Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

Women's canoe sprint K-2 500 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueLagoa Stadium
Date15–16 August 2016
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Winning time1:43.687
Medalists
   Hungary
   Germany
   Poland
Canoeing at the
2016 Summer Olympics
List of canoeists
Qualification
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 200 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 200 m men women
K-1 500 m women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 200 m men
K-2 500 m women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The women's canoe sprint K-2 500 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 15 and 16 August at Lagoa Stadium.[1] The medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC member, Hungary and Thomas Konietzko, Board Member of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The top boats from each heat advances to the "A" final, and the remaining boats advance to the semifinals. The top two boats in each semifinal and the next overall best boat advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. A placing "B" final was held for the other semifinalists.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

Date Time Round
Monday 15 August 2016 8:24
9:46
Heats
Semifinals
Tuesday 16 August 2016 8:16Finals

Results

Heats

First boat progresses to A final and the remaining boats are qualified for the semifinals. The fastest three boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The remaining boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Hungary 1:41.092 FA
2 Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
Poland 1:41.766 SF
3 Anastasiia Todorova
Inna Hryshchun
Ukraine 1:43.967 SF
4 Nadzeya Liapeshka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Belarus 1:44.835 SF
5 Elena Aniushina
Kira Stepanova
Russia 1:45.906 SF
6 Genevieve Orton
KC Fraser
Canada 1:46.148 SF
7 Alyssa Bull
Alyce Burnett
Australia 1:46.933 SF
8 Lani Belcher
Angela Hannah
Great Britain 1:53.948 SF

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Franziska Weber
Tina Dietze
Germany 1:42.184 FA
2 Wenjun Ren
Qing Ma
China 1:44.491 SF
3 Natalya Sergeyeva
Irina Podoinikova
Kazakhstan 1:45.369 SF
4 Amalie Thomsen
Ida Villumsen
Denmark 1:46.246 SF
5 Nikolina Moldovan
Milica Starovic
Serbia 1:46.410 SF
6 Yvonne Schuring
Ana-Roxana Lehaci
Austria 1:46.429 SF
7 Karin Johansson
Sofia Paldanius
Sweden 1:46.456 SF

Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final. The remaining boats in each semifinal qualify for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Nadzeya Liapeshka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Belarus 1:42.285 FA
2 Anastasiia Todorova
Inna Hryshchun
Ukraine 1:43.363 FA
3 Alyssa Bull
Alyce Burnett
Australia 1:44.290 FA
4 Yvonne Schuring
Ana-Roxana Lehaci
Austria 1:44.462 FB
5 Wenjun Ren
Qing Ma
China 1:44.780 FB
6 Nikolina Moldovan
Milica Starovic
Serbia 1:46.008 FB

Semifinal 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
Poland 1:41.684 FA
2 Elena Aniushina
Kira Stepanova
Russia 1:42.439 FA
3 Natalya Sergeyeva
Irina Podoinikova
Kazakhstan 1:43.577 FA
4 Karin Johansson
Sofia Paldanius
Sweden 1:44.090 FB
5 Genevieve Orton
KC Fraser
Canada 1:45.351 FB
6 Amalie Thomsen
Ida Villumsen
Denmark 1:47.476 FB
7 Lani Belcher
Angela Hannah
Great Britain 1:49.285 FB

Finals

Final B

Rank Canoer Country Time
1 Karin Johansson
Sofia Paldanius
Sweden 1:47.207
2 Nikolina Moldovan
Milica Starovic
Serbia 1:48.146
3 Yvonne Schuring
Ana-Roxana Lehaci
Austria 1:48.834
4 Amalie Thomsen
Ida Villumsen
Denmark 1:48.846
5 Genevieve Orton
KC Fraser
Canada 1:49.389
6 Wenjun Ren
Qing Ma
China 1:51.582
7 Lani Belcher
Angela Hannah
Great Britain 1:54.193

Final A

Rank Canoer Country Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Hungary 1:43.687
2nd, silver medalist(s) Franziska Weber
Tina Dietze
Germany 1:43.738
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
Poland 1:45.207
4 Anastasiia Todorova
Inna Hryshchun
Ukraine 1:45.868
5 Elena Aniushina
Kira Stepanova
Russia 1:46.319
6 Nadzeya Liapeshka
Maryna Litvinchuk
Belarus 1:46.967
7 Natalya Sergeyeva
Irina Podoinikova
Kazakhstan 1:48.361
8 Alyssa Bull
Alyce Burnett
Australia 1:51.915

References

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