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

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franziska Weber
Tina Dietze
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
 Poland
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Competition format

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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

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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 8:16 Finals

Results

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Heats

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Final B

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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

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Rank Canoer Country Time
  Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
  Hungary 1:43.687
  Franziska Weber
Tina Dietze
  Germany 1:43.738
  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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  1. ^ "Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.