Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1

Canoeing at the
2008 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 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The final was rescheduled to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.

There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Contents

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 15:40-16:40 Heats 1st Run
Wednesday,August 13, 2008 17:22-18:20 Heats 2nd Run
Thursday, August 14, 2008 15:35-16:45 Semifinal
Thursday, August 14, 2008 17:12-18:00 Final

Medalists

Gold  Elena Kaliská
Slovakia (SVK)
Silver  Jacqueline Lawrence
Australia (AUS)
Bronze  Violetta Oblinger-Peters
Austria (AUT)

Results

Heats

Rank Name Preliminary runs
Run 1 Run 2 Total
1  Elena Kaliská (SVK) 94.34 91.85 186.19
2  Li Jingjing (CHN) 94.30 93.26 187.56
3  Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) 97.14 91.99 189.13
4  Jennifer Bongardt (GER) 92.79 94.58 189.37
5  Émilie Fer (FRA) 96.90 92.78 189.68
6  Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 97.27 99.44 196.71
7  Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS) 103.18 96.95 200.13
8  Agnieszka Stanuch (POL) 101.16 101.76 202.92
9  Cristina Giai Pron (ITA) 102.75 100.95 203.70
10  Heather Corrie (USA) 105.78 105.53 211.31
11  Yekaterina Lukicheva (KAZ) 113.26 108.03 221.29
12  Maria Ferekidi (GRE) 108.37 113.60 221.97
13  Ariane Herde (NED) 104.30 117.98 222.28
14  Poliana de Paula (BRA) 113.47 110.72 224.19
15  Yuriko Takeshita (JPN) 111.63 113.08 224.71
16  Maialen Chourraut (ESP) 147.95 105.44 253.39
17  Fiona Pennie (GBR) 160.06 99.00 259.06
18  Aleksandra Perova (RUS) 93.41 166.04 259.45
19  Sarah Boudens (CAN) 158.99 109.68 268.67
20  Montserrat Garcia Riberaygua (AND) 166.67 102.26 268.93
21  Luuka Jones (NZL) 162.35 110.01 272.36
     Qualified for semifinal

Semifinal

Rank Name Semifinal run
Penalty seconds Time
1  Elena Kaliská (SVK) 0 97.13
2  Émilie Fer (FRA) 2 98.50
3  Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) 4 101.78
4  Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS) 4 103.40
5  Cristina Giai Pron (ITA) 2 104.52
6  Yuriko Takeshita (JPN) 0 107.86
7  Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 2 110.65
8  Heather Corrie (USA) 2 114.51
9  Agnieszka Stanuch (POL) 2 116.46
10  Ariane Herde (NED) 4 117.60
11  Maria Ferekidi (GRE) 2 118.99
12  Yekaterina Lukicheva (KAZ) 2 128.08
13  Li Jingjing (CHN) 54 161.79
14  Poliana de Paula (BRA) 52 168.29
15  Jennifer Bongardt (GER) 102 203.29
     Qualified for final

Final

Rank Name Semifinal run Final run Total
Penalty seconds Time Penalty seconds Time
 Elena Kaliská (SVK) 0 97.13 0 95.51 192.64
 Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS) 4 103.40 0 103.54 206.94
 Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 2 110.65 4 104.12 214.77
4  Yuriko Takeshita (JPN) 0 107.86 4 111.44 219.30
5  Agnieszka Stanuch (POL) 2 116.46 2 104.62 221.08
6  Ariane Herde (NED) 4 117.60 6 114.39 231.99
7  Émilie Fer (FRA) 2 98.50 54 153.46 251.96
8  Heather Corrie (USA) 2 114.51 52 156.37 270.88
9  Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) 4 101.78 150 242.63 344.41
10  Cristina Giai Pron (ITA) 2 104.52 154 251.26 355.78

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