Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

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Women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Eton Dorney
Date7 to 9 August
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Winning time1:51.456
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Danuta Kozák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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The women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney. [1]

Contents

Danuta Kozák from Hungary won the gold medal. Inna Osypenko from Ukraine won silver and South Africa's Bridgette Hartley took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals and a final round. [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 7 August 201210:07
11:16
Heats
Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 201210:08Finals

Results

Heats

The fastest six boats in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Anne Rikala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:52.641Q
2 Henriette Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:52.650Q
3 Katrin Wagner-Augustin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53.438Q
4 Carrie Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.983Q
5 Darisleydis Amador Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:56.038Q
6 Teneale Hatton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:56.741Q
7 Arezoo Hakimi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1:58.598

Heat 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Danuta Kozák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:52.828Q
2 Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:53.051Q
3 Josefa Idem Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:55.619Q
4 Yuliana Salakhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.621Q
5 Émilie Fournel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.740Q
6 Marharyta Tsishkevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:01.216Q

Heat 3

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Sofia Paldanius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.212Q
2 Teresa Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:51.887Q
3 Aneta Konieczna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:52.069Q
4 Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:52.268Q
5 Mira Verås Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:55.923Q
6 Yulia Borzova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:03.893Q

Heat 4

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Rachel Cawthorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:53.491Q
2 Alana Nicholls Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:53.823Q
3 Natalya Sergeyeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:54.445Q
4 Geraldine Lee Wei Ling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:01.037Q
5 Špela Ponomarenko Janić Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:01.520Q
6 Afef Ben Ismail Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:07.705Q

Semifinals

The first two canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest third placed boats qualified for the 'A' final. The fourth and fifth ranked canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest sixth placed boats qualified for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:51.286Q
2 Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:51.515Q
3 Anne Rikala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:51.852q
4 Aneta Konieczna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:52.193
5 Alana Nicholls Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:52.224
6 Émilie Fournel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:54.120
7 Darisleydis Amador Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:58.762
8 Afef Ben Ismail Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:15.362

Semifinal 2

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Danuta Kozák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:50.469Q
2 Henriette Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:51.929Q
3 Sofia Paldanius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.945q
4 Natalya Sergeyeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:53.888
5 Teneale Hatton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:54.504
6 Mira Verås Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:57.354
7 Geraldine Lee Wei Ling Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:01.516
Marharyta Tsishkevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus DSQ

Semifinal 3

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Josefa Idem Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:52.232Q
2 Rachel Cawthorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:52.542Q
3 Teresa Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:53.064
4 Katrin Wagner-Augustin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53.241
5 Špela Ponomarenko Janić Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:53.341
6 Carrie Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.628
7 Yuliana Salakhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.761
8 Yulia Borzova Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:00.584

Finals

Final B

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
1 Katrin Wagner-Augustin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:52.402
2 Aneta Konieczna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.356
3 Teresa Portela Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:53.597
4 Špela Ponomarenko Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:53.718
5 Natalya Sergeyeva Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:54.707
6 Émilie Fournel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:56.058
7 Teneale Hatton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:56.103
8 Alana Nicholls Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.033

Final A

RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Danuta Kozák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51.456
Silver medal icon.svg Inna Osypenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:52.685
Bronze medal icon.svg Bridgette Hartley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:52.923
4 Sofia Paldanius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:53.197
5 Josefa Idem Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:53.223
6 Rachel Cawthorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:53.345
7 Henriette Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:54.110
8 Anne Rikala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:54.333

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