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

Women's K-1 500 metres at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo Regatta Course
Location	Milan, Italy
Dates	20–22 August
Competitors	36 from 36 nations
Winning time	1:49.30
Medalists
Anna Puławska    Poland   Natalia Drobot    Australia   Zsóka Csikós    Hungary
←  2023

The women's K-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	14:28	Heats
Friday 22 August 2025	10:55	Semifinals
Saturday 23 August 2025	13:37	Final B
	14:41	Final A

Results

Heats

The fastest six fastest boats (QS) in each heat plus the fastest three remaining boats (qs), advanced to the semi-finals. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Puławska	Poland	1:49.67	QS
2	Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:51.55	QS
3	Wang Nan	China	1:51.63	QS
4	Pernille Knudsen	Denmark	1:54.53	QS
5	Ekaterina Shubina	Uzbekistan	1:54.81	QS
6	Maya Hosomi	Japan	1:55.98	QS
7	Esti Olivier	South Africa	1:56.41	qS
8	Salya Lefoulon	France	1:57.53
9	Seon Min-ju	South Korea	1:57.74

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zsóka Csikós	Hungary	1:53.20	QS
2	Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:54.43	QS
3	Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:55.83	QS
4	Melānija Čamane	Latvia	1:57.87	QS
5	Hanna Pavlova	Ukraine	1:58.18	QS
6	Selma Konijn	Netherlands	1:59.49	QS
7	Netta Malinen	Finland	2:00.96
8	Ramla Baharuddin	Indonesia	2:03.74
9	Yan Siou-hua	Chinese Taipei	2:09.75

Heat 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:51.81	QS
2	Lucrezia Zironi	Italy	1:52.95	QS
3	Barbora Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:53.86	QS
4	Elena Wolgamot	United States	1:54.36	QS
5	Michelle Russell	Canada	1:54.62	QS
6	Laura Pedruelo	Spain	1:56.84	QS
7	Franziska Widmer	Switzerland	1:58.49	qS
8	Elise Austvoll Erland	Norway	1:59.75
9	Saman Soltani	ICF	2:01.33

Heat 4

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aimee Fisher	New Zealand	1:49.98	QS
2	Milica Novaković	Serbia	1:50.90	QS
3	Iuliia Babashinskaia	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:51.72	QS
4	Yoana Georgieva	Bulgaria	1:54.01	QS
5	Estella Damm	Germany	1:54.60	QS
6	Elizaveta Fedorova	Estonia	1:55.07	QS
7	Tatyana Tokarnitskaya	Kazakhstan	1:55.54	qS
8	Emma Russell	Great Britain	1:55.85
9	Soniya Devi Phairembam	India	2:09.50

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats in each semi advanced to the final B. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Puławska	Poland	1:51.47	FA
2	Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:53.62	FA
3	Lucrezia Zironi	Italy	1:53.84	FA
4	Michelle Russell	Canada	1:54.35	FB
5	Iuliia Babashinskaia	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:55.17	FB
6	Yoana Georgieva	Bulgaria	1:55.70	FB
7	Ekaterina Shubina	Uzbekistan	1:56.17
8	Selma Konijn	Netherlands	1:56.33
9	Tatyana Tokarnitskaya	Kazakhstan	1:59.47

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zsóka Csikós	Hungary	1:50.89	FA
2	Milica Novaković	Serbia	1:51.08	FA
3	Wang Nan	China	1:51.33	FA
4	Barbora Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:53.69	FB
5	Pernille Knudsen	Denmark	1:54.13	FB
6	Elena Wolgamot	United States	1:55.56	FB
7	Hanna Pavlova	Ukraine	1:56.46
8	Esti Olivier	South Africa	1:57.05
9	Elizaveta Fedorova	Estonia	1:57.66

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aimee Fisher	New Zealand	1:49.96	FA
2	Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:50.51	FA
3	Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:52.68	FA
4	Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:53.92	FB
5	Estella Damm	Germany	1:56.06	FB
6	Laura Pedruelo	Spain	1:57.29	FB
7	Maya Hosomi	Japan	1:57.99
8	Melānija Čamane	Latvia	1:58.18
9	Franziska Widmer	Switzerland	1:58.54

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18. ^[9]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Julia Lagerstam	Sweden	1:53.30
2	Michelle Russell	Canada	1:53.42
3	Barbora Betlachová	Czech Republic	1:54.34
4	Pernille Knudsen	Denmark	1:54.34
5	Iuliia Babashinskaia	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:54.36
6	Elena Wolgamot	United States	1:55.12
7	Yoana Georgieva	Bulgaria	1:55.36
8	Estella Damm	Germany	1:56.24
9	Laura Pedruelo	Spain	1:56.86

Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[10]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Anna Puławska	Poland	1:49.30
	Natalia Drobot	Australia	1:49.73
	Zsóka Csikós	Hungary	1:49.84
4	Aimee Fisher	New Zealand	1:50.29
5	Wang Nan	China	1:50.98
6	Milica Novaković	Serbia	1:51.56
7	Lucrezia Zironi	Italy	1:52.11
8	Beatriz Briones	Mexico	1:52.21
9	Mia Medved	Slovenia	1:54.47

References

1. "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "K1 Women 500m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "K1 Women 500m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "K1 Women 500m - 3rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. "K1 Women 500m - 4rd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
6. "K1 Women 500m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
7. "K1 Women 500m - Semifinal 2" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
8. "K1 Women 500m - Semifinal 3" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
9. "K1 Women 500m - Final B" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
10. "K1 Women 500m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.