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Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

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These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists edit

  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Natasa Janics (HUN)   Josefa Idem Guerrini (ITA)   Caroline Brunet (CAN)

Heats edit

The 23 competitors first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and the next 6 finishers in each heat qualified for the two semifinal races. Therefore, only two kayakers were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat Place Athlete Country Time Notes
1 1 Nataša Janić   Hungary 1:49.870 QF
1 2 Katrin Wagner   Germany 1:53.234 QS
1 3 Larissa Peisakhovitch   Israel 1:54.234 QS
1 4 Li Ting   China 1:55.474 QS
1 5 Nathalie Marie   France 1:57.342 QS
1 6 Fernanda Lauro   Argentina 1:59.474 QS
1 7 Doan Thi Cach   Vietnam 2:06.126 QS
1 Natalya Sergeyeva   Kazakhstan DSQ
2 1 Caroline Brunet   Canada 1:50.366 QF
2 2 Josefa Idem   Italy 1:50.466 QS
2 3 Petra Santy   Belgium 1:52.834 QS
2 4 Lucy Hardy   Great Britain 1:54.518 QS
2 5 Michaela Strnadova   Czech Republic 1:55.806 QS
2 6 Yulia Borzova   Uzbekistan 1:56.586 QS
2 7 Amanda Rankin   Australia 1:56.678 QS
2 8 Sarce Aronggear   Indonesia 2:03.790
3 1 Marcela Erbanova   Slovakia 1:53.508 QF
3 2 Aneta Pastuszka   Poland 1:53.840 QS
3 3 Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou   Greece 1:54.828 QS
3 4 Jenni Honkanen   Finland 1:55.244 QS
3 5 Carrie Johnson   United States 1:57.708 QS
3 6 Olga Kostenko   Russia 1:58.520 QS
3 7 Miyuki Shirata   Japan 2:00.860 QS

Sergeyeva was disqualified for not keeping her boat in the automatic starting system, delaying the race start by five minutes. She was also disqualified for starting outside of the automatic starting system.

Semifinals edit

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1.   Katrin Wagner (GER) 1:52.630 QF
2.   Jenni Honkanen (FIN) 1:53.050 QF
3.   Li Ting (CHN) 1:53.598 QF
4.   Petra Santy (BEL) 1:54.534
5.   Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou (GRE) 1:54.950
6.   Olga Kostenko (RUS) 1:55.766
7.   Michaela Strnadova (CZE) 1:56.154
8.   Amanda Rankin (AUS) 1:56.198
9.   Fernanda Lauro (ARG) 2:00.198
Semifinal 2
1.   Josefa Idem (ITA) 1:50.844 QF
2.   Larissa Peisakhovitch (ISR) 1:55.096 QF
3.   Lucy Hardy (GBR) 1:56.432 QF
4.   Carrie Johnson (USA) 1:56.712
5.   Nathalie Marie (FRA) 1:57.944
6.   Yulia Borzova (UZB) 1:59.560
7.   Miyuki Shirata (JPN) 2:03.076
8.   Doan Thi Cach (VIE) 2:06.692
9.   Aneta Pastuszka (POL) DSQ

Pastuszka was disqualified for competing in an underweight boat.

Final edit

The final was raced on August 28.

    Nataša Janić (HUN) 1:47.741
    Josefa Idem (ITA) 1:49.729
    Caroline Brunet (CAN) 1:50.601
4.   Katrin Wagner (GER) 1:52.557
5.   Marcela Erbanova (SVK) 1:52.685
6.   Larissa Peisakhovitch (ISR) 1:53.089
7.   Lucy Hardy (GBR) 1:53.717
8.   Jenni Honkanen (FIN) 1:53.937
9.   Li Ting (CHN) 1:54.473

Janics, who switched her nationality from Serbia and Montenegro to Hungary three months before the 2004 Games, jumped to an early lead and then held off a late challenge from defending Olympic champion Idem.

References edit

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