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Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

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These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

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Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Natasa Janics (HUN)  Josefa Idem Guerrini (ITA)  Caroline Brunet (CAN)

Heats

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The 23 competitors first raced in three heats. The top finisher in each heat moved directly to the final, and the next 6 finishers in each heat qualified for the two semifinal races. Therefore, only two kayakers were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 24.

Heat Place Athlete Country Time Notes
1 1 Nataša Janić  Hungary 1:49.870 QF
1 2 Katrin Wagner  Germany 1:53.234 QS
1 3 Larissa Peisakhovitch  Israel 1:54.234 QS
1 4 Li Ting  China 1:55.474 QS
1 5 Nathalie Marie  France 1:57.342 QS
1 6 Fernanda Lauro  Argentina 1:59.474 QS
1 7 Doan Thi Cach  Vietnam 2:06.126 QS
1 Natalya Sergeyeva  Kazakhstan DSQ
2 1 Caroline Brunet  Canada 1:50.366 QF
2 2 Josefa Idem  Italy 1:50.466 QS
2 3 Petra Santy  Belgium 1:52.834 QS
2 4 Lucy Hardy  Great Britain 1:54.518 QS
2 5 Michaela Strnadova  Czech Republic 1:55.806 QS
2 6 Yulia Borzova  Uzbekistan 1:56.586 QS
2 7 Amanda Rankin  Australia 1:56.678 QS
2 8 Sarce Aronggear  Indonesia 2:03.790
3 1 Marcela Erbanova  Slovakia 1:53.508 QF
3 2 Aneta Pastuszka  Poland 1:53.840 QS
3 3 Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou  Greece 1:54.828 QS
3 4 Jenni Honkanen  Finland 1:55.244 QS
3 5 Carrie Johnson  United States 1:57.708 QS
3 6 Olga Kostenko  Russia 1:58.520 QS
3 7 Miyuki Shirata  Japan 2:00.860 QS

Sergeyeva was disqualified for not keeping her boat in the automatic starting system, delaying the race start by five minutes. She was also disqualified for starting outside of the automatic starting system.

Semifinals

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The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final. Fourth place and higher competitors were eliminated. The semifinals were raced on August 26.

Semifinal 1
1.  Katrin Wagner (GER) 1:52.630 QF
2.  Jenni Honkanen (FIN) 1:53.050 QF
3.  Li Ting (CHN) 1:53.598 QF
4.  Petra Santy (BEL) 1:54.534
5.  Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou (GRE) 1:54.950
6.  Olga Kostenko (RUS) 1:55.766
7.  Michaela Strnadova (CZE) 1:56.154
8.  Amanda Rankin (AUS) 1:56.198
9.  Fernanda Lauro (ARG) 2:00.198
Semifinal 2
1.  Josefa Idem (ITA) 1:50.844 QF
2.  Larissa Peisakhovitch (ISR) 1:55.096 QF
3.  Lucy Hardy (GBR) 1:56.432 QF
4.  Carrie Johnson (USA) 1:56.712
5.  Nathalie Marie (FRA) 1:57.944
6.  Yulia Borzova (UZB) 1:59.560
7.  Miyuki Shirata (JPN) 2:03.076
8.  Doan Thi Cach (VIE) 2:06.692
9.  Aneta Pastuszka (POL) DSQ

Pastuszka was disqualified for competing in an underweight boat.

Final

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The final was raced on August 28.

Gold  Nataša Janić (HUN) 1:47.741
Silver  Josefa Idem (ITA) 1:49.729
Bronze  Caroline Brunet (CAN) 1:50.601
4.  Katrin Wagner (GER) 1:52.557
5.  Marcela Erbanova (SVK) 1:52.685
6.  Larissa Peisakhovitch (ISR) 1:53.089
7.  Lucy Hardy (GBR) 1:53.717
8.  Jenni Honkanen (FIN) 1:53.937
9.  Li Ting (CHN) 1:54.473

Janics, who switched her nationality from Serbia and Montenegro to Hungary three months before the 2004 Games, jumped to an early lead and then held off a late challenge from defending Olympic champion Idem.

References

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