Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres
| Women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Eton Dorney | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6 to 8 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:30.827 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 200m | men | |
| C-1 1000m | men | |
| C-2 1000m | men | |
| K-1 200m | men | women |
| K-1 500m | women | |
| K-1 1000m | men | |
| K-2 200m | men | |
| K-2 500m | women | |
| K-2 1000m | men | |
| K-4 500m | women | |
| K-4 1000m | men | |
The women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between 6 and 8 August at Eton Dorney.[1]
Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Katalin Kovács and Krisztina Fazekas Zur, representing Hungary, won the gold medal. Germany's team won silver and Belarus took the bronze.
Contents
1 Competition format
2 Schedule
3 Results
3.1 Heats
3.1.1 Heat 1
3.1.2 Heat 2
3.2 Semifinal
3.3 Final
4 References
Competition format
The competition comprised three heats, a semi-finals, and a final. The first boat and second-best in each heat qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-final where the top five boats then qualified for the final.[2]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Monday 6 August 2012 | 10:39 11:51 | Heats Semi-finals |
| Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 10:44 | Finals |
Results
Heats
The first boat from each heat and the fastest runner-up qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Katalin Kovács Krisztina Fazekas Zur |  Hungary | 1:35.769 | Q |
| 2 | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Angela Hannah Louisa Sawers |  Great Britain | 1:37.355 | |
| 3 | Marie Delattre-Demory Joanne Mayer Sarah Guyot Gabrielle Tuleu |  France | 1:40.022 | |
| 4 | Yu Lamei Li Zhangli Ren Wenjun Liu Haiping |  China | 1:40.661 | |
| 5 | Antonia Horvat-Panda Antonija Nađ Renata Major-Kubik Marta Tibor |  Serbia | 1:40.756 | |
| 6 | Rach Lovell Hannah Davis Jo Brigden-Jones Lyndsie Fogarty |  Australia | 1:41.794 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Carolin Leonhardt Franziska Weber Katrin Wagner-Augustin Tina Dietze |  Germany | 1:31.633 | Q |
| 2 | Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes Helena Rodrigues |  Portugal | 1:32.785 | Q |
| 3 | Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran |  Belarus | 1:33.676 | |
| 4 | Yuliana Salakhova Vera Sobetova Natalia Podolskaya Yulia Kachalova |  Russia | 1:33.680 | |
| 5 | Marta Walczykiewicz Aneta Konieczna Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk |  Poland | 1:35.843 |
Semifinal
The top five boats qualified for the final.
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Marta Walczykiewicz Aneta Konieczna Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:30.338 | Q, WB |
| 2 | Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | Belarus | 1:30.883 | Q |
| 3 | Yuliana Salakhova Vera Sobetova Natalia Podolskaya Yulia Kachalova | Russia | 1:31.824 | Q |
| 4 | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Angela Hannah Louisa Sawers | Great Britain | 1:32.550 | Q |
| 5 | Marie Delattre-Demory Joanne Mayer Sarah Guyot Gabrielle Tuleu | France | 1:33.303 | Q |
| 6 | Rach Lovell Hannah Davis Jo Brigden-Jones Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:33.671 | |
| 7 | Antonia Horvat-Panda Antonija Nađ Renata Major-Kubik Marta Tibor | Serbia | 1:33.823 | |
| 8 | Yu Lamei Li Zhangli Ren Wenjun Liu Haiping | China | 1:34.004 |
Final
| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
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 | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Katalin Kovács Krisztina Fazekas Zur | Hungary | 1:30.827 |
 | Carolin Leonhardt Franziska Weber Katrin Wagner-Augustin Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:31.298 |
 | Iryna Pamialova Nadzeya Papok Volha Khudzenka Maryna Pautaran | Belarus | 1:31.400 |
| 4 | Marta Walczykiewicz Aneta Konieczna Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:31.607 |
| 5 | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Angela Hannah Louisa Sawers | Great Britain | 1:33.055 |
| 6 | Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Beatriz Gomes Helena Rodrigues | Portugal | 1:33.453 |
| 7 | Yuliana Salakhova Vera Sobetova Natalia Podolskaya Yulia Kachalova | Russia | 1:33.459 |
| 8 | Marie Delattre-Demory Joanne Mayer Sarah Guyot Gabrielle Tuleu | France | 1:35.299 |
References
^ Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
^ Format Competition – Sprint
Olympic Kayaking Champions in Women's K-4 500 m | |
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