| Event: | Women's K-4 500 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 25–26 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 68 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Win Value: | 1:33.761 |
| Gold: | Anna Kárász Erika Medveczky Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi |
| Gold Nation: | HUN |
| Silver: | Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Kayla Imrie Caitlin Ryan |
| Silver Nation: | NZL |
| Bronze: | Karolina Naja Helena Wiśniewska Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk |
| Bronze Nation: | POL |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 25 August 2018 | 16:41 | Heats | ||||
| 18:06 | Semifinal | |||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Sunday 26 August 2018 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 13:17 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.[3] [4]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Kárász Erika Medveczky Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi | 1:37.234 | |||
| 2 | Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Inna Hryshchun | 1:37.611 | |||
| 3 | Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund Julie Funch Bolette Iversen | 1:37.734 | |||
| 4 | Alina Svita Nadzeya Liapeshka Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka | 1:38.864 | |||
| 5 | Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Gabrielle Tuleu Léa Jamelot | 1:39.874 | |||
| 6 | Emily Lewis Amy Turner Deborah Kerr Hannah Brown | 1:40.734 | |||
| 7 | Irene Burgo Sofia Campana Cristina Petracca Agata Fantini | 1:41.751 | |||
| 8 | Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Francisca Carvalho | 1:41.988 | |||
| 9 | María Magdalena Garro Sabrina Ameghino Brenda Rojas Micaela Maslein | 1:44.011 |
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Kayla Imrie Caitlin Ryan | 1:35.602 | |||
| 2 | Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze Conny Waßmuth | 1:36.195 | |||
| 3 | Karolina Naja Helena Wiśniewska Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk | 1:36.645 | |||
| 4 | Kira Stepanova Vera Sobetova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Anastasia Panchenko | 1:37.152 | |||
| 5 | Alyssa Bull Jaime Roberts Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones | 1:39.839 | |||
| 6 | Beatriz Fragoza Brenda Rodríguez Karina Morales Maricela Rodríguez | 1:39.936 | |||
| 7 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Lisa Bissonnette Madeline Schmidt | 1:40.286 | |||
| 8 | Sara Ouzande Isabel Contreras Alicia Heredia Begoña Lazkano | 1:41.842 |
The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alyssa Bull Jaime Roberts Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones | 1:35.266 | |||
| 2 | Alina Svita Nadzeya Liapeshka Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka | 1:35.496 | |||
| 3 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Lisa Bissonnette Madeline Schmidt | 1:36.169 | |||
| 4 | Kira Stepanova Vera Sobetova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Anastasia Panchenko | 1:36.486 | |||
| 5 | Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Gabrielle Tuleu Léa Jamelot | 1:36.999 | |||
| 6 | Emily Lewis Amy Turner Deborah Kerr Hannah Brown | 1:38.166 | |||
| 7 | Beatriz Fragoza Brenda Rodríguez Karina Morales Maricela Rodríguez | 1:39.719 | |||
| 8 | Sara Ouzande Isabel Contreras Alicia Heredia Begoña Lazkano | 1:40.226 | |||
| 9 | Irene Burgo Sofia Campana Cristina Petracca Agata Fantini | 1:42.656 |
Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Kárász Erika Medveczky Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi | 1:33.761 | |||
| Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Kayla Imrie Caitlin Ryan | 1:33.771 | |||
| Karolina Naja Helena Wiśniewska Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk | 1:34.568 | |||
| 4 | Alina Svita Nadzeya Liapeshka Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka | 1:34.885 | ||
| 5 | Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze Conny Waßmuth | 1:36.298 | ||
| 6 | Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Inna Hryshchun | 1:36.515 | ||
| 7 | Alyssa Bull Jaime Roberts Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones | 1:37.385 | ||
| 8 | Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund Julie Funch Bolette Iversen | 1:39.245 | ||
| 9 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Lisa Bissonnette Madeline Schmidt | 1:39.645 |