2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres competition at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań took place at Lake Malta.Paddle Worldwide 2026 World Canoe and Paracanaoe Sprint Championships - Bulletin 1

Schedule The schedule is as follows:Paddle Worldwide 2026 World Canoe and Paracanaoe Sprint Championships - Schedule Date Time Round Thursday 27 August 2026 Heats Saturday 29 August 2026 Semifinals Sunday 30 August 2026 Final B Final A

Record

The best performance previously in this discipline was:

World BestTimeAthleteNationVenue 1:46.19 Aimee Fisher Szeged

Results

Heats

The result of the heats were follows:Women's K-1 500 m - Heats - Results, from ICF.

Qualification rule: First five boats in each heat and two fastest other boats qualify for the semifinal; remainder eliminated Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Pauline Jagsch 1:57.80 2 4 Anja Apollonio 1:59.54 1.74 3 3 Pernille Knudsen 1:59.81 2.01 4 6 Elena Wolgamot 2:00.13 2.33 5 2 Luxi Zhang 2:00.23 2.43 6 7 Marija Dostanic 2:02.90 5.10 7 8 Madara Aldina 2:17.87 20.07 8 1 Sandra Scalia 2:20.04 22.24

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Aimee Fisher 1:59.78 2 4 Hermien Peters 2:00.52 0.74 3 2 Lizaveta Vilkova Neutral Athlete 2:04.12 4.34 4 3 Agata Fantini 2:05.26 5.48 5 6 Candelaria Sequeira 2:07.33 7.55 6 7 Saman Soltani 2:13.41 13.63 7 1 Samalulu Fuatino Te Aho Clifton 2:14.84 15.06 8 8 Aya Ferfad 2:24.62 24.84

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Anna Pulawska 2:00.30 2 4 Michelle Russell 2:01.43 1.13 3 3 Teresa Portela 2:02.34 2.04 4 7 Stella Sukhanova 2:05.29 4.99 5 6 Netta Malinen 2:10.57 10.27 6 1 Olivia Larsson 2:10.89 10.59 7 8 Sabiha Ben Othmane 2:28.94 28.64 0 2 Stevani Maysche Ibo DNS

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Natalia Drobot 1:58.18 2 4 Beatriz Briones Fragoza 2:02.87 4.69 3 3 Elizaveta Fedorova 2:04.40 6.22 4 7 Arina Tanatmisheva 2:04.69 6.51 5 6 Esti Olivier 2:04.78 6.60 6 2 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 2:05.61 7.43 7 1 Honami Tohda 2:17.09 18.91 8 8 Li-Chin Tseng 2:19.80 21.62

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Zsoka Csikos 2:03.93 0.00 2 7 Carolina Garcia Otero 2:05.52 1.59 3 6 Barbora Betlachova 2:06.16 2.23 4 4 Franziska Widmer 2:07.18 3.25 5 3 Lucy Lee-Smith 2:07.95 4.02 6 2 Snizhana Stalinova 2:08.03 4.10 7 8 Samara Antony Chacko 2:40.31 36.38

Semi finals

The result of the semifinal races were follows:Women's K-1 500 m - Semifinals - Results, from ICF. Qualification rule: First three boats in each semifinal qualify for the A final; next three to B final; remainder to C final

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Pauline Jagsch 2:01.75 FA 2 4 Natalia Drobot 2:02.30 0.55 FA 3 6 Hermien Peters 2:03.91 2.16 FA 4 7 Teresa Portela 2:05.27 3.52 FB 5 8 Arina Tanatmisheva 2:07.13 5.38 FB 6 9 Lucy Lee-Smith 2:08.97 7.22 FB 7 3 Carolina Garcia Otero 2:09.28 7.53 FC 8 2 Elena Wolgamot 2:09.44 7.69 FC 9 1 Candelaria Sequeira 2:14.27 12.52 FC

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Anna Pulawska 2:04.73 FA 2 8 Luxi Zhang 2:05.94 1.21 FA 3 6 Beatriz Briones Fragoza 2:06.24 1.51 FA 4 9 Marija Dostanic 2:07.72 2.99 FB 5 7 Barbora Betlachova 2:07.76 3.03 FB 6 2 Stella Sukhanova 2:09.58 4.85 FB 7 3 Lizaveta Vilkova Neutral Athlete B 2:11.92 7.19 FC 8 4 Anja Apollonio 2:15.24 10.51 FC 9 1 Esti Olivier 2:16.25 11.52 FC

Semifinal 3 Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 5 Aimee Fisher 2:03.79 FA 2 4 Zsoka Csikos 2:04.01 0.22 FA 3 6 Michelle Russell 2:04.63 0.84 FA 4 8 Franziska Widmer 2:08.79 5.00 FB 5 7 Elizaveta Fedorova 2:09.35 5.56 FB 6 3 Pernille Knudsen 2:09.64 5.85 FB 7 2 Agata Fantini 2:11.32 7.53 FC 8 9 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 2:11.38 7.59 FC 9 1 Netta Malinen 2:21.71 17.92 FC Finals

The result of the final races were follows:Women's K-1 500 m - Finals - Results, from ICF.

C final Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 6 Carolina Garcia Otero 1:51.24 2 2 Elena Wolgamot 1:51.62 0.38 3 4 Agata Fantini 1:54.77 3.53 4 7 Savvia Kyriaki Hadjicharalambous 1:56.72 5.48 5 9 Candelaria Sequeira 1:56.75 5.51 6 5 Lizaveta Vilkova Neutral Athletes B 1:57.96 6.72 7 8 Esti Olivier 1:59.40 8.16 8 1 Netta Malinen 2:01.26 10.02 9 3 Anja Apollonio 2:03.02 11.78

B final Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 1 2 Pernille Knudsen 1:52.32 2 7 Barbora Betlachova 1:53.10 0.78 3 5 Marija Dostanic 1:53.70 1.38 4 3 Elizaveta Fedorova 1:53.94 1.62 5 4 Teresa Portela 1:54.28 1.96 6 8 Arina Tanatmisheva 1:54.63 2.31 7 1 Stella Sukhanova 1:55.12 2.80 8 6 Franziska Widmer 1:55.89 3.57 9 9 Lucy Lee-Smith 1:59.92 7.60

A final Rank Lane Name Nation Time Gap Notes 6 Pauline Jagsch 1:47.55 5 Aimee Fisher 1:48.02 0.47 4 Anna Pulawska 1:48.58 1.03 3 2 Natalia Drobot 1:48.58 1.03 5 7 Zsoka Csikos 1:49.92 2.37 6 8 Beatriz Briones Fragoza 1:50.56 3.01 7 9 Hermien Peters 1:51.06 3.51 8 1 Michelle Russell 1:51.69 4.14 9 3 Luxi Zhang 1:52.86 5.31

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