| Event: | Women's K-4 500 metres |
| Championship: | 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 17–19 September |
| Venue: | Lake Bagsværd |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Competitors: | 64 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 1:32.55 |
| Gold: | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk |
| Gold Nation: | BLR |
| Silver: | Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Alida Dóra Gazsó |
| Silver Nation: | HUN |
| Bronze: | Svetlana Chernigovskaya Elena Aniushina Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko |
| Bronze Nation: | IOC |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
| Date | Time | Round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 11:44 | Heats | ||||
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 14:24 | Semifinal | ||||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Sunday 19 September 2021 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 12:39 | 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 | Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Alida Dóra Gazsó | 1:34.75 | |||
| 2 | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | 1:35.31 | |||
| 3 | Diana Tanko Anastasiya Horlova Yuliia Yuriichuk Inna Hryshchun | 1:37.07 | |||
| 4 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | 1:39.79 | |||
| 5 | Zoe Clark Anoushka Freeman Florence Duffield Enya Dale | 1:43.14 | |||
| 6 | Sara Ouzande Carolina García Laia Pelachs Begoña Lazkano | 1:43.24 | |||
| 7 | Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley Zara Wood Michelle Burn | 1:45.59 | |||
| 8 | Soh Sze Ying Victoria Chiew Jia Saq Wern Chan | 1:49.36 | |||
| – | Yang Jiali Lin Huiqun Luo Lu Peng Yanjun |
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominika Putto Julia Olszewska Klaudia Cyrulewska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | 1:36.32 | |||
| 2 | Svetlana Chernigovskaya Elena Aniushina Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko | RCF | 1:36.66 | ||
| 3 | Pernille Knudsen Julie Funch Sara Milthers Bolette Nyvang Iversen | 1:38.88 | |||
| 4 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | 1:39.24 | |||
| 5 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | 1:40.24 | |||
| 6 | Melina Andersson Alexandra Torudd Julia Lagerstam Rebecka Georgsdotter | 1:41.33 | |||
| 7 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Alanna Bray-Lougheed Madeline Schmidt | 1:42.02 |
The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | 1:35.90 | |||
| 2 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | 1:36.60 | |||
| 3 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | 1:37.83 | |||
| 4 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Alanna Bray-Lougheed Madeline Schmidt | 1:37.85 | |||
| 5 | Melina Andersson Alexandra Torudd Julia Lagerstam Rebecka Georgsdotter | 1:38.02 | |||
| 6 | Sara Ouzande Carolina García Laia Pelachs Begoña Lazkano | 1:39.22 | |||
| 7 | Zoe Clark Anoushka Freeman Florence Duffield Enya Dale | 1:40.62 | |||
| 8 | Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley Zara Wood Michelle Burn | 1:42.87 | |||
| 9 | Soh Sze Ying Victoria Chiew Jia Saq Wern Chan | 1:46.48 |
Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | 1:32.55 | |||
| Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Alida Dóra Gazsó | 1:32.71 | |||
| Svetlana Chernigovskaya Elena Aniushina Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko | RCF | 1:35.30 | ||
| 4 | Dominika Putto Julia Olszewska Klaudia Cyrulewska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | 1:35.92 | ||
| 5 | Diana Tanko Anastasiya Horlova Yuliia Yuriichuk Inna Hryshchun | 1:36.16 | ||
| 6 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | 1:36.61 | ||
| 7 | Pernille Knudsen Julie Funch Sara Milthers Bolette Nyvang Iversen | 1:38.56 | ||
| 8 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | 1:39.06 | ||
| 9 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | 1:39.32 |