Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

Women's K-4 500 metres at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates	6 August 2024 (heats) 8 August 2024 (semifinals & finals)
Competitors	40 from 10 nations
Medalists
Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan   New Zealand Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler   Germany Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó   Hungary
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The women's K-4 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place on 6 and 8 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

Background

This will be the 11th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1984 Olympics.

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with 12 boats, with heats, quarterfinals semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.

• Heats: 2 heats of 6 boats each. The top 2 in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals. The remaining 8 boats compete in the quarterfinal.
• Quarterfinal: 1 heat of 8 boats. The top 6 advance to the semifinals. The remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention.
• Semifinals: 2 heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 in each heat (8 boats total) advance to Final A; the remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention.
• Final: 2 heats. Final A has the top 8 boats, awarding the medals and 4th through 8th place. Final B has the remaining 4 boats, ranking them 9th through 12th.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "4" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

The event will be held over two days. ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
6 August 2024	10:00	Heats
8 August 2024	11:40 13:40	Semifinals Finals

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-3rd to Final A, rest to SF.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	6	Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan	New Zealand	1:32.40	FA
2	4	Sara Ouzande Estefanía Fernández Carolina García Teresa Portela	Spain	1:32.92	FA
3	5	Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto	Poland	1:33.87	FA
4	7	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:34.28	SF
5	3	Anastazija Bajuk Milica Novaković Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev	Serbia	1:36.40	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler	Germany	1:32.34	FA
2	6	Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	Hungary	1:33.42	FA
3	4	Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen	China	1:33.64	FA
4	3	Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis	Australia	1:34.60	SF
5	7	Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka	Canada	1:37.87	SF

Semi Final

Progression System: 1st-2nd to Final, 3rd - 4th eliminated.

Semi Final

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis	Australia	1:34.25	FA
2	5	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:34.77	FA
3	3	Anastazija Bajuk Milica Novaković Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev	Serbia	1:35.25
4	6	Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka	Canada	1:39.24

Final

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	5	Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan	New Zealand	1:32.20
	4	Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler	Germany	1:32.62
	6	Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó	Hungary	1:32.93
4	7	Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto	Poland	1:33.17
5	2	Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen	China	1:33.57
6	3	Sara Ouzande Estefanía Fernández Carolina García Teresa Portela	Spain	1:34.51
7	1	Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen	Norway	1:35.02
8	8	Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis	Australia	1:35.96

References

1. "Olympic Schedule - Canoe sprint", Olympics.com . Retrieved 21 July 2024.