 1:52.773 QS
6 Teresa Portela   Portugal 1:53.761 QS
7 Anne Rikala   Finland 1:54.294 QS
8 Tatsiana Fedarovich   Belarus 1:57.881

Heat 3

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Katrin Wagner-Augustin   Germany 1:48.875 QF
2 Inna Osypenko   Ukraine 1:49.776 QS
3 Špela Ponomarenko   Slovenia 1:49.973 QS
4 Sofia Paldanius   Sweden 1:51.110 QS
5 Yuliana Salkhova   Russia 1:51.628 QS
6 Erin Taylor   New Zealand 1:52.517 QS
7 Zulmarys Sánchez   Venezuela 1:57.728 QS
8 Lee Sun-Ja   South Korea 1:58.140

Semifinals

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Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Inna Osypenko   Ukraine 1:51.558 QF
2 Lucy Wainwright   Great Britain 1:52.580 QF
3 Jennifer Hodson   South Africa 1:53.209 QF
4 Carrie Johnson   United States 1:53.721
5 Sofia Paldanius   Sweden 1:53.797
6 Teresa Portela   Portugal 1:54.831
7 Chantal Meek   Australia 1:54.876
8 Małgorzata Chojnacka   Poland 1:55.619
9 Zulmarys Sánchez   Venezuela 2:02.764

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Zhong Hongyan   China 1:53.163 QF
2 Yuliana Salkhova   Russia 1:53.603 QF
3 Špela Ponomarenko   Slovenia 1:53.812 QF
4 Anne Rikala   Finland 1:54.025
5 Erin Taylor   New Zealand 1:54.300
6 Maria Teresa Portela   Spain 1:54.981
7 Karen Furneaux   Canada 1:55.145
8 Henriette Engel Hansen   Denmark 1:55.960
9 Shinobu Kitamoto   Japan 2:01.105

Final

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Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
  Inna Osypenko   Ukraine 1:50.673
  Josefa Idem   Italy 1:50.677
  Katrin Wagner-Augustin   Germany 1:51.022
4 Katalin Kovács   Hungary 1:51.139
5 Zhong Hongyan   China 1:52.220
6 Špela Ponomarenko   Slovenia 1:52.363
7 Lucy Wainwright   Great Britain 1:53.102
8 Jennifer Hodson   South Africa 1:53.353
9 Yuliana Salkhova   Russia 1:53.973

References

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