Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games – Women's K-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-2 500 metres
Games:	2015 European Games
Venue:	Kur Sport and Rowing Centre, Mingachevir
Date:	14–16 June
Competitors:	28
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:49.904
Gold:	Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek
Goldnoc:	SRB
Silver:	Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Next:	2019

The women's K-2 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place between 14 and 16 June at the Kur Sport and Rowing Centre in Mingachevir.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 14 June 2015	13:53	Heats
Sunday 14 June 2015	16:34	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday 16 June 2015	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:37	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+5)

Results

Heats

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]

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Time	Notes
1	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	1:39.570	,
2	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	1:39.609
3	Elena Aniushina Svetlana Chernigovskaya	1:40.919
4	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	1:42.433
5	Anastasiya Horlova Liudmyla Galushko	1:46.289
6	Sofia Campana Norma Murabito	1:47.487
7	Márcia Aldeias Maria Cabrita	1:47.575

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Time	Notes
1	Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	1:38.191	,
2	Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac	1:38.519
3	Marharyta Makhneva Maryna Litvinchuk	1:39.396
4	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	1:39.893
5	Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	1:42.205
6	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	1:44.421
7	Elizabeth Bates Inês Esteves	1:47.593

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Time
1	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	1:39.021
2	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	1:39.875
3	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	1:40.002
4	Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	1:40.168
5	Sofia Campana Norma Murabito	1:43.297
6	Anastasiya Horlova Liudmyla Galushko	1:44.501
7	Márcia Aldeias Maria Cabrita	1:45.437
8	Elizabeth Bates Inês Esteves	1:46.903

Final

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

Rank	Kayakers	Time
	Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	1:49.904
	Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac	1:50.925
	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	1:51.174
4	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	1:51.349
5	Marharyta Makhneva Maryna Litvinchuk	1:51.872
6	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	1:52.536
7	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	1:55.995
8	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	1:56.036
9	Elena Aniushina Svetlana Chernigovskaya	1:56.411

Notes and References

Web site: Mingachevir . Baku 2015 . 26 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054043/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=cf/index.html . 10 September 2019 . usurped .
Web site: Schedule & Results – Canoe Sprint . Minsk 2019 . 26 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054043/http://www.baku2015.com/schedules-results/sport=cf/index.html . 10 September 2019 . usurped .
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Heat 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021406/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFW125901_C73_48.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. 24 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Heat 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021421/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFW125902_C73_49.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. 24 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Semi-final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021422/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFW125201_C73_60.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. 24 August 2019.
Web site: Canoe Sprint Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621021422/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/CF/pdf/CFW125101_C73_148.pdf. usurped. June 21, 2015. Baku 2015. 16 June 2015. 24 August 2019.