The women's C-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 29 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course. 22 canoeists from 22 nations competed. The event was won by Jessica Fox from Australia, who already had three medals (one silver and two bronzes) in K-1 slalom from the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics. Briton Mallory Franklin won silver, and German Andrea Herzog bronze. For both of them it was the first Olympic medal.

Background This was the debut appearance of the event, replacing the men's C-2. Previously, there had been three men's events (C-1, C-2, and K-1) and only one women's event (K-1) in slalom canoeing at the Olympics; as of 2020, both men and women will have the C-1 and K-1 events.

Reigning World Champion Andrea Herzog earned a place for, and has been selected to compete by, Germany.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the women's slalom C-1 event. A total of 17 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

1 place for the host nation, Japan 11 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent

Five additional athletes will compete, having already earned a quota in the Women's K1 event.

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.

The World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor 1Andrea Herzog 1st placed NOC Andrea Herzog 2Jessica Fox 2nd placed NOCJessica Fox 3Nadine Weratschnig 4th placed NOC Nadine Weratschnig 4Evy Leibfarth 3rd placed NOCEvy Leibfarth 5Klara Olazabal 5th placed NOCNúria Vilarrubla 6Tereza Fišerová 6th placed NOCTereza Fišerová 8Mònica Dòria Earned quota in K1Mònica Dòria 9Luuka Jones Earned quota in K1Luuka Jones 10Ana Sátila 7th placed NOCAna Sátila 11Mallory Franklin 8th placed NOCMallory Franklin 15Marta Bertoncelli 9th placed NOC Marta Bertoncelli 17Lucie Prioux 10th placed NOCMarjorie Delassus 19Alja Kozorog 11th placed NOCAlja Kozorog 22Viktoriia Us Earned quota in K1Viktoriia Us 24Alsu Minazova Earned quota in K1Alsu Minazova 61Jane Nicholas Earned quota in K1Jane Nicholas

Continental and other places:

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitor - Host nationAyano Sato Lois Betteridge Americas quotaHaley DanielsHuang Yanzhi Asia quotaChen ShiMonika Škáchová Europe quotaMonika Škáchová - Reallocation of Oceania quotaAleksandra Stach - Reallocation of Africa quotaAlena Marx

Notes The quota for the Americas was allocated to the NOC with the highest-ranked eligible athlete, due to the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships. The Africa quota was initially reallocated to Hungary, but was further reallocated to Switzerland following the Hungarian Olympic Committee's decision to only send athletes vaccinated against COVID-19 to the Games, and Schmid's subsequent withdrawal.

Competition format Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist has two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 15 advance to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advance to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.

The canoe course is approximately 250 metres long, with up to 25 gates that the canoeist must pass in the correct direction. Penalty time is added for infractions such as passing on the wrong side or touching a gate. Runs typically last approximately 95 seconds.

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's slalom C-1 took place over two consecutive days.

Date Time Round Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:00 Heats Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:00  SemifinalFinal

Results RankBibCanoeistNationPreliminary HeatsSemifinalFinal1st Ride2nd RideBestOrderTimeOrderTimeOrder 1 Jessica Fox 109.96 4 110.93 4 109.96 5 110.59 0 1 105.04 0 1 2 Mallory Franklin 107.51 0 105.06 2 105.06 1 117.75 0 6 108.68 2 2 4 Andrea Herzog 113.69 2 106.34 0 106.34 2 114.61 2 4 111.13 2 3 4 14 Marjorie Delassus 121.74 6 167.47 52 121.74 17 117.71 0 5 115.93 0 4 5 5 Nadine Weratschnig 112.47 0 115.56 2 112.47 6 119.69 0 7 119.41 2 5 6 6 Tereza Fišerová 110.45 2 109.16 0 109.16 3 113.23 0 2 120.99 4 6 7 16 Viktoriia Us 123.97 2 119.05 0 119.05 15 122.12 2 9 124.85 2 7 8 7 Núria Vilarrubla 118.03 2 121.00 8 118.03 13 119.99 2 8 127.33 4 8 9 12 Monika Škáchová 125.65 2 116.85 2 116.85 12 124.87 2 10 129.39 6 9 10 3 Ana Sátila 120.56 4 109.90 2 109.90 4 114.27 0 3 164.71 52 10 11 8 Mònica Dòria 113.78 2 119.69 4 113.78 9 128.32 6 11 did not advance 12 15 Alja Kozorog 124.08 4 113.07 0 113.07 8 129.72 2 12 did not advance 13 10 Luuka Jones 116.55 0 115.19 2 115.19 11 130.39 6 13 did not advance 14 11 Alsu Minazova 176.02 54 118.45 4 118.45 14 135.80 6 14 did not advance 15 18 Marta Bertoncelli 121.83 0 113.91 2 113.91 10 145.71 2 15 did not advance 16 21 Alena Marx 120.12 2 150.84 4 120.12 16 163.09 6 16 did not advance 17 13 Chen Shi 127.36 2 124.15 0 124.05 18 164.99 12 17 did not advance 18 9 Evy Leibfarth 115.55 2 113.06 0 113.06 7 183.32 50 18 did not advance 19 17 Aleksandra Stach 145.58 2 134.03 6 134.03 19 did not advance 20 21 Ayano Sato 161.77 8 151.03 10 151.03 20 did not advance 21 22 Jane Nicholas 151.95 6 205.74 62 151.95 21 did not advance 22 19 Haley Daniels 152.98 8 191.00 56 152.98 22 did not advance

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