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

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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[]

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[]

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

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Heat 1[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

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[]

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[]

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Inna Osypenko  Ukraine 1:50.673
Silver medal icon.svg Josefa Idem  Italy 1:50.677
Bronze medal icon.svg 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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