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.

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) Date Time RoundTuesday, August 19, 2008 16:40-17:10 HeatsThursday, August 21, 2008 16:20-16:40 SemifinalsSaturday, August 23, 2008 16:20-16:35 Final

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

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

Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Katalin Kovács1:49.424QF2Maria Teresa Portela1:51.654 QS3Jennifer Hodson1:51.655 QS4Shinobu Kitamoto1:52.148QS5Chantal Meek1:53.374 QS6Małgorzata Chojnacka1:53.635QS7Karen Furneaux1:54.065QS8Estefania Fontanini2:00.2919Khathia Bâ2:17.740

Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Josefa Idem1:48.864 QF2Zhong Hongyan1:49.440 QS3Lucy Wainwright1:50.103 QS4Carrie Johnson1:50.221QS5Henriette Engel Hansen1:52.773 QS6Teresa Portela1:53.761QS7Anne Rikala1:54.294QS8Tatsiana Fedarovich1:57.881

Heat 3 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Katrin Wagner-Augustin1:48.875 QF2Inna Osypenko1:49.776 QS3Špela Ponomarenko1:49.973 QS4Sofia Paldanius1:51.110QS5Yuliana Salkhova1:51.628 QS6Erin Taylor1:52.517QS7Zulmarys Sánchez1:57.728QS8Lee Sun-Ja1:58.140

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

Semifinal 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Inna Osypenko1:51.558 QF2Lucy Wainwright1:52.580 QF3Jennifer Hodson1:53.209 QF4Carrie Johnson1:53.721 5Sofia Paldanius1:53.797 6Teresa Portela1:54.831 7Chantal Meek1:54.876 8Małgorzata Chojnacka1:55.6199Zulmarys Sánchez2:02.764

Semifinal 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Zhong Hongyan1:53.163 QF2Yuliana Salkhova1:53.603 QF3Špela Ponomarenko1:53.812 QF4Anne Rikala1:54.0255Erin Taylor1:54.3006Maria Teresa Portela1:54.981 7Karen Furneaux1:55.145 8Henriette Engel Hansen1:55.960 9Shinobu Kitamoto2:01.105

Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesInna Osypenko 1:50.673Josefa Idem1:50.677 Katrin Wagner-Augustin1:51.022 4Katalin Kovács1:51.139 5Zhong Hongyan 1:52.220 6Špela Ponomarenko1:52.363 7Lucy Wainwright 1:53.102 8Jennifer Hodson1:53.353 9Yuliana Salkhova 1:53.973

References

Sports-reference.com 2008 women's K-1 500 m results. Yahoo! August 19, 2008 sprint heat results. - accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 21, 2008 sprint semifinal results. - accessed August 21, 2008. Yahoo! sprint final results. - accessed August 23, 2008.