The women's kayak cross event at the 2023 European Games took place on 2 July 2023 at the Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course in Kraków, with the qualification on 1 July 2023.

Competition format The kayak cross event is split into two phases - qualification time trials and knockout phase where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 16 paddlers from the qualification advance to the quarterfinal. There are 4 quarterfinal heats with the top 2 paddlers advancing from each to the semifinal. Same rules apply in the two semifinals and the medals are then decided in the final run.

Paddlers start the cross run by sliding off the starting platform several meters above the water. Then they must navigate the downstream and upstream gates. Unlike in classic slalom, paddlers are allowed to touch the gates and even intentionally move them with their paddle, but not with a free hand. There is also a designated zone where paddlers must perform an Eskimo roll.

Athletes can be penalized in three ways in each round, by receiving a fault (FLT) or by being ranked as lower (RAL). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked as lower (RAL) if they breach the safety requirements of the competition, such as by holding back another athlete with their hands or paddle, deliberately paddling over another athlete's boat, or by making dangerous contact with another athlete's head or body - all other non-dangerous contact is allowed. In each round athletes are ranked first by the order in which they cross the finish line, with those incurring penalties ranked in the following order: FLT, RAL, DNF, .

The final classification of athletes is determined in the following manner: Athletes eliminated at any phase of the competition will be given their rank based on the comparison of the qualification times of athletes eliminated at the same phase. All 3rd ranked athletes will be ranked above all 4th ranked athletes. The final rank of athletes who did not progress to the heats is determined by their qualification results.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round1 July 2023 15:50 Qualification2 July 2023 15:20 Quarterfinals 15:47 Semifinals 16:05 Final

Results

Qualification

RankBibAthleteCountryTimeNotes 1 18 Stefanie Horn 67.37 Q 2 5 Ricarda Funk 67.57 Q 3 21 Maialen Chourraut 67.99 Q 4 15 Eliška Mintálová 68.01 Q 5 10 Klaudia Zwolińska 68.29 Q 6 4 Elena Lilik 68.41 Q 7 16 Zuzana Paňková 68.86 Q 8 14 Marjorie Delassus 69.19 Q 9 12 Viktoriia Us 69.35 Q 10 7 Martina Wegman 69.36 Q 11 13 Mallory Franklin 69.38 Q 12 1 Kimberley Woods 69.47 Q 13 23 Veronika Vojtová 69.56 Q 14 17 Alena Marx 69.62 Q 15 19 Ajda Novak 69.69 Q 16 3 Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla 69.73 Q 17 6 Camille Prigent 69.83 18 2 Eva Terčelj 69.87 19 11 Miren Lazkano 70.18 20 20 Olatz Arregui 70.26 21 9 Tereza Fišerová 70.47 22 28 Emma Vuitton 70.53 23 8 Corinna Kuhnle 70.90 24 37 Chiara Sabattini 71.33 25 32 Phoebe Spicer 71.41 26 27 Lena Teunissen 72.17 27 22 Soňa Stanovská 72.79 28 25 Eva Alina Hočevar 73.51 29 34 Viktoriia Dobrotvorska 73.73 30 26 Laura Pellicer Chica 73.89 31 30 Aleksandra Stach 74.65 32 39 Dominika Danek 76.76 33 31 Iris Fyksen Sommernes 81.55 34 40 Blandine Myriam Xhemajlji 83.80 35 29 Zita Mária Lakner 90.53 36 35 Tereza Kneblová 71.72 FLT (6) 37 33 Emily Apel 76.39 FLT (4) 38 38 Agata Spagnol 82.59 FLT (4) 39 36 Anna Lychko 82.70 FLT (R) - 24 Viktoria Wolffhardt - DNS

Knockout rounds

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 12 Kimberley Woods Q 2 1 Stefanie Horn Q 3 16 Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla FLT (2) 4 8 Marjorie Delassus FLT (1)

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 4 Eliška Mintálová Q 2 9 Viktoriia Us Q 3 13 Veronika Vojtová 4 5 Klaudia Zwolińska FLT (3, 4)

Heat 3 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 6 Elena Lilik Q 2 10 Martina Wegman Q 3 3 Maialen Chourraut FLT (3) 4 14 Alena Marx FLT (2)

Heat 4 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Ricarda Funk Q 2 15 Ajda Novak Q, FLT (6) 3 7 Zuzana Paňková FLT (3) 4 11 Mallory Franklin FLT (3)

Semifinals

Heat 1 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 9 Viktoriia Us Q 2 1 Stefanie Horn Q 3 4 Eliška Mintálová FLT (4) 4 12 Kimberley Woods FLT (4)

Heat 2 Rank Bib Name Country Notes 1 2 Ricarda Funk Q 2 10 Martina Wegman Q 3 6 Elena Lilik 4 15 Ajda Novak

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Notes 9 Viktoriia Us 2 Ricarda Funk 1 Stefanie Horn 4 10 Martina Wegman FLT (8)

Final ranking (Top 16)

The top 16 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to qualification ranking.

RankBibAthleteCountryHeat rank 9 Viktoriia Us 1 2 Ricarda Funk 2 1 Stefanie Horn 3 4 10 Martina Wegman 4 5 4 Eliška Mintálová SF1 (3) 6 6 Elena Lilik SF2 (3) 7 12 Kimberley Woods SF1 (4) 8 15 Ajda Novak SF2 (4) 9 3 Maialen Chourraut QF3 (3) 10 7 Zuzana Paňková QF4 (3) 11 13 Veronika Vojtová QF2 (3) 12 16 Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla QF1 (3) 13 5 Klaudia Zwolińska QF2 (4) 14 8 Marjorie Delassus QF1 (4) 15 11 Mallory Franklin QF4 (4) 16 14 Alena Marx QF3 (4)

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