2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-1 1000 metres

The women's K-1 1000 metres competition at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań took place at Lake Malta.Paddle Worldwide 2026 World Canoe and Paracanaoe Sprint Championships - Bulletin 1

Schedule The schedule is as follows:Paddle Worldwide 2026 World Canoe and Paracanaoe Sprint Championships - Schedule Date Time Round Wednesday 26 August 2026 11:50 Heats Thursday 27 August 2026 16:50 Semifinals Friday 28 August 2026 14:50 Final B 15:33 Final A

Record

The best performance previously in this discipline was:

+ Women's K-1 1000 metres World Best 3:49.42 Moscow

Results

Heats

Four heats were held. The results of the heats was as follows:Women's K-1 1000 m - Heats - Results

Qualification rule : First six in each heat (SF) plus next three fastest (qBT) qualify for semi-finals; remainder are eliminated. Heat 1 11:50 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Zsoka Csikos 4:32.81 2 6 Laia Pelachs 4:35.84 +3.03 3 4 Pernille Knudsen 4:45.62 +12.81 4 7 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 4:47.36 +14.55 5 8 Bridgitte Hartley 4:47.83 +15.02 6 2 Tatyana Gladkova 4:48.47 +15.66 7 3 Karen Itzel Berrelleza Torres 4:49.98 +17.17

Heat 2 11:57 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 6 Elizaveta Fedorova 4:28.82 2 3 Elena Mironchenko Neutral Athlete 4:29.24 +0.42 3 7 Olivia Clues 4:32.68 +3.86 4 2 Elena Ricchiero 4:35.98 +7.16 5 5 Romana Svecova 4:38.22 +9.40 6 4 Netta Malinen 4:43.98 +15.16 8 Florence Prossy Namanda DNS

Heat 3 12:04 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 4 Caroline Heuser 4:32.32 2 3 Weronika Marczewska 4:34.75 +2.43 3 6 Lucy Lee-Smith 4:36.39 +4.07 4 5 Mia Medved 4:37.74 +5.42 5 8 Olivia Larsson 4:46.38 +14.06 6 7 Kaitlyn Mcelroy 4:46.42 +14.10 7 2 Alina Tverie 5:00.35 +28.03

Heat 4 12:11 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Franziska Widmer 4:34.87 2 4 Barbora Betlachova 4:36.00 +1.13 3 8 Liudmila Sinkel Neutral Athlete 4:38.28 +3.41 4 6 Mengyuan Yang 4:43.36 +8.49 5 3 Saman Soltani 5:00.45 +25.58 6 2 Aya Ferfad 5:08.88 +34.01 7 7 Samara Antony Chacko 5:37.16 +1:02.29

Semi finals

Three semifinals were held. Women's K-1 1000 m - Semifinals - Results

Qualification rule : First three in each heat to A final: Next three in each heat to B final; remainder are eliminated

Semifinal 1 16:50 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Zsoka Csikos 4:24.59 FA 2 4 Elena Mironchenko Neutral Athlete A 4:25.73 +1.14 FA 3 6 Weronika Marczewska 4:27.96 +3.37 FA 4 3 Liudmila Sinkel Neutral Athlete B 4:32.63 +8.04 FB 5 8 Bridgitte Hartley 4:36.10 +11.51 FB 6 7 Mengyuan Yang 4:36.14 +11.55 FB 7 2 Olivia Larsson 4:40.75 +16.16 8 1 Netta Malinen 4:40.98 +16.39 9 9 Karen Itzel Berrelleza Torres 4:49.13 +24.54

Semifinal 2 16:57 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 6 Pernille Knudsen 4:21.48 FA 2 5 Elizaveta Fedorova 4:22.45 +0.97 FA 3 4 Barbora Betlachova 4:24.28 +2.80 FA 4 8 Romana Svecova 4:25.75 +4.27 FB 5 7 Mia Medved 4:27.05 +5.57 FB 6 2 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 4:27.89 +6.41 FB 7 3 Lucy Lee-Smith 4:28.21 +6.73 8 1 Alina Tverie 4:49.61 +28.13 9 9 Aya Ferfad 5:02.88 +41.40

Semifinal 3 17:04 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 4 Caroline Heuser 4:20.63 FA 2 6 Laia Pelachs 4:21.63 +1.00 FA 3 5 Franziska Widmer 4:24.83 +4.20 FA 4 3 Olivia Clues 4:26.30 +5.67 FB 5 7 Elena Ricchiero 4:29.77 +9.14 FB 6 2 Saman Soltani 4:32.81 +12.18 FB 7 8 Kaitlyn Mcelroy 4:37.51 +16.88 8 1 Tatyana Gladkova 4:42.67 +22.04 9 9 Samara Antony Chacko 5:20.86 +1:00.23 Finals

The results of the finals were as follows:Women's K-1 1000 m - Finals - Results B final 14:10 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 6 Olivia Clues 4:40.52 2 5 Romana Svecova 4:40.79 +0.27 3 7 Mia Medved 4:44.72 +4.20 4 3 Elena Ricchiero 4:46.18 +5.66 5 9 Mengyuan Yang 4:48.20 +7.68 6 8 Bridgitte Hartley 4:48.76 +8.24 7 4 Liudmila Sinkel Neutral Athletes B 4:48.91 +8.39 8 2 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 4:51.91 +11.39 9 1 Saman Soltani 5:05.66 +25.14

A final 15:33

Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 6 Zsoka Csikos 4:11.95 7 Laia Pelachs 4:14.76 +2.81 5 Pernille Knudsen 4:17.30 +5.35 4 8 Barbora Betlachova 4:18.65 +6.70 5 4 Caroline Heuser 4:19.15 +7.20 5 3 Elizaveta Fedorova 4:19.15 +7.20 7 9 Weronika Marczewska 4:19.80 +7.85 8 1 Franziska Widmer 4:22.28 +10.33 9 2 Elena Mironchenko Neutral Athletes A 4:22.85 +10.90

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