The women's canoe sprint K-2 500 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium. The medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC member, Hungary and Thomas Konietzko, Board Member of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advances to the "A" final, and the remaining boats advance to the semifinals. The top two boats in each semifinal and the next overall best boat advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00) Date Time RoundMonday 15 August 2016 8:249:46 HeatsSemifinalsTuesday 16 August 2016 8:16Finals

Results

Heats First boat progresses to A final and the remaining boats are qualified for the semifinals. The fastest three boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The remaining boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Heat 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Gabriella SzabóDanuta Kozák1:41.092FA2Karolina NajaBeata Mikołajczyk1:41.766SF3Anastasiia TodorovaInna Hryshchun1:43.967SF4Nadzeya LiapeshkaMaryna Litvinchuk1:44.835SF5Elena AniushinaKira Stepanova1:45.906SF6Genevieve OrtonKC Fraser1:46.148SF7Alyssa BullAlyce Burnett1:46.933SF8Lani BelcherAngela Hannah1:53.948SF

Heat 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Franziska WeberTina Dietze1:42.184FA2Wenjun RenQing Ma1:44.491SF3Natalya SergeyevaIrina Podoinikova1:45.369SF4Amalie ThomsenIda Villumsen1:46.246SF5Nikolina MoldovanMilica Starovic1:46.410SF6Yvonne SchuringAna-Roxana Lehaci1:46.429SF7Karin JohanssonSofia Paldanius1:46.456SF

Semifinals The fastest three boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The remaining boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Nadzeya LiapeshkaMaryna Litvinchuk1:42.285FA2Anastasiia TodorovaInna Hryshchun1:43.363FA3Alyssa BullAlyce Burnett1:44.290FA4Yvonne SchuringAna-Roxana Lehaci1:44.462FB5Wenjun RenQing Ma1:44.780FB6Nikolina MoldovanMilica Starovic1:46.008FB

Semifinal 2 RankCanoerCountryTimeNotes1Karolina NajaBeata Mikołajczyk1:41.684FA2Elena AniushinaKira Stepanova1:42.439FA3Natalya SergeyevaIrina Podoinikova1:43.577FA4Karin JohanssonSofia Paldanius1:44.090FB5Genevieve OrtonKC Fraser1:45.351FB6Amalie ThomsenIda Villumsen1:47.476FB7Lani BelcherAngela Hannah1:49.285FB

Finals Final B RankCanoerCountryTime1Karin JohanssonSofia Paldanius1:47.2072Nikolina MoldovanMilica Starovic1:48.1463Yvonne SchuringAna-Roxana Lehaci1:48.8344Amalie ThomsenIda Villumsen1:48.8465Genevieve OrtonKC Fraser1:49.3896Wenjun RenQing Ma1:51.5827Lani BelcherAngela Hannah1:54.193

Final A RankCanoerCountryTimeGabriella SzabóDanuta Kozák1:43.687Franziska WeberTina Dietze1:43.738Karolina NajaBeata Mikołajczyk1:45.2074Anastasiia TodorovaInna Hryshchun1:45.8685Elena AniushinaKira Stepanova1:46.3196Nadzeya LiapeshkaMaryna Litvinchuk1:46.9677Natalya SergeyevaIrina Podoinikova1:48.3618Alyssa BullAlyce Burnett1:51.915

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