Canoeing at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's K-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-2 500 metres
Games:	2023
Venue:	Laguna Grande
Dates:	November 2 and November 4
Competitors:	20
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:41.98
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Karina Alanis Beatriz Briones
Goldnoc:	MEX
Silver:	Brenda Rojas Maria Garro
Silvernoc:	ARG
Bronze:	Courtney Stott Madeline Schmidt
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2019

The women's K-2 500 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 2, 2023	09:45	Heats
November 2, 2023	11:55	Semifinals
November 4, 2023	09:50	Final

Results

Heats

The best two score of each heat advance directly to the Final A, while the rest advance to the semifinal.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:45.51	FA
2			1:46.19	FA
3			1:51.94	SF
4			1:55.60	SF
5			2:43.71	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:45.56	FA
2			1:45.86	FA
3			1:56.19	SF
4			1:57.87	SF
5			2:19.48	SF

Semifinals

The best four scores advance to the Final A, while the rest advance to the Final B.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1			1:50.93	FA
2			1:51.15	FA
3			1:58.63	FA
4			2:01.08	FA
5			2:18.59	FB
6			2:43.06	FB

Final

The results for the finals were as follows:^[3]

Final B

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
9			2:11.33
10			2:36.07

Final A

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
			1:41.98
			1:42.45
			1:42.84
4			1:43.27
5			1:46.25
6			1:48.23
7			1:50.48
8			1:52.10

Notes and References

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