Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The Women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Josefa Idem Guerrini (ITA)  Caroline Brunet (CAN)  Katrin Borchert (AUS)

Results

Heats

17 competitors entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the finals. Fourth-place through seventh-place finishers and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semi-final.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 4 Caroline Brunet  Canada 1:51.558 QF
2 6 Anna Olsson  Sweden 1:52.785 QF
3 7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk  Poland 1:53.202 QF
4 9 Sanda Toma  Romania 1:54.738 QS
5 10 Manuela Mucke  Germany 1:54.870 QS
6 12 Marcela Erbanová  Slovakia 1:55.782 QS
7 13 Ursula Profanter  Austria 1:56.118 QS
8 15 Anna Hemmings  Great Britain 1:59.190 QS
9 17 Inna Osypenko  Ukraine 2:02.712
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 1 Josefa Idem  Italy 1:49.889 QF
2 2 Rita Kőbán  Hungary 1:50.777 QF
3 3 Ruth Nortje  South Africa 1:51.047 QF
4 5 Katrin Borchert  Australia 1:52.187 QS
5 8 Nataša Janić  Yugoslavia 1:54.395 QS
6 11 Kathryn Colin  United States 1:55.373 QS
7 14 María Teresa Portela  Spain 1:59.153 QS
8 16 Sayuri Maruyama  Japan 2:00.833 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Josefa Idem  Italy 2 1 1:49.889 QF
2 Rita Kőbán  Hungary 2 2 1:50.777 QF
3 Ruth Nortje  South Africa 2 3 1:51.047 QF
4 Caroline Brunet  Canada 1 1 1:51.558 QF
5 Katrin Borchert  Australia 2 4 1:52.187 QS
6 Anna Olsson  Sweden 2 2 1:52.785 QF
7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk  Poland 1 3 1:53.202 QF
8 Nataša Janić  Yugoslavia 2 5 1:54.395 QS
9 Sanda Toma  Romania 1 4 1:54.738 QS
10 Manuela Mucke  Germany 1 5 1:54.870 QS
11 Kathryn Colin  United States 2 6 1:55.373 QS
12 Marcela Erbanová  Slovakia 1 6 1:55.782 QS
13 Ursula Profanter  Austria 1 7 1:56.118 QS
14 María Teresa Portela  Spain 2 7 1:59.153 QS
15 Anna Hemmings  Great Britain 1 8 1:59.190 QS
16 Sayuri Maruyama  Japan 2 8 2:00.833
17 Inna Osypenko  Ukraine 1 9 2:02.712

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Katrin Borchert  Australia 1:53.070 QF
2 Nataša Janić  Yugoslavia 1:55.482 QF
3 Ursula Profanter  Austria 1:55.626 QF
4 Manuela Mucke  Germany 1:55.794
5 Sanda Toma  Romania 1:56.310
6 Kathryn Colin  United States 1:57.000
7 María Teresa Portela  Spain 1:58.932
8 Marcela Erbanová  Slovakia 1:59.472
9 Anna Hemmings  Great Britain 1:59.664

Final

Final
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Josefa Idem  Italy 2:13.848
2nd, silver medalist(s) Caroline Brunet  Canada 2:14.646
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Katrin Borchert  Australia 2:15.138
4 Nataša Janić  Yugoslavia 2:16.506
5 Elżbieta Urbańczyk  Poland 2:18.018
6 Rita Kőbán  Hungary 2:19.668
7 Ruth Nortje  South Africa 2:20.274
8 Ursula Profanter  Austria 2:20.598
9 Anna Olsson  Sweden 2:24.774

Brunet had won the past three world championships in this event and was undefeated in this event in over two years. High winds delayed the final by five hours. The Canadian led at the halfway mark, but was passed by Idem, competing in her fifth Summer Olympics. Idem defeated Brunet by half a boat length.

References

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