Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

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The women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks.

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Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advances directly to the final, while the remaining top nine finishers in both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinals join the heats winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 19, the semifinal took place on August 21, and the final was on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, August 19, 200817:50-18:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 200817:00-17:10 Semifinal
Saturday, August 23, 200817:20-17:35 Final

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Hungary.svg  Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Janics  (HUN)
Flag of Poland.svg  Beata Mikołajczyk
and Aneta Konieczna  (POL)
Flag of France.svg  Marie Delattre
and Anne-Laure Viard  (FRA)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:43.412 QF
2 Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:44.631 QF
3 Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:45.104 QF
4 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:45.735 QS
5 Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:46.646 QS
6 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:46.980 QS
7 Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:47.284 QS
8 Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.341 QS
9 Jessica Walker, Anna Hemmings Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:47.435

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:42.162 QF
2 Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard Flag of France.svg  France 1:43.832 QF
3 Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:45.124 QF
4 Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:46.129 QS
5 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:46.980 QS
6 Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:47.018 QS
7 Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:47.588 QS
8 Xu Linbei, Wang Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:47.645

Semifinal

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

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:43.541 QF
2 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:44.624 QF
3 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:44.834 QF
4 Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:45.313
5 Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:46.021
6 Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:46.163
7 Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:46.380
8 Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.018
9 Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.510

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:41.308
Silver medal icon.svg Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:42.092
Bronze medal icon.svg Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard Flag of France.svg  France 1:42.128
4 Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:42.899
5 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:43.291
6 Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:43.969
7 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:44.176
8 Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:44.870
9 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:44.965

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