Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.[1]

Women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueEton Dorney
Date6 to 8 August
Competitors44 from 11 nations
Winning time1:30.827
Medalists
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
 Hungary
Carolin Leonhardt
Franziska Weber
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Tina Dietze
 Germany
Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran
 Belarus

Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur, representing Hungary, won the gold medal. Germany's team won silver and Belarus took the bronze.

Competition format

The competition comprised three heats, a semi-finals, and a final. The first boat and second-best in each heat qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-final where the top five boats then qualified for the final.[2]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Monday 6 August 201210:39
11:51
Heats
Semi-finals
Wednesday 8 August 201210:44Finals

Results

Heats

The first boat from each heat and the fastest runner-up qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
 Hungary 1:35.769 Q
2 Jess Walker
Rachel Cawthorn
Angela Hannah
Louisa Sawers
 Great Britain 1:37.355
3 Marie Delattre-Demory
Joanne Mayer
Sarah Guyot
Gabrielle Tuleu
 France 1:40.022
4 Yu Lamei
Li Zhangli
Ren Wenjun
Liu Haiping
 China 1:40.661
5 Antonia Horvat-Panda
Antonija Nađ
Renata Major-Kubik
Marta Tibor
 Serbia 1:40.756
6 Rach Lovell
Hannah Davis
Jo Brigden-Jones
Lyndsie Fogarty
 Australia 1:41.794

Heat 2

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Carolin Leonhardt
Franziska Weber
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Tina Dietze
 Germany 1:31.633 Q
2 Teresa Portela
Joana Vasconcelos
Beatriz Gomes
Helena Rodrigues
 Portugal 1:32.785 Q
3 Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran
 Belarus 1:33.676
4 Yuliana Salakhova
Vera Sobetova
Natalia Podolskaya
Yulia Kachalova
 Russia 1:33.680
5 Marta Walczykiewicz
Aneta Konieczna
Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
 Poland 1:35.843

Semifinal

The top five boats qualified for the final.

Rank Canoer Country Time Notes
1 Marta Walczykiewicz
Aneta Konieczna
Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
 Poland 1:30.338 Q, WB
2 Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran
 Belarus 1:30.883 Q
3 Yuliana Salakhova
Vera Sobetova
Natalia Podolskaya
Yulia Kachalova
 Russia 1:31.824 Q
4 Jess Walker
Rachel Cawthorn
Angela Hannah
Louisa Sawers
 Great Britain 1:32.550 Q
5 Marie Delattre-Demory
Joanne Mayer
Sarah Guyot
Gabrielle Tuleu
 France 1:33.303 Q
6 Rach Lovell
Hannah Davis
Jo Brigden-Jones
Lyndsie Fogarty
 Australia 1:33.671
7 Antonia Horvat-Panda
Antonija Nađ
Renata Major-Kubik
Marta Tibor
 Serbia 1:33.823
8 Yu Lamei
Li Zhangli
Ren Wenjun
Liu Haiping
 China 1:34.004

Final

Rank Canoer Country Time
Gabriella Szabó
Danuta Kozák
Katalin Kovács
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
 Hungary 1:30.827
Carolin Leonhardt
Franziska Weber
Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Tina Dietze
 Germany 1:31.298
Iryna Pamialova
Nadzeya Papok
Volha Khudzenka
Maryna Pautaran
 Belarus 1:31.400
4 Marta Walczykiewicz
Aneta Konieczna
Karolina Naja
Beata Mikołajczyk
 Poland 1:31.607
5 Jess Walker
Rachel Cawthorn
Angela Hannah
Louisa Sawers
 Great Britain 1:33.055
6 Teresa Portela
Joana Vasconcelos
Beatriz Gomes
Helena Rodrigues
 Portugal 1:33.453
7 Yuliana Salakhova
Vera Sobetova
Natalia Podolskaya
Yulia Kachalova
 Russia 1:33.459
8 Marie Delattre-Demory
Joanne Mayer
Sarah Guyot
Gabrielle Tuleu
 France 1:35.299

References


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