2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres

Women's K-4 500 metres at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo Regatta Course
Location	Milan, Italy
Dates	20–22 August
Competitors	96 from 24 nations
Winning time	1:32.58
Medalists
Sara Ouzande Lucía Val Estefanía Fernández Bárbara Pardo    Spain   Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng Wang Nan Wang Ji    China   Marharyta Tkachova Uladzislava Skryhanava Ina Sauchuk Nadzeya Kushner    Individual Neutral Athletes
←  2023

The women's K-4 500 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	09:42	Heats
Thursday 21 August 2025	14:00	Semifinals
Friday 22 August 2025	14:37	Final B
	15:18	Final A

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot Alexandra Clarke Claudia Bailey	Australia	1:35.66	FA
2	Paulina Paszek Katharina Diederichs Pauline Jagsch Hannah Spielhagen	Germany	1:35.92	QS
3	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers Katrine Jensen Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:37.66	QS
4	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Kristina Armstrong Zoe Clark	Great Britain	1:37.68	QS
5	Dina Bacelj Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev	Serbia	1:38.28	QS
6	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Candelaria Sequeira Lucía Dalto	Argentina	1:38.77	QS
7	Ivanna Dyachenko Diana Rybak Snizhana Stalinova Hanna Pavlova	Ukraine	1:41.54	QS
8	Pooja Pooja Garima Garima Parvathy Geetha Binita Chanu Oinam	India	1:54.29

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marharyta Tkachova Uladzislava Skryhanava Ina Sauchuk Nadzeya Kushner	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:33.74	FA
2	Réka Bugár Sofia Bergendi Hana Gavorova Bianka Sidová	Slovakia	1:34.67	QS
3	Sara Ouzande Lucía Val Estefanía Fernández Bárbara Pardo	Spain	1:35.17	QS
4	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng Wang Nan Wang Ji	China	1:36.14	QS
5	Isabel Aburto Romero Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:37.45	QS
6	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx Amber Van Broekhoven Anastasia Okunkova	Belgium	1:37.55	QS
7	Teresa Portela Ana Brito Ana Rodrigues Inês Costa	Portugal	1:37.73	QS
8	Irene Bellan Meshua Marigo Agata Fantini Sara Mrzygłód	Italy	1:38.16

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Tara Vaughan Lucy Matehaere	New Zealand	1:34.65	FA
2	Karolina Naja Sandra Ostrowska Julia Olszewska Adrianna Kąkol	Poland	1:35.62	QS
3	Sára Fojt Noémi Pupp Laura Ujfalvi Emese Kőhalmi	Hungary	1:36.79	QS
4	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjøe Elsa-Marie Stensholt Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:37.23	QS
5	Barbora Betlachová Kateřina Zárubová Štěpánka Sobíšková Eliška Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:38.58	QS
6	Anastasiia Ivanova Natalia Podolskaya Elena Mironchenko Olesia Kozeeva	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:38.58	QS
7	Callie Loch Riley Melanson Chloe Bryer Toshka Besharah	Canada	1:40.38	QS
8	Jo Shin-young Seon Min-ju Choi Ran Kim So-hyun	South Korea	1:41.74

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	Sara Ouzande Lucía Val Estefanía Fernández Bárbara Pardo	Spain	1:34.09	FA
2	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng Wang Nan Wang Ji	China	1:34.75	FA
3	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjøe Elsa-Marie Stensholt Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:34.80	FA
4	Karolina Naja Sandra Ostrowska Julia Olszewska Adrianna Kąkol	Poland	1:35.92	FB
5	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Candelaria Sequeira Lucía Dalto	Argentina	1:36.09	FB
6	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers Katrine Jensen Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:37.09	FB
7	Dina Bacelj Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev	Serbia	1:37.64	FB
8	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx Amber Van Broekhoven Anastasia Okunkova	Belgium	1:38.17
9	Callie Loch Riley Melanson Chloe Bryer Toshka Besharah	Canada	1:40.29

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sára Fojt Noémi Pupp Laura Ujfalvi Emese Kőhalmi	Hungary	1:34.07	FA
2	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Kristina Armstrong Zoe Clark	Great Britain	1:34.54	FA
3	Réka Bugár Sofia Bergendi Hana Gavorova Bianka Sidová	Slovakia	1:34.60	FA
4	Paulina Paszek Katharina Diederichs Pauline Jagsch Hannah Spielhagen	Germany	1:34.79	FB
5	Teresa Portela Ana Brito Ana Rodrigues Inês Costa	Portugal	1:36.27	FB
6	Isabel Aburto Romero Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:36.48	FB
7	Barbora Betlachová Kateřina Zárubová Štěpánka Sobíšková Eliška Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:36.68	FB
8	Ivanna Dyachenko Diana Rybak Snizhana Stalinova Hanna Pavlova	Ukraine	1:37.18	fB
9	Anastasiia Ivanova Natalia Podolskaya Elena Mironchenko Olesia Kozeeva	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:38.01

Finals

Final B

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

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Candelaria Sequeira Lucía Dalto	Argentina	1:35.58
2	Paulina Paszek Katharina Diederichs Pauline Jagsch Hannah Spielhagen	Germany	1:35.63
3	Karolina Naja Sandra Ostrowska Julia Olszewska Adrianna Kąkol	Poland	1:35.65
4	Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen Sara Milthers Katrine Jensen Bolette Nyvang Iversen	Denmark	1:35.90
5	Teresa Portela Ana Brito Ana Rodrigues Inês Costa	Portugal	1:36.99
6	Isabel Aburto Romero Karina Alanís Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor	Mexico	1:37.01
7	Ivanna Dyachenko Diana Rybak Snizhana Stalinova Hanna Pavlova	Ukraine	1:37.71
8	Barbora Betlachová Kateřina Zárubová Štěpánka Sobíšková Eliška Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:37.72
9	Dina Bacelj Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev	Serbia	1:37.89

Final A

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

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Sara Ouzande Lucía Val Estefanía Fernández Bárbara Pardo	Spain	1:32.58
	Li Dongyin Yu Shimeng Wang Nan Wang Ji	China	1:32.68
	Marharyta Tkachova Uladzislava Skryhanava Ina Sauchuk Nadzeya Kushner	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:32.80
4	Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Tara Vaughan Lucy Matehaere	New Zealand	1:32.98
5	Réka Bugár Sofia Bergendi Hana Gavorova Bianka Sidová	Slovakia	1:34.09
6	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjøe Elsa-Marie Stensholt Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:34.12
7	Sára Fojt Noémi Pupp Laura Ujfalvi Emese Kőhalmi	Hungary	1:34.26
8	Kailey Harlen Natalia Drobot Alexandra Clarke Claudia Bailey	Australia	1:34.82
9	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Kristina Armstrong Zoe Clark	Great Britain	1:35.80

References

1. "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "K4 Women 500m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "K4 Women 500m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "K4 Women 500m - 3rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "K4 Women 500m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
6. "K4 Women 500m - Semifinal 2" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
7. "K4 Women 500m - Final B" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
8. "K4 Women 500m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.