The women's K-4 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 8 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background This will be the 11th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1984 Olympics.
Qualification
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with 12 boats, with heats, quarterfinals semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.
Heats: 2 heats of 6 boats each. The top 2 in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals. The remaining 8 boats compete in the quarterfinal. Quarterfinal: 1 heat of 8 boats. The top 6 advance to the semifinals. The remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention. Semifinals: 2 heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 in each heat (8 boats total) advance to Final A; the remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention. Final: 2 heats. Final A has the top 8 boats, awarding the medals and 4th through 8th place. Final B has the remaining 4 boats, ranking them 9th through 12th.
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 "4" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
The event will be held over two days."Olympic Schedule - Canoe sprint", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Date Time Round6 August 202410:00Heats8 August 202411:4013:40SemifinalsFinals
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-3rd to Final A, rest to SF. Heat 1 RankLaneCrewCountryTimeNotes16Lisa CarringtonAlicia HoskinOlivia BrettTara Vaughan1:32.40FA24Sara OuzandeEstefanía FernándezCarolina GarcíaTeresa Portela1:32.92FA35Karolina NajaAnna PuławskaAdrianna KąkolDominika Putto1:33.87FA47Maria VirikAnna Margrete SletsjoeHedda OritslandKristine Strand Amundsen1:34.28SF53Anastazija BajukMilica NovakovićMarija DostanićDunja Stanojev1:36.40SF
Heat 2 RankLaneCrewCountryTimeNotes15Paulina PaszekJule HakePauline JagschSarah Brüßler1:32.34FA26Noémi PuppSára FojtTamara CsipesAlida Dóra Gazsó1:33.42FA34Li DongyinYin MengdieWang NanSun Yuewen1:33.64FA43Ella BeereAlyssa BullAlexandra ClarkeYale Steinepreis1:34.60SF57Courtney StottNatalie DavisonRiley MelansonToshka Besharah-Hrebacka1:37.87SF
Semi Final Progression System: 1st-2nd to Final, 3rd - 4th eliminated.
Semi Final RankLaneCrewCountryTimeNotes 1 4Ella BeereAlyssa BullAlexandra ClarkeYale Steinpreis1:34.25 FA2 5Maria VirikAnna Margrete SletsjoeHedda OritslandKristine Strand Amundsen1:34.77 FA3 3Anastazija BajukMilica NovakovićMarija DostanićDunja Stanojev1:35.25 4 6Courtney StottNatalie DavisonRiley MelansonToshka Besharah-Hrebacka1:39.24
Final RankLaneCrewCountryTimeNotes 5Lisa CarringtonAlicia HoskinOlivia BrettTara Vaughan1:32.20 4Paulina PaszekJule HakePauline JagschSarah Brüßler 1:32.62 6Noémi PuppSára FojtTamara CsipesAlida Dóra Gazsó 1:32.93 4 7Karolina NajaAnna PuławskaAdrianna KąkolDominika Putto 1:33.17 5 2Li DongyinYin MengdieWang NanSun Yuewen 1:33.57 6 3Sara OuzandeEstefanía FernándezCarolina GarcíaTeresa Portela 1:34.51 7 1Maria VirikAnna Margrete SletsjoeHedda OritslandKristine Strand Amundsen 1:35.02 8 8Ella BeereAlyssa BullAlexandra ClarkeYale Steinpreis 1:35.96
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