The women's C-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.
Background This was the debut appearance of the event, replacing the men's C-1 200 metres as the Olympics moved towards gender equality. The women's C-1 200 metres has been an event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2010.
2019 World Champion teenager Nevin Harrison of the United States qualified for the event.
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:
1 place for the host nation, Japan, if it did not qualify any women's canoe quota places 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.
Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.
The Oceania spot was re-allocated to the World Championships, going to China. As the Americas continental tournament was cancelled, that place was also allocated through the World Championships, but the place ultimately went to Bulgaria because insufficient athletes had entered from the Americas.
As Japan qualified a boat in the women's C-2 event, its host nation place was also reallocated through the World Championships. This made a total of eight World Championship places that were awarded as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1 Nevin Harrison Quota #1 in C-1 200 m Nevin Harrison 2Olesia Romasenko Quota #2 in C-1 200 m 3Alena Nazdrova Quota #3 in C-1 200 m 4María Mailliard Earned quota in C-2 500 m 5Katie Vincent Quota #4 in C-1 200 m Katie Vincent 6Dorota Borowska Quota #5 in C-1 200 m 7Anastasiia Chetverikova Earned quota in C-2 500 m 8Zhang Luqi Reallocated Oceania quota in C-1 200 m 9Staniliya Stamenova Reallocated Americas quota in C-1 200 m 10Bianka Nagy Reallocated host quota in C-1 200 m
Asia's continental place was earned by Thailand, Europe's by Spain, and Africa's by Nigeria. Croatia earned the final spot at the World Cup.:
Nation Qualification Selected competitor Africa quota in C-1 200 m Asia quota in C-1 200 m Orasa Thiangkathok Europe quota in C-1 200 m World Cup quota in C-1 200 m
Nations that could enter (additional) boats due to qualifying in the C-2:
Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.
+Sprint Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Women's C-1 200 m H ¼ ½ F
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Liudmyla Luzan45.571OB, SF26Lin Wenjun46.449SF32Antía Jácome46.691QF45María Mailliard47.557QF54Irina Andreeva48.192QF61Nilufar Zokirova49.686QF77Manaka Kubota50.608QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Nevin Harrison44.938OB, SF23Katherin Nuevo Segura46.533SF31Virág Balla46.852QF44Anastasiia Chetverikova47.472QF57Bernadette Wallace48.209QF62Margarita Torlopova 49.721QF76Maria Olărașu50.607QF
Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Katie Vincent46.391SF25Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys47.267SF31Ayomide Emmanuel Bello47.539QF44Katie Reid47.876QF56Orasa Thiangkathok48.262QF62Josephine Bulmer53.354QF
Heat 4 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes12Laurence Vincent Lapointe45.408SF25Olesia Romasenko46.126SF34Alena Nazdrova46.731QF43Lisa Jahn47.439QF51Dilnoza Rakhmatova47.716QF66Teruko Kiriake50.326QF
Heat 5 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Dorota Borowska47.655SF26Kincső Takács47.977SF31Daniela Cociu48.338QF43Staniliya Stamenova48.477QF52Sophie Koch48.601QF64Vanesa Tot49.280QF
Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.
Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes16Antía Jácome45.668SF23María Mailliard46.122SF34Anastasiia Chetverikova46.50947Bernadette Wallace48.33052Orasa Thiangkathok48.55968Nilufar Zokirova48.99579Maria Olărașu49.00281Teruko Kiriake49.413
Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Virág Balla46.218SF26Irina Andreeva46.637SF32Dilnoza Rakhmatova46.64543Katie Reid47.82151Vanesa Tot48.37564Daniela Cociu48.59476Margarita Torlopova49.051
Quarterfinal 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Alena Nazdrova46.950SF26Lisa Jahn47.049SF35Ayomide Emmanuel Bello47.32642Sophie Koch48.89153Staniliya Stamenova48.93961Manaka Kubota49.76977Josephine Bulmer51.474
Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.
Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Liudmyla Luzan47.339FA22Olesia Romasenko47.368FA34Katie Vincent47.604FA43Dorota Borowska47.703FA51María Mailliard48.198FB67Virág Balla48.257FB78Lisa Jahn49.136FB86Katherin Nuevo Segura49.242FB
Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Nevin Harrison46.697FA23Lin Wenjun47.161FA35Laurence Vincent Lapointe47.294FA47Antía Jácome47.414FA51Alena Nazdrova48.120FB66Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys48.375FB78Irina Andreeva49.147FB82Kincső Takács49.178FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes4Nevin Harrison45.9322Laurence Vincent Lapointe46.7865Liudmyla Luzan47.03441Dorota Borowska47.11658Antía Jácome47.22666Lin Wenjun47.60873Olesia Romasenko47.77787Katie Vincent47.834
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes93Virág Balla47.560105María Mailliard47.610114Alena Nazdrova48.085126Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys48.582137Lisa Jahn48.798148Kincső Takács48.921152Irina Andreeva48.930161Katherin Nuevo Segura49.024
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