The women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The final was rescheduled to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.
There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.
The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 15:40-16:40 | Heats 1st Run | |||
| Wednesday,August 13, 2008 | 17:22-18:20 | Heats 2nd Run | |||
| Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 15:35-16:45 | Semifinal | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Thursday, August 14, 2008 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 17:12-18:00 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Final |
| Rank | Name | Country | Preliminary runs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||||
| 1 | 94.34 | 91.85 | 186.19 | |||
| 2 | 94.30 | 93.26 | 187.56 | |||
| 3 | 97.14 | 91.99 | 189.13 | |||
| 4 | 92.79 | 94.58 | 189.37 | |||
| 5 | 96.90 | 92.78 | 189.68 | |||
| 6 | 97.27 | 99.44 | 196.71 | |||
| 7 | 103.18 | 96.95 | 200.13 | |||
| 8 | 101.16 | 101.76 | 202.92 | |||
| 9 | 102.75 | 100.95 | 203.70 | |||
| 10 | 105.78 | 105.53 | 211.31 | |||
| 11 | 113.26 | 108.03 | 221.29 | |||
| 12 | 108.37 | 113.60 | 221.97 | |||
| 13 | 104.30 | 117.98 | 222.28 | |||
| 14 | 113.47 | 110.72 | 224.19 | |||
| 15 | 111.63 | 113.08 | 224.71 | |||
| 16 | 147.95 | 105.44 | 253.39 | |||
| 17 | 160.06 | 99.00 | 259.06 | |||
| 18 | 93.41 | 166.04 | 259.45 | |||
| 19 | 158.99 | 109.68 | 268.67 | |||
| 20 | 166.67 | 102.26 | 268.93 | |||
| 21 | 162.35 | 110.01 | 272.36 | |||
Qualified for semifinal
| Rank | Name | Country | Semifinal run | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty seconds | Time | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 97.13 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 98.50 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 101.78 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 103.40 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 104.52 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 107.86 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 110.65 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 114.51 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 116.46 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 117.60 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 118.99 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 128.08 | |||
| 13 | 54 | 161.79 | |||
| 14 | 52 | 168.29 | |||
| 15 | 102 | 203.29 | |||
Qualified for final
| Rank | Name | Country | Semifinal run | Final run | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty seconds | Time | Penalty seconds | Time | |||||
| 0 | 97.13 | 0 | 95.51 | 192.64 | ||||
| 4 | 103.40 | 0 | 103.54 | 206.94 | ||||
| 2 | 110.65 | 4 | 104.12 | 214.77 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 107.86 | 4 | 111.44 | 219.30 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 116.46 | 2 | 104.62 | 221.08 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 117.60 | 6 | 114.39 | 231.99 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 98.50 | 54 | 153.46 | 251.96 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 114.51 | 52 | 156.37 | 270.88 | |||
| 9 | 4 | 101.78 | 150 | 242.63 | 344.41 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 104.52 | 154 | 251.26 | 355.78 | |||