Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The Women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists edit

  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Josefa Idem Guerrini (ITA)   Caroline Brunet (CAN)   Katrin Borchert (AUS)

Results edit

Heats edit

17 competitors entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the finals. Fourth-place through seventh-place finishers and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semi-final.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 4 Caroline Brunet   Canada 1:51.558 QF
2 6 Anna Olsson   Sweden 1:52.785 QF
3 7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk   Poland 1:53.202 QF
4 9 Sanda Toma   Romania 1:54.738 QS
5 10 Manuela Mucke   Germany 1:54.870 QS
6 12 Marcela Erbanová   Slovakia 1:55.782 QS
7 13 Ursula Profanter   Austria 1:56.118 QS
8 15 Anna Hemmings   Great Britain 1:59.190 QS
9 17 Inna Osypenko   Ukraine 2:02.712
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 1 Josefa Idem   Italy 1:49.889 QF
2 2 Rita Kőbán   Hungary 1:50.777 QF
3 3 Ruth Nortje   South Africa 1:51.047 QF
4 5 Katrin Borchert   Australia 1:52.187 QS
5 8 Nataša Janić   FR Yugoslavia 1:54.395 QS
6 11 Kathryn Colin   United States 1:55.373 QS
7 14 María Teresa Portela   Spain 1:59.153 QS
8 16 Sayuri Maruyama   Japan 2:00.833 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Josefa Idem   Italy 2 1 1:49.889 QF
2 Rita Kőbán   Hungary 2 2 1:50.777 QF
3 Ruth Nortje   South Africa 2 3 1:51.047 QF
4 Caroline Brunet   Canada 1 1 1:51.558 QF
5 Katrin Borchert   Australia 2 4 1:52.187 QS
6 Anna Olsson   Sweden 2 2 1:52.785 QF
7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk   Poland 1 3 1:53.202 QF
8 Nataša Janić   FR Yugoslavia 2 5 1:54.395 QS
9 Sanda Toma   Romania 1 4 1:54.738 QS
10 Manuela Mucke   Germany 1 5 1:54.870 QS
11 Kathryn Colin   United States 2 6 1:55.373 QS
12 Marcela Erbanová   Slovakia 1 6 1:55.782 QS
13 Ursula Profanter   Austria 1 7 1:56.118 QS
14 María Teresa Portela   Spain 2 7 1:59.153 QS
15 Anna Hemmings   Great Britain 1 8 1:59.190 QS
16 Sayuri Maruyama   Japan 2 8 2:00.833
17 Inna Osypenko   Ukraine 1 9 2:02.712

Semifinal edit

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Katrin Borchert   Australia 1:53.070 QF
2 Nataša Janić   FR Yugoslavia 1:55.482 QF
3 Ursula Profanter   Austria 1:55.626 QF
4 Manuela Mucke   Germany 1:55.794
5 Sanda Toma   Romania 1:56.310
6 Kathryn Colin   United States 1:57.000
7 María Teresa Portela   Spain 1:58.932
8 Marcela Erbanová   Slovakia 1:59.472
9 Anna Hemmings   Great Britain 1:59.664

Final edit

Final
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time
  Josefa Idem   Italy 2:13.848
  Caroline Brunet   Canada 2:14.646
  Katrin Borchert   Australia 2:15.138
4 Nataša Janić   FR Yugoslavia 2:16.506
5 Elżbieta Urbańczyk   Poland 2:18.018
6 Rita Kőbán   Hungary 2:19.668
7 Ruth Nortje   South Africa 2:20.274
8 Ursula Profanter   Austria 2:20.598
9 Anna Olsson   Sweden 2:24.774

Brunet had won the past three world championships in this event and was undefeated in this event in over two years. High winds delayed the final by five hours. The Canadian led at the halfway mark, but was passed by Idem, competing in her fifth Summer Olympics. Idem defeated Brunet by half a boat length.

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