The women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.

Danuta Kozák from Hungary won the gold medal. Inna Osypenko from Ukraine won silver and South Africa's Bridgette Hartley took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals and a final round.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) Date Time RoundTuesday 7 August 2012 10:0711:16 HeatsSemi-finalsThursday 9 August 2012 10:08Finals

Results

Heats The fastest six boats in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Anne Rikala 1:52.641Q2 Henriette Hansen 1:52.650Q3 Katrin Wagner-Augustin 1:53.438Q4 Carrie Johnson 1:53.983Q5 Darisleydis Amador 1:56.038Q6 Teneale Hatton 1:56.741Q7 Arezoo Hakimi 1:58.598

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Danuta Kozák 1:52.828Q2 Bridgette Hartley 1:53.051Q3 Josefa Idem 1:55.619Q4 Yuliana Salakhova 1:56.621Q5 Émilie Fournel 1:58.740Q6 Marharyta Tsishkevich 2:01.216Q

Heat 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Sofia Paldanius 1:51.212Q2 Teresa Portela 1:51.887Q3 Aneta Konieczna 1:52.069Q4 Inna Osypenko 1:52.268Q5 Mira Verås Larsen 1:55.923Q6 Yulia Borzova 2:03.893Q

Heat 4 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Rachel Cawthorn 1:53.491Q2 Alana Nicholls 1:53.823Q3 Natalya Sergeyeva 1:54.445Q4 Geraldine Lee Wei Ling 2:01.037Q5 Špela Ponomarenko Janić 2:01.520Q6 Afef Ben Ismail 2:07.705Q

Semifinals The first two canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest third placed boats qualified for the 'A' final. The fourth and fifth ranked canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest sixth placed boats qualified for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Bridgette Hartley 1:51.286Q2 Inna Osypenko 1:51.515Q3 Anne Rikala 1:51.852q4 Aneta Konieczna 1:52.1935 Alana Nicholls 1:52.2246 Émilie Fournel 1:54.1207 Darisleydis Amador 1:58.7628 Afef Ben Ismail 2:15.362

Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Danuta Kozák 1:50.469Q2 Henriette Hansen 1:51.929Q3 Sofia Paldanius 1:51.945q4 Natalya Sergeyeva 1:53.8885 Teneale Hatton 1:54.5046 Mira Verås Larsen 1:57.3547 Geraldine Lee Wei Ling 2:01.516– Marharyta Tsishkevich DSQ

Semifinal 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Josefa Idem 1:52.232Q2 Rachel Cawthorn 1:52.542Q3 Teresa Portela 1:53.0644 Katrin Wagner-Augustin 1:53.2415 Špela Ponomarenko Janić 1:53.3416 Carrie Johnson 1:54.6287 Yuliana Salakhova 1:57.7618 Yulia Borzova 2:00.584

Finals

Final B RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 Katrin Wagner-Augustin 1:52.4022 Aneta Konieczna 1:53.3563 Teresa Portela 1:53.5974 Špela Ponomarenko 1:53.7185 Natalya Sergeyeva 1:54.7076 Émilie Fournel 1:56.0587 Teneale Hatton 1:56.1038 Alana Nicholls 1:59.033

Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes Danuta Kozák 1:51.456 Inna Osypenko 1:52.685 Bridgette Hartley 1:52.9234 Sofia Paldanius 1:53.1975 Josefa Idem 1:53.2236 Rachel Cawthorn 1:53.3457 Henriette Hansen 1:54.1108 Anne Rikala 1:54.333

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