| Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics |
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| Slalom |
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| C-1 | men | |||
| C-2 | men | |||
| K-1 | men | women | ||
| Sprint |
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| 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-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
Contents |
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Germany Katrin Wagner, Manuela Mucke, Birgit Fischer, and Anett Schuck |
Hungary Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski |
Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma |
10 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 |
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| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 1 | Hungary | Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski | 1:33.312 | QF |
| 2 | 3 | Belarus | Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula | 1:34.734 | QF |
| 3 | 4 | Spain | Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez | 1:35.298 | QF |
| 4 | 5 | Ukraine | Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Fiklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva | 1:35.454 | QS |
| 5 | 8 | Russia | Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva | 1:36.870 | QS |
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000 |
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| Place | Overall | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | 2 | Germany | Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke | 1:33.895 | QF |
| 2 | 6 | Poland | Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska | 1:35.887 | QF |
| 3 | 7 | Romania | Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma | 1:35.935 | QF |
| 4 | 9 | Australia | Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding | 1:37.081 | QS |
| 5 | 10 | Canada | Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain | 1:38.580 | QS |
Overall Results Heats
The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 |
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| Place | Nation | Athletes | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Ukraine | Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Fiklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva | 1:37.704 | QF |
| 2 | Russia | Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva | 1:38.262 | QF |
| 3 | Canada | Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain | 1:38.340 | QF |
| 4 | Australia | Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding | 1:38.580 | |
| Heat 1 of 1 Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 |
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | |||
| 1 | Germany | Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke | 1:34.532 | |||
| 2 | Hungary | Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski | 1:34.946 | |||
| 3 | Romania | Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma | 1:37.010 | |||
| 4 | Poland | Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska | 1:37.076 | |||
| 5 | Ukraine | Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Fiklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva | 1:37.544 | |||
| 6 | Belarus | Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula | 1:37.748 | |||
| 7 | Russia | Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva | 1:38.624 | |||
| 8 | Spain | Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez | 1:38.654 | |||
| 9 | Canada | Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain | 1:39.566 | |||
Fischer became the first woman in any sport to win Olympic gold medals 20 years apart with this event and the first woman to win gold medals in five different Olympics in any sport. Kőbán's silver medal brought her career total to six: 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.