Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres explained

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Results

Heats

16 competitors entered in three heats. The heats served as placement rounds for the semifinals.

Heat 1
width=30	1.		width=80	1:52.49
2.		1:53.36
3.		1:54.08
4.		1:55.72
5.		1:56.25
6.		2:01.09
7.		2:06.62
Heat 2
1.		1:54.14
2.		1:56.32
3.		1:57.68
4.		1:58.74
5.		2:03.76
Heat 3
1.		1:54.57
2.		1:55.24
3.		1:57.47
4.		1:57.63

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held. The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
width=30	1.		width=80	1:51.56	QF
2.		1:52.13	QF
3.		1:52.69	QF
4.		1:52.86	QF
5.		1:53.05
6.		1:56.71
7.		2:00.33
8.		2:02.42
Semifinal 2
1.		1:50.97	QF
2.		1:51.61	QF
3.		1:51.98	QF
4.		1:52.30	QF
5.		1:52.82	QF
6.		1:55.63
7.		1:57.94
8.		1:58.23

Final

The final was held on August 7.

width=30 bgcolor=gold			width=60	1:51.80
bgcolor=silver			1:51.96
		1:52.36
4.		1:52.78
5.		1:53.17
6.		1:53.53
7.		1:54.82
8.		1:54.84
9.		1:55.55

References

• 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. p. 146.
• Sports-reference.com 1992 women's K-1 500 m results.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.