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.
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) Date Time RoundMonday, August 18, 2008 16:30-16:50 HeatsWednesday, August 20, 2008 16:10-16:20 SemifinalFriday, August 22, 2008 16:20-16:35 Final
Medalists Gold Silver BronzeFanny FischerNicole ReinhardtKatrin Wagner-AugustinConny WaßmuthKatalin KovácsGabriella SzabóDanuta KozákNatasa JanicsLisa OldenhofHannah DavisChantal MeekLyndsie Fogarty
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Conny Waßmuth 1:33.912 QF2Xu Yaping, Zhong Hongyan, Yu Lamei, Liang Peixing1:36.971 QF3Michele Eray, Carol Joyce, Nicola Mocke, Jennifer Hodson1:37.399 QF4Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli1:37.436 QS5Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki1:38.618 QS
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Katalin Kovács, Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Nataša Janić 1:34.321 QF2Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Dorota Kuczkowska1:36.497 QF3Lisa Oldenhof, Hannah Davis, Chantal Meek, Lyndsie Fogarty1:36.516 QF4Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela1:37.914 QS5Émilie Fournel, Karen Furneaux, Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny, Kristin Gauthier1:39.366 QS
Semifinal Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela1:37.172 QF2Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki1:37.449 QF3Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli1:37.887 QF4Émilie Fournel, Karen Furneaux, Geneviève Beauchesne-Sévigny, Kristin Gauthier1:38.224
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesFanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt, Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Conny Waßmuth 1:32.231 Katalin Kovács, Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Nataša Janić 1:32.971 Lisa Oldenhof, Hannah Davis, Chantal Meek, Lyndsie Fogarty1:34.7044Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Dorota Kuczkowska1:34.752 5Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela1:35.366 6Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki1:36.465 7Michele Eray, Carol Joyce, Nicola Mocke, Jennifer Hodson1:36.724 8Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgroi, Alice Fagioli1:36.7709Xu Yaping, Zhong Hongyan, Yu Lamei, Liang Peixing1:37.418
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.
References
Sports-reference.com women's 2008 K-4 500 m results. Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heats results. – accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results. – accessed August 20, 2008. Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results. – accessed August 22, 2008.