2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-4 500 metres
Championship:	2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	25–27 August
Venue:	Sportcentrum Račice
Location:	Račice, Czech Republic
Competitors:	80
Nations:	20
Win Value:	1:29.784
Gold:	Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad
Gold Nation:	HUN
Silver:	Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington
Bronze Nation:	NZL
Prev:	2015
Next:	2018

The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 25 August 2017	12:14	Heats
Saturday 26 August 2017	17:07	Semifinals
Sunday 27 August 2017	09:31	Final B
	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:47	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final A

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad		1:31.961
2	Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot		1:33.084
3	Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun		1:33.361
4	Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova		1:36.711
5	María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein		1:39.723
6	Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova		1:39.867
7	Soh Sze Ying Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian Sarah Chen Jiemei		1:40.461

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington		1:30.439
2	Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering		1:33.078
3	Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias		1:34.278
4	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan		1:35.578
5	Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen		1:36.345
6	Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison		1:36.478
7	Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa		1:42.162

Heat 3

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Dominika Włodarczyk Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		1:32.589
2	Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano		1:34.817
3	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner		1:35.195
4	Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu		1:39.195
5	Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova		1:39.373
6	Ragina Kiro Sandhya Kispotta Veerpal Kaur Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam		1:55.128

Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:

The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final.
The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun		1:32.917
2	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan		1:33.567
3	Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano		1:34.645
4	Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias		1:35.939
5	Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison		1:37.256
6	María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein		1:39.400
7	Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova		1:39.956
8	Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu		1:42.017

Semifinal 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot		1:33.540
2	Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering		1:34.295
3	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner		1:36.090
4	Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova		1:36.206
5	Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen		1:37.362
6	Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa		1:40.167
7	Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova		1:42.006
8	Soh Sze Ying Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian Sarah Chen Jiemei		1:42.212
9	Ragina Kiro Sandhya Kispotta Veerpal Kaur Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam		1:55.317

Finals

Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
1	Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias		1:35.130
2	Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison		1:36.230
3	Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova		1:36.780
4	Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen		1:37.252
5	María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein		1:39.008
6	Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa		1:39.597
7	Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova		1:39.924
8	Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu		1:40.491
9	Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova		1:42.191

Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad		1:29.784
	Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering		1:30.084
	Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington		1:30.215
4	Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot		1:31.873
5	Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun		1:32.031
6	Dominika Włodarczyk Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		1:32.105
7	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan		1:34.431
8	Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano		1:35.384
9	Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner		1:35.715

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Regatta Venue. Czech Canoe Union. 15 June 2018.
2. Web site: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . . 15 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171007105551/http://sdp.digicorp.hu/competition/16777218/races . 7 October 2017 . dead .
3. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Women 500m - Heats. International Canoe Federation. 130–132. 15 June 2018.
4. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Women 500m - Semi-finals. International Canoe Federation. 187–188. 15 June 2018.
5. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Women 500m - Final B. International Canoe Federation. 194. 15 June 2018.
6. Book: 2017 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K4 Women 500m - Final A. International Canoe Federation. 209. 15 June 2018.