Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

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The women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The K-4 event is raced in four-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 advance directly to the final, while the remaining four finishers from both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the heats winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200816:30-16:50 Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200816:10-16:20 Semifinal
Friday, August 22, 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 Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Fanny Fischer
Nicole Reinhardt
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Conny Waßmuth
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Katalin Kovács
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Natasa Janics
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Lisa Oldenhof
Hannah Davis
Chantal Meek
Lyndsie Fogarty

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Conny Waßmuth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:33.912 QF
2 Xu Yaping, Zhong Hongyan, Yu Lamei, Liang Peixing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:36.971 QF
3 Michele Eray, Carol Joyce, Nicola Mocke, Jennifer Hodson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:37.399 QF
4 Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:37.436 QS
5 Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:38.618 QS

Heat 2

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Katalin Kovács, Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Nataša Janić Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:34.321 QF
2 Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Dorota Kuczkowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:36.497 QF
3 Lisa Oldenhof, Hannah Davis, Chantal Meek, Lyndsie Fogarty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:36.516 QF
4 Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37.914 QS
5 Émilie Fournel, Karen Furneaux, Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny, Kristin Gauthier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:39.366 QS

Semifinal

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

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1 Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37.172 QF
2 Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:37.449 QF
3 Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:37.887 QF
4 Émilie Fournel, Karen Furneaux, Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny, Kristin Gauthier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:38.224

Final

RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Conny Waßmuth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:32.231
Silver medal icon.svg Katalin Kovács, Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Nataša Janić Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:32.971
Bronze medal icon.svg Lisa Oldenhof, Hannah Davis, Chantal Meek, Lyndsie Fogarty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:34.704
4 Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Dorota Kuczkowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:34.752
5 Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:35.366
6 Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:36.465
7 Michele Eray, Carol Joyce, Nicola Mocke, Jennifer Hodson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:36.724
8 Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:36.770
9 Xu Yaping, Zhong Hongyan, Yu Lamei, Liang Peixing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:37.418

For the fourth straight Summer Olympics, a Fischer won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m only this time it was not Birgit, but her niece Fanny. Wagner-Augustin won her third straight Olympic gold medal in the K-4 500 m event while Kovács of Hungary won her third straight Olympic silver medal in this event.

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