The women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-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 advances directly to the final, while the remaining top nine finishers in both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinals join the heats winners in the final.
Heats took place on August 19, the semifinal took place on August 21, and the final was on August 23.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundTuesday, August 19, 2008 17:50-18:10 HeatsThursday, August 21, 2008 17:00-17:10 SemifinalSaturday, August 23, 2008 17:20-17:35 Final
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out
Heat 1 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt1:43.412 QF2Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna1:44.631 QF3Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová1:45.104 QF4Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen1:45.735QS5Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes1:46.646 QS6Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya1:46.980QS7Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova1:47.284 QS8Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley1:47.341 QS9Jessica Walker, Anna Hemmings1:47.435
Heat 2 RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić1:42.162 QF2Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard1:43.832 QF3Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty1:45.124 QF4Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre1:46.129QS5Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz1:46.980 QS6Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi1:47.018QS7Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues1:47.588QS8Xu Linbei, Wang Feng1:47.645
Semifinal Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out RankAthletesCountryTimeNotes1Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya1:43.541 QF2Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen1:44.624 QF3Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz1:44.834 QF4Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes1:45.313 5Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues1:46.021 6Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi1:46.1637Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova1:46.380 8Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley1:47.018 9Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre1:47.510
Final RankAthletesCountryTimeNotesKatalin Kovács, Nataša Janić1:41.308 Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna1:42.092 Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard1:42.128 4Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt1:42.899 5Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya 1:43.291 6Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty1:43.969 7Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen 1:44.176 8Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová1:44.8709Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz1:44.965
References
Sports-reference.com 2008 women's K-2 500 m results. Yahoo! August 19, 2008 sprint heat results. – accessed August 19, 2008. Yahoo! August 21, 2008 sprint final results. – accessed August 21, 2008.