Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1

The women's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 27 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course. 27 canoeists from 27 nations competed.

Background This was the ninth appearance of the event, having previously appeared in every Summer Olympics with slalom canoeing: 1972 and 1992 to 2016.

Reigning Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut of Spain made her fourth Olympic appearance (she also took bronze in 2012), attempting to defend her title. Reigning World Champion Eva Terčelj of Slovenia also competed as a medal hopeful. She placed 13th in 2012.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the women's slalom K-1 event. A total of 24 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

1 place for the host nation, Japan 18 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent

Three additional athletes competed, having already earned a quota in the Women's C1 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 1Eva Terčelj 1st placed NOC Eva Terčelj 2Jessica Fox Earned quota in C1Jessica Fox 3Luuka Jones 2nd placed NOCLuuka Jones 4Kateřina Minařík Kudějová 3rd placed NOCKateřina Minařík Kudějová 5Ricarda Funk 4th placed NOC Ricarda Funk 6Kimberley Woods 5th placed NOCKimberley Woods 7Stefanie Horn 6th placed NOCStefanie Horn 9Ana Sátila Earned quota in C1Ana Sátila 10Maialen Chourraut 7th placed NOCMaialen Chourraut 12Camille Prigent 8th placed NOCMarie-Zélia Lafont 14Viktoriia Us 9th placed NOC Viktoriia Us 16Corinna Kuhnle 10th placed NOCViktoria Wolffhardt 18Aki Yazawa 11th placed NOCAki Yazawa 21Evy Leibfarth Earned quota in C1Evy Leibfarth 22Eliška Mintálová 12th placed NOCEliška Mintálová 23Natalia Pacierpnik 13th placed NOCKlaudia Zwolińska 27Lena Teunissen 14th placed NOCMartina Wegman 30Mònica Dòria 15th placed NOCMònica Dòria 39Jane Nicholas 16th placed NOCJane Nicholas 40Florence Maheu 17th placed NOCFlorence Maheu 41Xu Yanru 18th placed NOCLi Tong

Continental and other places:

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitorYekaterina Smirnova Asia quotaYekaterina SmirnovaCélia Jodar Africa quotaCélia Jodar Sofía Reinoso Americas quotaSofía ReinosoNaemi Brändle Europe quotaNaemi Brändle - Reallocation of Host quotaAlsu Minazova - Reallocation of Oceania quotaChang Chu-han

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.

Competition format Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist had two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 24 advanced to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advanced to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.

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

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

The women's slalom K-1 took place over two separate days.

Date Time Round Sunday, 25 July 2021 13:00 Heats Tuesday, 27 July 2021 14:00  SemifinalFinal

Results RankBibCanoeistNationPreliminary heatsSemifinalFinal1st Ride2nd RideBestOrderTimeOrderTimeOrder 2 Ricarda Funk 101.90 2 101.56 0 101.56 2 107.9643 105.50 0 1 5 Maialen Chourraut 108.25 2 105.13 0 105.13 5 109.92 2 7 106.63 0 2 1 Jessica Fox 104.05 0 98.46 0 98.46 1 105.85 2 1 106.73 4 3 4 4 Stefanie Horn 109.82 2 104.79 0 104.79 4 108.5204 106.93 2 4 5 13 Klaudia Zwolińska 108.97 2 110.46 0 108.97 10 111.76 0 10 108.98 4 5 6 6 Luuka Jones 110.22 4 101.72 0 101.72 3 108.9725 110.67 0 6 7 15 Martina Wegman 113.29 2 109.84 0 109.84 12 110.74 2 8 111.33 0 7 8 12 Viktoriia Us 120.09 2 113.99 4 113.99 17 111.53 2 9 111.85 0 8 9 14 Eliška Mintálová 107.67 2 117.55 10 107.67 8 107.18 0 2 158.36 50 9 10 10 Kimberley Woods 109.63 2 107.82 4 107.82 9 109.00 0 6 177.09 56 10 11 9 Viktoria Wolffhardt 114.63 0 112.28 0 112.28 16 112.11 0 11 did not advance 12 16 Evy Leibfarth 125.85 2 111.70 2 111.70 15 112.73 0 12 did not advance 13 8 Ana Sátila 108.22 2 106.82 0 106.82 7 114.62 0 13 did not advance 14 11 Marie-Zélia Lafont 121.48 6 110.25 2 110.25 13 115.81 2 14 did not advance 15 7 Kateřina Minařík Kudějová 107.87 0 106.41 0 106.41 6 116.15 2 15 did not advance 16 18 Mònica Dòria 110.57 2 110.54 4 110.54 14 118.15 0 16 did not advance 17 21 Alsu Minazova 120.60 2 115.39 4 115.39 20 120.66 4 17 did not advance 18 23 Naemi Brändle 230.37 100 135.00 8 135.00 24 121.91 4 18 did not advance 19 17 Aki Yazawa 129.87 8 127.91 6 127.91 22 124.73 0 19 did not advance 20 19 Li Tong 117.27 2 114.36 2 114.36 19 130.86 4 20 did not advance 21 24 Sofía Reinoso 132.89 4 143.19 8 132.89 23 136.34 4 21 did not advance 22 22 Jane Nicholas 150.17 2 120.10 4 120.10 21 144.84 6 22 did not advance 23 20 Florence Maheu 114.29 0 135.35 2 114.29 18 152.37 4 23 did not advance 24 3 Eva Terčelj 115.93 8 109.11 2 109.11 11 162.48 50 24 did not advance 25 27 Yekaterina Smirnova 180.46 52 135.25 6 135.25 25 did not advance 26 25 Chang Chu-han 182.95 56 136.66 8 136.66 26 did not advance 27 26 Célia Jodar 171.38 14 258.46 108 171.38 27 did not advance

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