Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres











































































These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.




Contents






  • 1 Medalists


  • 2 Heats


  • 3 Semifinal


  • 4 Final


  • 5 References





Medalists














GoldGold

SilverSilver

BronzeBronze

 Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Maike Nollen
Katrin Wagner
Carolin Leonhardt

 Hungary (HUN)
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Kinga Bóta

 Ukraine (UKR)
Inna Osypenko
Tetyana Semykina
Hanna Balabanova
Olena Cherevatova


Heats


The 10 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining four teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 23.












































































Heat 1
1.
 Germany (GER)

Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt
1:31.606
QF
2.
 Hungary (HUN)

Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, Kinga Bóta
1:32.298
QF
3.
 China (CHN)

Xu Linbei, Zhong Hongyan, He Jing, Gao Yi
1:34.206
QF
4.
 Australia (AUS)

Chantal Meek, Amanda Rankin, Kate Barclay, Lisa Oldenhof
1:35.078 QS
5.
 United States (USA)

Carrie Johnson, Kathryn Colin, Lauren Spalding, Marie Mijalis
1:36.994 QS

Heat 2
1.
 Poland (POL)

Karolina Sadalska, Joanna Skowroń, Małgorzata Czajczyńska, Aneta Białkowska
1:31.949
QF
2.
 Ukraine (UKR)

Inna Osypenko, Tetyana Semykina, Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova
1:33.057
QF
3.
 Spain (ESP)

Isabel Garcia, Beatriz Manchon, Jana Smidakova, Maria Teresa Portela
1:34.525
QF
4.
 Japan (JPN)

Shinobu Kitamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, Mikiko Takeya, Miho Adachi
1:36.873 QS
5.
 Canada (CAN)

Karen Furneaux, Carrie Lightbound, Kamini Jain, Jillian D'Alessio
1:36.877 QS


Semifinal


The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The last place team was eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 25.


























1.
 Australia (AUS)
1:33.977
QF
2.
 Japan (JPN)
1:35.493
QF
3.
 Canada (CAN)
1:35.645
QF
4.
 United States (USA)
1:35.869


Final


The final was raced on August 27.
















































Gold
 Germany (GER)
1:34.340
Silver
 Hungary (HUN)
1:34.536
Bronze
 Ukraine (UKR)
1:36.192
4.
 Poland (POL)
1:36.376
5.
 Spain (ESP)
1:37.908
6.
 Australia (AUS)
1:38.116
7.
 China (CHN)
1:38.144
8.
 Canada (CAN)
1:39.952
9.
 Japan (JPN)
1:40.188


References




  • 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results (in English), (in French), & (in Greek)

  • Sports-reference.com women's 2004 K-4 500 m results.

  • Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results









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