Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1 men
C-2 men
K-1 men women
Sprint
C-1 500 m   men  
C-1 1000 m men
C-2 500 m men
C-2 1000 m men
K-1 500 m men women
K-1 1000 m men
K-2 500 m men women
K-2 1000 m men
K-4 500 m women
K-4 1000 m men

The Women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Contents

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Josefa Idem, Italy Caroline Brunet, Canada Katrin Borchert, Australia

Results

Heats

17 competitors entered in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the finals. Fourth-place through seventh-place finishers and the fastest eighth-place finisher advanced to the semi-final.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 4 Caroline Brunet Canada 1:51.558 QF
2 6 Anna Olsson Sweden 1:52.785 QF
3 7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk Poland 1:53.202 QF
4 9 Sanda Toma Romania 1:54.738 QS
5 10 Manuela Mucke Germany 1:54.870 QS
6 12 Marcela Erbanová Slovakia 1:55.782 QS
7 13 Ursula Profanter Austria 1:56.118 QS
8 15 Anna Hemmings Great Britain 1:59.190 QS
9 17 Inna Osypenko Ukraine 2:02.712
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place Overall Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 1 Josefa Idem Italy 1:49.889 QF
2 2 Rita Kőbán Hungary 1:50.777 QF
3 3 Ruth Nortje South Africa 1:51.047 QF
4 5 Katrin Borchert Australia 1:52.187 QS
5 8 Nataša Janić Yugoslavia 1:54.395 QS
6 11 Kathryn Colin United States 1:55.373 QS
7 14 María Teresa Portela Spain 1:59.153 QS
8 16 Sayuri Maruyama Japan 2:00.833 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Josefa Idem Italy 2 1 1:49.889 QF
2 Rita Kőbán Hungary 2 2 1:50.777 QF
3 Ruth Nortje South Africa 2 3 1:51.047 QF
4 Caroline Brunet Canada 1 1 1:51.558 QF
5 Katrin Borchert Australia 2 4 1:52.187 QS
6 Anna Olsson Sweden 2 2 1:52.785 QF
7 Elżbieta Urbańczyk Poland 1 3 1:53.202 QF
8 Nataša Janić Yugoslavia 2 5 1:54.395 QS
9 Sanda Toma Romania 1 4 1:54.738 QS
10 Manuela Mucke Germany 1 5 1:54.870 QS
11 Kathryn Colin United States 2 6 1:55.373 QS
12 Marcela Erbanová Slovakia 1 6 1:55.782 QS
13 Ursula Profanter Austria 1 7 1:56.118 QS
14 María Teresa Portela Spain 2 7 1:59.153 QS
15 Anna Hemmings Great Britain 1 8 1:59.190 QS
16 Sayuri Maruyama Japan 2 8 2:00.833
17 Inna Osypenko Ukraine 1 9 2:02.712

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Friday 29 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time Qual.
1 Katrin Borchert Australia 1:53.070 QF
2 Nataša Janić Yugoslavia 1:55.482 QF
3 Ursula Profanter Austria 1:55.626 QF
4 Manuela Mucke Germany 1:55.794
5 Sanda Toma Romania 1:56.310
6 Kathryn Colin United States 1:57.000
7 María Teresa Portela Spain 1:58.932
8 Marcela Erbanová Slovakia 1:59.472
9 Anna Hemmings Great Britain 1:59.664

Final

Final
Date: Sunday 1 October 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Josefa Idem Italy 2:13.848
2 Caroline Brunet Canada 2:14.646
3 Katrin Borchert Australia 2:15.138
4 Nataša Janić Yugoslavia 2:16.506
5 Elżbieta Urbańczyk Poland 2:18.018
6 Rita Kőbán Hungary 2:19.668
7 Ruth Nortje South Africa 2:20.274
8 Ursula Profanter Austria 2:20.598
9 Anna Olsson Sweden 2:24.774

Brunet had won the past three world championships in this event and was undefeated in this event in over two years. High winds delayed the final by five hours. The Canadian led at the halfway mark, but was passed by Idem, competing in her fifth Summer Olympics. Idem defeated Brunet by half a boat length.

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