The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists
Gold Silver BronzeBirgit FischerManuela MuckeAnett SchuckKatrin WagnerRita KőbánKatalin KovácsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiRaluca IonițăMariana LimbăuElena RaduSanda Toma
Results
Heats 10 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.
Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 1 Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1:33.312 QF 2 3 Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1:34.734 QF 3 4 Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1:35.298 QF 4 5 Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:35.454 QS 5 8 Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:36.870 QS
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 2 Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 1:33.895 QF 2 6 Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 1:35.887 QF 3 7 Raluca Ioniță, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 1:35.935 QF 4 9 Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 1:37.081 QS 5 10 Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:38.580 QS
Overall Results Heats
Heats Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatPlaceTimeQual. 1 Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1 1 1:33.312 QF 2 Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 2 1 1:33.895 QF 3 Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1 2 1:34.734 QF 4 Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1 3 1:35.298 QF 5 Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1 4 1:35.454 QS 6 Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 2 2 1:35.887 QF 7 Raluca Ioniță, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 2 3 1:35.935 QF 8 Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1 5 1:36.870 QS 9 Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 2 4 1:37.081 QS 10 Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 2 5 1:38.580 QS
Semifinal The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final. Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Nation Athletes Time Qual. 1 Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:37.704 QF 2 Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:38.262 QF 3 Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:38.340 QF 4 Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 1:38.580
Final
Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000Place Athlete NationTime Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 1:34.532 Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1:34.946 Raluca Ioniță, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 1:37.010 4 Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 1:37.076 5 Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:37.544 6 Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1:37.748 7 Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:38.624 8 Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1:38.654 9 Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:39.566
Fischer became the first woman in any sport to win Olympic gold medals 20 years apart with this event and the first woman to win gold medals in five different Olympics in any sport. Kőbán's silver medal brought her career total to six: 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.
References 2000 Summer Olympics Canoe flatwater results. Sports-reference.com women's 2000 K-4 500 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 495.