Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games – Women's K-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-2 500 metres
Games:	2019 European Games
Venue:	Zaslavl Regatta Course
Date:	25–26 June
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Win Value:	1:40.888
Gold:	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka
Goldnoc:	BLR
Silver:	Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The women's K-2 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2019 European Games in Minsk took place between 25 and 26 June at the Zaslavl Regatta Course.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 25 June 2019	09:43	Heats
	15:59	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 26 June 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:35	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Further-eastern European Time (UTC+3)

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	Country	Time	Notes
1	Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot		1:40.874
2	Justyna Iskrzycka Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		1:41.174
3	Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko		1:41.386
4	Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein		1:41.446
5	Moa Wikberg Melina Andersson		1:43.354
6	Pauliina Polet Netta Malinen		1:45.406
7	Jessica Zatlkajová Marianna Petrušová		1:45.549
8	Francesca Capodimonte Sofia Campana		1:47.244
–	Aida Bauza Carolina García

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák		1:37.813	,
2	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka		1:37.971
3	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx		1:40.451
4	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska		1:40.926
5	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz		1:43.431
6	Roxana Ciur Iuliana Ţăran		1:43.521
7	Marija Dostanić Kristina Bedeč		1:44.353
8	Barbora Dimovová Zuzana Štemberková		1:47.718
9	Sara Sotero Francisca Carvalho		1:53.038

Semifinal

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein		1:38.942
2	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska		1:39.092
3	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz		1:40.065
4	Moa Wikberg Melina Andersson		1:40.290
5	Roxana Ciur Iuliana Ţăran		1:41.087
6	Marija Dostanić Kristina Bedeč		1:42.640
7	Jessica Zatlkajová Marianna Petrušová		1:43.535
8	Pauliina Polet Netta Malinen		1:43.617
9	Francesca Capodimonte Sofia Campana		1:44.777
10	Barbora Dimovová Zuzana Štemberková		1:47.110

Final

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

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka		1:40.888
	Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák		1:42.526
	Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko		1:43.358
4	Jasmin Fritz Steffi Kriegerstein		1:43.951
5	Justyna Iskrzycka Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		1:44.541
6	Mariya Povkh Liudmyla Kuklinovska		1:44.698
7	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx		1:44.826
8	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz		1:44.848
9	Manon Hostens Sarah Guyot		1:48.376

Notes and References

1. Web site: REGATTA COURSE ZASLAVL . Minsk 2019 . 23 June 2019.
2. Web site: Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019. 16 September 2019.
3. Web site: Canoe Sprint Women's K2 500m - Heat 1. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
4. Web site: Canoe Sprint Women's K2 500m - Heat 2 (revised). Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
5. Web site: Canoe Sprint Women's K2 500m - Semi-Final. Minsk 2019. 25 June 2019.
6. Web site: Canoe Sprint Women's K2 500m - Final. Minsk 2019. 26 June 2019.