Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 7 and 9 August at Eton Dorney.

Women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Eton Dorney
Date	7 to 9 August
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Winning time	1:51.456
Medalists
Danuta Kozák  Hungary Inna Osypenko  Ukraine Bridgette Hartley  South Africa

Danuta Kozák from Hungary won the gold medal. Inna Osypenko from Ukraine won silver and South Africa's Bridgette Hartley took bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semi-finals and a final round.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 7 August 2012	10:07 11:16	Heats Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012	10:08	Finals

Results

Heats

The fastest six boats in each heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anne Rikala	Finland	1:52.641	Q
2	Henriette Hansen	Denmark	1:52.650	Q
3	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Germany	1:53.438	Q
4	Carrie Johnson	United States	1:53.983	Q
5	Darisleydis Amador	Cuba	1:56.038	Q
6	Teneale Hatton	New Zealand	1:56.741	Q
7	Arezoo Hakimi	Iran	1:58.598

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Danuta Kozák	Hungary	1:52.828	Q
2	Bridgette Hartley	South Africa	1:53.051	Q
3	Josefa Idem	Italy	1:55.619	Q
4	Yuliana Salakhova	Russia	1:56.621	Q
5	Émilie Fournel	Canada	1:58.740	Q
6	Marharyta Tsishkevich	Belarus	2:01.216	Q

Heat 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sofia Paldanius	Sweden	1:51.212	Q
2	Teresa Portela	Portugal	1:51.887	Q
3	Aneta Konieczna	Poland	1:52.069	Q
4	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	1:52.268	Q
5	Mira Verås Larsen	Norway	1:55.923	Q
6	Yulia Borzova	Uzbekistan	2:03.893	Q

Heat 4

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rachel Cawthorn	Great Britain	1:53.491	Q
2	Alana Nicholls	Australia	1:53.823	Q
3	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	1:54.445	Q
4	Geraldine Lee Wei Ling	Singapore	2:01.037	Q
5	Špela Ponomarenko Janić	Slovenia	2:01.520	Q
6	Afef Ben Ismail	Tunisia	2:07.705	Q

Semifinals

The first two canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest third placed boats qualified for the 'A' final. The fourth and fifth ranked canoeists in each semi-final and the two fastest sixth placed boats qualified for the 'B' final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bridgette Hartley	South Africa	1:51.286	Q
2	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	1:51.515	Q
3	Anne Rikala	Finland	1:51.852	q
4	Aneta Konieczna	Poland	1:52.193
5	Alana Nicholls	Australia	1:52.224
6	Émilie Fournel	Canada	1:54.120
7	Darisleydis Amador	Cuba	1:58.762
8	Afef Ben Ismail	Tunisia	2:15.362

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Danuta Kozák	Hungary	1:50.469	Q
2	Henriette Hansen	Denmark	1:51.929	Q
3	Sofia Paldanius	Sweden	1:51.945	q
4	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	1:53.888
5	Teneale Hatton	New Zealand	1:54.504
6	Mira Verås Larsen	Norway	1:57.354
7	Geraldine Lee Wei Ling	Singapore	2:01.516
–	Marharyta Tsishkevich	Belarus		DSQ

Semifinal 3

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Josefa Idem	Italy	1:52.232	Q
2	Rachel Cawthorn	Great Britain	1:52.542	Q
3	Teresa Portela	Portugal	1:53.064
4	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Germany	1:53.241
5	Špela Ponomarenko Janić	Slovenia	1:53.341
6	Carrie Johnson	United States	1:54.628
7	Yuliana Salakhova	Russia	1:57.761
8	Yulia Borzova	Uzbekistan	2:00.584

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Katrin Wagner-Augustin	Germany	1:52.402
2	Aneta Konieczna	Poland	1:53.356
3	Teresa Portela	Portugal	1:53.597
4	Špela Ponomarenko	Slovenia	1:53.718
5	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	1:54.707
6	Émilie Fournel	Canada	1:56.058
7	Teneale Hatton	New Zealand	1:56.103
8	Alana Nicholls	Australia	1:59.033

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Danuta Kozák	Hungary	1:51.456
	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	1:52.685
	Bridgette Hartley	South Africa	1:52.923
4	Sofia Paldanius	Sweden	1:53.197
5	Josefa Idem	Italy	1:53.223
6	Rachel Cawthorn	Great Britain	1:53.345
7	Henriette Hansen	Denmark	1:54.110
8	Anne Rikala	Finland	1:54.333