Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The Women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats 17 competitors entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the finals. Fourth-place through seventh-place finishers and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semi-final.

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 4 Caroline Brunet 1:51.558 QF 2 6 Anna Olsson 1:52.785 QF 3 7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk 1:53.202 QF 4 9 Sanda Toma 1:54.738 QS 5 10 Manuela Mucke 1:54.870 QS 6 12 Marcela Erbanová 1:55.782 QS 7 13 Ursula Profanter 1:56.118 QS 8 15 Anna Hemmings 1:59.190 QS 9 17 Inna Osypenko 2:02.712

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual. 1 1 Josefa Idem 1:49.889 QF 2 2 Rita Kőbán 1:50.777 QF 3 3 Ruth Nortje 1:51.047 QF 4 5 Katrin Borchert 1:52.187 QS 5 8 Nataša Janić 1:54.395 QS 6 11 Kathryn Colin 1:55.373 QS 7 14 María Teresa Portela 1:59.153 QS 8 16 Sayuri Maruyama 2:00.833 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Josefa Idem 2 1 1:49.889 QF 2 Rita Kőbán 2 2 1:50.777 QF 3 Ruth Nortje 2 3 1:51.047 QF 4 Caroline Brunet 1 1 1:51.558 QF 5 Katrin Borchert 2 4 1:52.187 QS 6 Anna Olsson 2 2 1:52.785 QF 7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk 1 3 1:53.202 QF 8 Nataša Janić 2 5 1:54.395 QS 9 Sanda Toma 1 4 1:54.738 QS 10 Manuela Mucke 1 5 1:54.870 QS 11 Kathryn Colin 2 6 1:55.373 QS 12 Marcela Erbanová 1 6 1:55.782 QS 13 Ursula Profanter 1 7 1:56.118 QS 14 María Teresa Portela 2 7 1:59.153 QS 15 Anna Hemmings 1 8 1:59.190 QS 16 Sayuri Maruyama 2 8 2:00.833 17 Inna Osypenko 1 9 2:02.712

Semifinal The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Friday 29 September 2000Place Athlete NationTimeQual. 1 Katrin Borchert 1:53.070 QF 2 Nataša Janić 1:55.482 QF 3 Ursula Profanter 1:55.626 QF 4 Manuela Mucke 1:55.794 5 Sanda Toma 1:56.310 6 Kathryn Colin 1:57.000 7 María Teresa Portela 1:58.932 8 Marcela Erbanová 1:59.472 9 Anna Hemmings 1:59.664

Final

Final Date: Sunday 1 October 2000Place Athlete NationTime Josefa Idem 2:13.848 Caroline Brunet 2:14.646 Katrin Borchert 2:15.138 4 Nataša Janić 2:16.506 5 Elżbieta Urbańczyk 2:18.018 6 Rita Kőbán 2:19.668 7 Ruth Nortje 2:20.274 8 Ursula Profanter 2:20.598 9 Anna Olsson 2:24.774

Brunet had won the past three world championships in this event and was undefeated in this event in over two years. High winds delayed the final by five hours. The Canadian led at the halfway mark, but was passed by Idem, competing in her fifth Summer Olympics. Idem defeated Brunet by half a boat length.

References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results. Sports-reference.com 2000 women's K-1 500 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.