Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

Women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Lagoa Stadium
Date	19–20 August 2016
Competitors	56 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:34.482
Medalists
Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas   Hungary   Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze   Germany   Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk   Belarus

Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of canoeists
Qualification
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 200 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 200 m		men		women
K-1 500 m				women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 200 m		men
K-2 500 m				women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

The women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 19 and 20 August at Lagoa Stadium.^[1]

The medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC member, Hungary and Cecilia Farias, Board Member of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:30.320	FA
2	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:33.020	SF
3	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:33.782	SF
4	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:36.127	SF
5	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:36.853	SF
6	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:37.038	SF
7	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:37.645	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas	Hungary	1:29.497	FA
2	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:31.727	SF
3	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:33.185	SF
4	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:34.269	SF
5	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:36.675	SF
6	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:38.730	SF
7	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:39.316	SF

Semifinals

The top three boats qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:34.778	FA
2	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:35.512	FA
3	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:36.302	FA
4	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:37.055	FB
5	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:37.423	FB
6	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:38.579	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:34.710	FA
2=	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:36.254	FA
2=	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:36.254	FA
4	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:36.532	FB
5	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:38.398	FB
6	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:39.069	FB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
9	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:37.658
10	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:39.419
11	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:40.071
12	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:41.069
13	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:41.394
14	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:42.818

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
01 !	Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas	Hungary	1:34.482
02 !	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:35.383
03 !	Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:36.908
4	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:37.214
5	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:38.198
6	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:39.057
7	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:40.043
8	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:40.733

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