The women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.
Format The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals. The top two from each of the three semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.
Schedule All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00) Date Time RoundWednesday, 17 August 2016 09:5811:17 HeatsSemifinalsThursday, 18 August 2016 10:04Finals
Results Heats The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals.
Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Lisa Carrington1:54.765SF2Emma Jørgensen1:55.660SF3Teresa Portela1:56.439SF4Rachel Cawthorn1:56.612SF5Zoya Ananchenko1:58.136SF6Yusmari Mengana2:02.1627Afef Ben Ismail2:08.170
Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Danuta Kozák1:53.427SF2Maryna Litvinchuk1:53.966SF3Bridgitte Hartley1:55.737SF4Franziska Weber1:56.601SF5Lasma Liepa1:59.581SF6Ana Paula Vergutz2:00.6807Marina Toribiong2:14.807
Heat 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Zhou Yu1:53.043SF2Émilie Fournel1:53.670SF3Mariya Povh1:54.247SF4Karin Johansson1:55.049SF5Špela Ponomarenko Janić1:55.934SF6Maggie Hogan1:58.9707Anne Cairns2:01.885
Heat 4 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Inna Osypenko-Radomska1:51.750SF2Ewelina Wojnarowska1:52.193SF3Elena Aniushina1:52.597SF4Martina Kohlová1:53.167SF5Dalma Ružičić-Benedek1:54.048SF6Naomi Flood1:54.150SF
Semifinals The top two from each of the semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.
Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Maryna Litvinchuk1:55.641FA2Lisa Carrington1:56.155FA3Dalma Ružičić-Benedek1:57.294FA4Karin Johansson1:59.321FB5Ewelina Wojnarowska1:59.458FB6Mariya Povh2:00.7147Zoya Ananchenko2:01.660
Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Danuta Kozák1:54.241FA2Emma Jørgensen1:55.193FA3Zhou Yu1:55.311FA4Elena Aniushina1:57.229FB5Martina Kohlová1:57.801FB6Naomi Flood2:01.9107Lasma Liepa2:08.450
Semifinal 3 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Franziska Weber1:56.515FA2Inna Osypenko-Radomska1:57.627FA3Špela Ponomarenko Janić1:58.098FB4Teresa Portela1:58.360FB5Bridgitte Hartley1:58.397FB6Rachel Cawthorn1:58.410FB7Émilie Fournel1:59.638
Finals Final B RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Elena Aniushina1:57.2022Špela Ponomarenko Janić1:57.5413Teresa Portela1:58.0584Ewelina Wojnarowska1:58.1675Martina Kohlová1:58.2116Karin Johansson1:58.3637Rachel Cawthorn1:58.4708Bridgitte Hartley2:01.890
Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeNotesDanuta Kozák1:52.494Emma Jørgensen1:54.326Lisa Carrington1:54.3724Maryna Litvinchuk1:54.4745Franziska Weber1:54.5536Zhou Yu1:54.9947Dalma Ružičić-Benedek1:55.0958Inna Osypenko-Radomska1:56.573
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