2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's C-1 500 metres

Women's C-1 500 metres at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo Regatta Course
Location	Milan, Italy
Dates	20–23 August
Competitors	24 from 24 nations
Winning time	2:01.27
Medalists
Liudmyla Luzan    Ukraine   Katie Vincent    Canada   María Corbera    Spain
←  2024

The women's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan took place in Idroscalo Regatta Course. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 20 August 2025	13:00	Heats
Friday 22 August 2025	09:40	Semifinals
Saturday 23 August 2025	13:43	Final B
	14:34	Final A

Results

Heats

The fastest boat in each heat advanced directly to the final (QF). The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semi-finals (QS). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Liudmyla Luzan	Ukraine	2:03.74	QF
2	Réka Opavszky	Hungary	2:07.22	QS
3	Aleksandra Vlasova	Individual Neutral Athletes	2:07.93	QS
4	Herlin Aprilin Lali	Indonesia	2:13.28	QS
5	Khonzoda Erkinova	Uzbekistan	2:14.40	QS
6	Denisa Řáhová	Czech Republic	2:16.96	QS
7	Megumi Tsubota	Japan	2:26.32	QS
8	Tamara Pavić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:38.50

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katie Vincent	Canada	2:02.20	QF
2	María Corbera	Spain	2:04.31	QS
3	Ma Yanan	China	2:04.37	QS
4	Olympia Della Giustina	Italy	2:06.74	QS
5	Tetiana Smylovenko	Azerbaijan	1:55.71	QS
6	Rufina Iskakova	Kazakhstan	1:59.56	QS
7	Yurely Marín	Colombia	2:01.48	qS
8	Julija Jevtušenkaitė	Lithuania	2:29.01

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Daniela Cociu	Moldova	2:05.60	QF
2	María Mailliard	Chile	2:08.35	QS
3	Vanesa Tot	Croatia	2:08.37	QS
4	Bethany Gill	Great Britain	2:10.42	QS
5	Orasa Thiangkathok	Thailand	2:13.41	QS
6	Emma Albrecht	United States	2:14.00	QS
7	Lee Ye-lin	South Korea	2:15.18	QS
8	Radostina Angelova	Bulgaria	2:15.87

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi and best 8th advanced to the final B. ^{[5] [6]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Réka Opavszky	Hungary	2:07.69	FA
2	Ma Yanan	China	2:09.38	FA
3	Denisa Řáhová	Czech Republic	2:09.53	FA
4	Tetiana Smylovenko	Azerbaijan	2:09.62	FB
5	Vanesa Tot	Croatia	2:12.43	FB
6	Bethany Gill	Great Britain	2:14.60	FB
7	Emma Albrecht	United States	2:15.83	FB
8	Herlin Aprilin Lali	Indonesia	2:15.87	fB
9	Yurely Marín	Colombia	2:22.04

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	María Corbera	Spain	2:09.30	FA
2	Olympia Della Giustina	Italy	2:09.98	FA
3	María Mailliard	Chile	2:10.50	FA
4	Aleksandra Vlasova	Individual Neutral Athletes	2:12.35	FB
5	Khonzoda Erkinova	Uzbekistan	2:16.73	FB
6	Rufina Iskakova	Kazakhstan	2:17.67	FB
7	Lee Ye-lin	South Korea	2:17.98	FB
8	Orasa Thiangkathok	Thailand	2:18.42
9	Megumi Tsubota	Japan	2:26.31

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18. ^[7]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tetiana Smylovenko	Azerbaijan	2:08.26
2	Aleksandra Vlasova	Individual Neutral Athletes	2:09.18
3	Vanesa Tot	Croatia	2:11.26
4	Bethany Gill	Great Britain	2:13.50
5	Herlin Aprilin Lali	Indonesia	2:14.10
6	Emma Albrecht	United States	2:15.52
7	Lee Ye-lin	South Korea	2:20.32
8	Khonzoda Erkinova	Uzbekistan	2:22.09
9	Rufina Iskakova	Kazakhstan	2:23.32

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[8]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Liudmyla Luzan	Ukraine	2:01.27
	Katie Vincent	Canada	2:02.50
	María Corbera	Spain	2:04.73
4	Réka Opavszky	Hungary	2:05.43
5	Ma Yanan	China	2:05.66
6	Olympia Della Giustina	Italy	2:06.84
7	María Mailliard	Chile	2:07.98
8	Daniela Cociu	Moldova	2:08.46
9	Denisa Řáhová	Czech Republic	2:10.67

References

1. "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "C1 Women 500m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "C1 Women 500m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "C1 Women 500m - 3rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "C1 Women 500m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
6. "C1 Women 500m - Semifinal 2" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
7. "C1 Women 500m - Final B" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
8. "C1 Women 500m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.