The women's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.

Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Thursday 23 August 2018 11:23 HeatsFriday 24 August 2018 10:50 Semifinals 15:20 Final B 16:17 Final A All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results Heats Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1 RankCanoeistCountryTimeNotes 1Alena Nazdrova 2:09.647 2Chloe Bracewell 2:20.847 3Jūlija Gutova 2:22.262 4Lucia Valová 2:26.158 5Law Ming 2:27.393 6Ana Ochoa 2:27.593 7Ana Rodrigues 2:29.848

Heat 2 RankCanoeistCountryTimeNotes 1Katie Vincent 2:06.507 2Kseniia Kurach 2:06.967 3Zsanett Lakatos 2:12.937 4Liudmyla Luzan 2:14.632 5Mariami Kerdikashvili 2:15.437 6Anggie Avegno 2:25.703 7Daniela Cociu 2:27.833

Heat 3 RankCanoeistCountryTimeNotes 1Xu Shixiao 2:09.792 2Magda Stanny 2:15.367 3Annika Loske 2:18.052 4Sayako Shimazu 2:22.633 5Ann Marie Armstrong 2:25.653 6Patricia Coco 2:26.958 7Combe Seck 2:50.814

Semifinals Qualification was as follows:

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.

Semifinal 1 RankCanoeistCountryTimeNotes 1Zsanett Lakatos 2:15.387 2Lucia Valová 2:16.882 3Mariami Kerdikashvili 2:18.572 4Annika Loske 2:18.937 5Chloe Bracewell 2:21.158 6Sayako Shimazu 2:24.488 7Daniela Cociu 2:24.853 8Patricia Coco 2:27.263 9Ana Ochoa 2:32.343

Semifinal 2 RankCanoeistCountryTimeNotes 1Liudmyla Luzan 2:16.306 2Kseniia Kurach 2:16.861 3Magda Stanny 2:17.686 4Anggie Avegno 2:19.211 5Jūlija Gutova 2:23.962 6Ann Marie Armstrong 2:26.157 7Ana Rodrigues 2:27.317 8Law Ming 2:28.672 9Combe Seck 2:49.103

Finals Final B Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.

RankCanoeistCountryTime 1Annika Loske 2:22.162 2Chloe Bracewell 2:22.852 3Daniela Cociu 2:25.047 4Patricia Coco 2:27.627 5Anggie Avegno 2:27.632 6Ann Marie Armstrong 2:30.032 7Sayako Shimazu 2:32.183 8Jūlija Gutova 2:36.458 9Ana Rodrigues 2:40.298

Final A Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.

RankCanoeistCountryTime Kseniia Kurach 2:10.991 Alena Nazdrova 2:11.631 Katie Vincent 2:12.148 4Xu Shixiao 2:12.875 5Zsanett Lakatos 2:19.448 6Liudmyla Luzan 2:21.115 7Magda Stanny 2:22.118 8Mariami Kerdikashvili 2:24.365 9Lucia Valová 2:30.206

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