Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres


The women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing between August 18 and 22. The K-4 event is raced in four-person kayaks.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advance directly to the final, while the remaining four finishers from both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the heats winners in the final.
[|Heats] took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Monday, August 18, 200816:30-16:50Heats
Wednesday, August 20, 200816:10-16:20[|Semifinal]
Friday, August 22, 200816:20-16:35[|Final]

Medalists

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Heat 2

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes
1Beatriz Manchón, Jana Smidakova, Sonia Molanes, Maria Teresa Portela1:37.172QF
2Shinobu Kitamoto, Ayaka Kuno, Mikiko Takeya, Yumiko Suzuki1:37.449QF
3Stefania Cicali, Alessandra Galiotto, Fabiana Sgori, Alice Fagioli1:37.887QF
4Emilie Fournel, Karen Furneaux, Genevieve Beauchesne-Sevigny, Kristin Gauthier1:38.224

Final

For the fourth straight Summer Olympics, a Fischer won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m only this time it was not Birgit, but her niece Fanny. Wagner-Augustin won her third straight Olympic gold medal in the K-4 500 m event while Kovács of Hungary won her third straight Olympic silver medal in this event.