Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's K-1 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-1 500 metres
Games:	2023
Venue:	Laguna Grande
Dates:	November 1 and November 3
Competitors:	15
Nations:	14
Win Value:	1:51.25
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Michelle Russell
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Brenda Rojas
Silvernoc:	ARG
Bronze:	Beatriz Briones
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	2019

The women's K-1 500 metres competition of the canoeing events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 1 and 3 at the Laguna Grande in San Pedro de la Paz, Chile.^[1] ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 1, 2023	09:00	Heats
November 1, 2023	11:00	Semifinals
November 3, 2023	09:00	Final

Results

Heats

The best two score of each heat advance directly to the final, while the rest advance to the semifinals.^[3] ^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:56.06	FA
2			1:57.28	FA
3			2:02.65	SFA
4			2:03.95	SFB
5			2:06.48	SFB
6			2:14.09	SFA
7			2:25.63	SFA
8			2:42.77	SFB

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:51.32	FA
2			1:51.60	FA
3			1:55.11	SFB
4			1:59.03	SFA
5			2:04.14	SFA
6			2:06.03	SFB
7			2:34.38	SFB

Semifinals

The best four scores advance to the Final A, while the rest advance to the Final B.^[5] ^[6]

Semifinal A

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			2:00.00	FA
2			2:04.39	FA
3			2:04.83	FB
4			2:16.32	FB
5			2:26.86	FB

Semifinal B

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:59.15	FA
2			2:02.58	FA
3			2:04.39	FB
4			2:10.56	FB
5			2:41.06	FB
6			2:53.71	FB

Finals

The results for the finals were as follows:^[7] ^[8]

Final B

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
9			2:01.68
10			2:04.32
11			2:04.41
12			2:16.55
13			2:25.84
14			2:32.69
15			2:41.29

Final A

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
			1:51.25
			1:52.01
			1:53.07
4			1:55.04
5			1:55.41
6			1:57.64
7			2:01.01
8			2:02.37

Notes and References

Web site: Venues. www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 21 October 2023.
Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 21 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 16 October 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Heat 1 results. November 24, 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Heat 2 results. November 24, 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Semifinal A results. November 19, 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Semifinal B results. November 24, 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Final B results. November 24, 2023.
Web site: Canoeing Sprint - Women's K-1 500 metres Final A results. November 24, 2023.