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.

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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)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, August 19, 200816:40-17:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 200816:20-16:40 Semifinals
Saturday, August 23, 200816:20-16:35 Final

Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Inna Osypenko  (UKR)Flag of Italy.svg  Josefa Idem  (ITA)Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Wagner-Augustin  (GER)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Katalin Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:49.424 QF
2 Maria Teresa Portela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:51.654 QS
3 Jennifer Hodson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:51.655 QS
4 Shinobu Kitamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:52.148 QS
5 Chantal Meek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:53.374 QS
6 Małgorzata Chojnacka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.635 QS
7 Karen Furneaux Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:54.065 QS
8 Estefania Fontanini Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:00.291
9 Khathia Bâ Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:17.740

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Josefa Idem Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:48.864 QF
2 Zhong Hongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.440 QS
3 Lucy Wainwright Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.103 QS
4 Carrie Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.221 QS
5 Henriette Engel Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:52.773 QS
6 Teresa Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:53.761 QS
7 Anne Rikala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:54.294 QS
8 Tatsiana Fedarovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1:57.881

Heat 3

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Katrin Wagner-Augustin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48.875 QF
2 Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:49.776 QS
3 Špela Ponomarenko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:49.973 QS
4 Sofia Paldanius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.110 QS
5 Yuliana Salkhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:51.628 QS
6 Erin Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:52.517 QS
7 Zulmarys Sánchez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:57.728 QS
8 Lee Sun-Ja Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1:58.140

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:51.558 QF
2 Lucy Wainwright Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:52.580 QF
3 Jennifer Hodson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:53.209 QF
4 Carrie Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.721
5 Sofia Paldanius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:53.797
6 Teresa Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:54.831
7 Chantal Meek Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:54.876
8 Małgorzata Chojnacka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.619
9 Zulmarys Sánchez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:02.764

Semifinal 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Zhong Hongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:53.163 QF
2 Yuliana Salkhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:53.603 QF
3 Špela Ponomarenko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:53.812 QF
4 Anne Rikala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:54.025
5 Erin Taylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:54.300
6 Maria Teresa Portela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:54.981
7 Karen Furneaux Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:55.145
8 Henriette Engel Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:55.960
9 Shinobu Kitamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:01.105

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:50.673
Silver medal icon.svg Josefa Idem Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:50.677
Bronze medal icon.svg Katrin Wagner-Augustin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:51.022
4 Katalin Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51.139
5 Zhong Hongyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:52.220
6 Špela Ponomarenko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:52.363
7 Lucy Wainwright Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:53.102
8 Jennifer Hodson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:53.353
9 Yuliana Salkhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:53.973

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