The women's K-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway. At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.

Background This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's C-2 500 metres in 2012.

The seven-time reigning World Champion and two-time reigning Olympic champion is Lisa Carrington of New Zealand, who earned a place for her NOC and has been selected to compete.NZOC

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other women's kayak events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 6 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent except 2 places for Europe 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.

An extensive reallocation process was used, resulting in one of the quota places being reallocated to a larger kayak class. Carrington and Jørgensen also qualified in the K-1 500 metres, resulting in their quota spots being reallocated within the 200 metres (Starović could not receive it, as she had also qualified in the 500 metres). Kichasova-Skoryk, however, had qualified in the K-4 but not the K-1 500 metres; her quota was reallocated to the larger boat classes. The 4 remaining World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation

Rank Kayaker Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Lisa Carrington Earned quota in K-1 500 m 2Marta Walczykiewicz Quota #1 in K-1 200 m 3Emma Jørgensen Earned quota in K-1 500 m Teresa Portela Quota #2 in K-1 200 m 5Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Earned quota in K-4 500 m 6Dóra Lucz Quota #4 in K-1 200 m 7Milica Starović Earned quota in K-1 500 m 8Teresa Portela Quota #5 in K-1 200 m

Continental and World Cup places:

Nation Qualification Selected competitor Africa quota in K-1 200 m Amira Kheris Americas quota in K-1 200 m Brenda Rojas Asia quota in K-1 200 m Yuka Ono Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m Emily Lewis Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m Francesca Genzo Oceania quota in K-1 200 m Jade Tierney World Cup quota in K-1 200 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 500 metres, K-2 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2 Lisa Carrington (K-4)

Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no 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 K-1 200 m H ¼ ½ F

Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Emma Jørgensen 41.572SF24Francesca Genzo 42.198SF32Anamaria Govorčinović 42.901QF43Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk44.564QF51Khaoula Sassi45.101QF67Jade Tierney48.271QF76Amira Kheris48.306QF

Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Dóra Lucz41.098SF25Marta Walczykiewicz41.100SF34Linnea Stensils41.109QF47Ma Qing42.706QF51Joana Vasconcelos43.059QF66Léa Jamelot43.589QF72Samaa Ahmed47.272QF

Heat 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Teresa Portela40.812SF23Anna Kárász41.127SF34Deborah Kerr41.168QF47Helena Wiśniewska41.407QF51Andréanne Langlois41.525QF66Brenda Rojas43.802QF72Anne Cairns46.795QF

Heat 4 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Yin Mengdie41.688SF25Teresa Portela42.050SF36Vanina Paoletti42.334QF44Natalia Podolskaya42.845QF57Yuliia Yuriichuk43.760QF61Sara Milthers43.863QF72Yuka Ono45.251QF

Heat 5 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Lisa Carrington40.715SF22Svetlana Chernigovskaya41.540SF34Milica Novaković41.579QF43Emily Lewis42.038QF56Michelle Russell42.236QF61Natalya Sergeyeva46.657QF

Quarterfinals Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.

Quarterfinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes12Andréanne Langlois41.728SF24Ma Qing42.321SF35Anamaria Govorčinović43.30746Joana Vasconcelos43.37951Sara Milthers43.67563Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk44.24778Samaa Ahmed47.88287Jade Tierney49.290

Quarterfinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Linnea Stensils41.313SF24Milica Novaković41.340SF33Helena Wiśniewska41.55947Léa Jamelot43.33852Yuliia Yuriichuk43.87166Khaoula Sassi45.80971Natalya Sergeyeva46.73688Anne Cairns47.141

Quarterfinal 3 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Deborah Kerr42.742SF22Michelle Russell42.940SF33Emily Lewis42.94544Vanina Paoletti43.16356Natalia Podolskaya43.21267Brenda Rojas44.87678Yuka Ono 45.61081Amira Kheris49.412

Semifinals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes13Lisa Carrington38.127OB, FA25Emma Jørgensen38.457FA36Marta Walczykiewicz38.563FA44Teresa Portela38.858FA48Linnea Stensils38.858FA62Teresa Portela39.301FB77Michelle Russell40.224FB81Ma Qing40.837FB

Semifinal 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes14Dóra Lucz39.713FA21Deborah Kerr 39.751FA37Andréanne Langlois39.952FA43Francesca Genzo40.000FA55Yin Mengdie40.069FB68Milica Novaković40.257FB72Svetlana Chernigovskaya40.433FB86Anna Kárász40.724FB

Finals

Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes5Lisa Carrington38.120OB9Teresa Portela38.8833Emma Jørgensen38.90147Marta Walczykiewicz39.17051Linnea Stensils39.28764Dóra Lucz39.44278Francesca Genzo40.18486Deborah Kerr40.40992Andréanne Langlois40.473

Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes105Teresa Portela39.562112Svetlana Chernigovskaya39.977124Yin Mengdie40.365133Michelle Russell40.5276Milica Novaković40.527157Ma Qing40.652168Anna Kárász41.242

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