The women's C-2 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 9 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.
Background This was the second appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 2020 Olympics.
Qualification
Competition format Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. For a 13-boat event, the rounds are as follows:
Heats: Two heats of 6 and 7 boats each. The top 2 boats in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals, with all others (9 boats) going to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals: Two heats of 4 and 5 boats each. The top 3 boats in each heat (6 boats total) advance to the semifinals, with the remaining 3 boats out of medal contention and competing in the consolation Final B. Semifinals: Two heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 boats in each heat (8 boats total) advance to the medal Final A, with the remaining 2 boats out of medal contention and competing in consolation Final B. Finals: Final A consists of the top 8 boats, awarding the medals as well as 4th through 8th place. Final B features the remaining 5 boats, awarding 9th through 13th places.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.
Schedule All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
The event will be held over two days, with two rounds per day."Olympic Schedule - Canoe sprint", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Date Time Round 6 August 2024 11:0013:20 HeatsQuarterfinals 9 August 2024 10:3012:40 SemifinalsFinals
Results Heats Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.
Heat 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15Xu ShixiaoSun Mengya1:54.45SF23Liudmyla LuzanAnastasiia Rybachok1:55.88SF34Sylwia SzczerbińskaDorota Borowska1:58.42 QF47María MailliardPaula Gómez2:00.28QF56Lisa JahnHedi Kliemke2:01.15QF68Axelle RenardEugénie Dorange2:01.68 QF72Yarisleidis Cirilo DuboysYinnoly Lopez Lamadrid2:03.54QF
Heat 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes16Sloan MacKenzieKatie Vincent1:54.16, SF24Antía JácomeMaría Corbera1:55.63SF35Agnes KissBianka Nagy1:56.82QF43Daniela CociuMaria Olărașu1:58.81QF52Mariya BrovkovaRufina Iskakova2:00.05QF67Ayomide BelloBeauty Otuedo2:10.11 QF
Quarter Finals Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest eliminated for the medals and go to the B Final.
Quarter Final 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15 Sylwia SzczerbińskaDorota Borowska 1:55.39 SF24 Daniela CociuMaria Olărașu1:56.22 SF32 Yarisleidis Cirilo DuboysYinnoly Lopez Lamadrid 1:56.38SF43 Lisa JahnHedi Kliemke 1:56.56FB56 Ayomide BelloBeauty Otuedo2:07.86 FB
Quarter Final 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes15 Agnes KissBianka Nagy 1:59.89SF24 María MailliardPaula Gómez 2:00.82SF36 Axelle RenardEugénie Dorange 2:00.91 SF43 Mariya BrovkovaRufina Iskakova 2:01.76 FB
Semi Finals Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, 5th to Final B.
Semi Final 1 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 5 Xu ShixiaoSun Mengya1:53.73 FA, OB 24 Antía JácomeMaría Corbera1:56.55 FA 3 6 Yarisleidis Cirilo DuboysYinnoly Lopez Lamadrid1:57.03 FA 43 Sylwia SzczerbińskaDorota Borowska 1:57.19FA 52María MailliardPaula Gómez 1:58.10 FB
Semi Final 2 RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes1 5Sloan MacKenzieKatie Vincent1:55.34 FA2 6Agnes KissBianka Nagy1:55.51 FA 34 Liudmyla LuzanAnastasiia Rybachok1:55.62 FA 4 3 Daniela CociuMaria Olărașu1:56.66FA 5 2Axelle RenardEugénie Dorange1:57.14 FB
Finals
Final A RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes 5 Xu ShixiaoSun Mengya1:52.81 OB 2 Liudmyla LuzanAnastasiia Rybachok1:54.30 4 Sloan MacKenzieKatie Vincent1:54.36 4 6 Agnes KissBianka Nagy1:54.90 51 Sylwia SzczerbińskaDorota Borowska1:55.75 63 Antía JácomeMaría Corbera1:56.65 7 8 Daniela CociuMaria Olărașu1:56.96 87 Yarisleidis Cirilo DuboysYinnoly Lopez Lamadrid2:01.77
Final B RankLaneCanoerCountryTimeNotes16Lisa JahnHedi Kliemke1:56.48 24Axelle RenardEugénie Dorange1:57.02 33 Mariya BrovkovaRufina Iskakova1:57.58 45 María MailliardPaula Gómez2:05.02 52 Ayomide BelloBeauty Otuedo2:15.20
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