Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's C-2 500 metres explained

Event:	Women's C-2 500 metres
Games:	2024 Summer
Venue:	National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France, Vaires-sur-Marne
Dates:	6 August 2024 (heats and quarterfinals) 9 August 2024 (semifinals & finals)
Gold:	Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Rybachok
Silvernoc:	UKR
Bronze:	Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2020
Next:	2028

The women's C-2 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 6 and 9 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

Background

This will be the second appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 2020 Olympics.

Qualification

See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. For a 13-boat event, the rounds are as follows:

Heats: Two heats of 6 and 7 boats each. The top 2 boats in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals, with all others (9 boats) going to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals: Two heats of 4 and 5 boats each. The top 3 boats in each heat (6 boats total) advance to the semifinals, with the remaining 3 boats out of medal contention and competing in the consolation Final B.
Semifinals: Two heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 boats in each heat (8 boats total) advance to the medal Final A, with the remaining 2 boats out of medal contention and competing in consolation Final B.
Finals: Final A consists of the top 8 boats, awarding the medals as well as 4th through 8th place. Final B features the remaining 5 boats, awarding 9th through 13th places.

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "2" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "500 metres" is the distance of each race.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

The event will be held over two days, with two rounds per day.^[1]

Date	Time	Round
6 August 2024	11:00 13:20	Heats Quarterfinals
9 August 2024	10:30 12:40	Semifinals Finals

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 1

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1	5	Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya		1:54.45	SF
2	3	Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Rybachok		1:55.88	SF
3	4	Sylwia Szczerbińska Dorota Borowska		1:58.42	QF
4	7	María Mailliard Paula Gómez		2:00.28	QF
5	6	Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke		2:01.15	QF
6	8	Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange		2:01.68	QF
7	2	Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid		2:03.54	QF

Heat 2

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1	6	Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent		1:54.16	, SF
2	4	Antía Jácome María Corbera		1:55.63	SF
3	5	Agnes Kiss Bianka Nagy		1:56.82	QF
4	3	Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu		1:58.81	QF
5	2	Mariya Brovkova Rufina Iskakova		2:00.05	QF
6	7	Ayomide Bello Beauty Otuedo		2:10.11	QF

Quarter Finals

Progression System: 1st-3rd to SF, rest eliminated for the medals and go to the B Final.

Quarter Final 1

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1	5	Sylwia Szczerbińska Dorota Borowska		1:55.39	SF
2	4	Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu		1:56.22	SF
3	2	Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid		1:56.38	SF
4	3	Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke		1:56.56	FB
5	6	Ayomide Bello Beauty Otuedo		2:07.86	FB

Quarter Final 2

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1	5	Agnes Kiss Bianka Nagy		1:59.89	SF
2	4	María Mailliard Paula Gómez		2:00.82	SF
3	6	Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange		2:00.91	SF
4	3	Mariya Brovkova Rufina Iskakova		2:01.76	FB

Semi Finals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, 5th to Final B.

Semi Final 1

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1	5	Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya		1:53.73	FA, OB
2	4	Antía Jácome María Corbera		1:56.55	FA
3	6	Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid		1:57.03	FA
4	3	Sylwia Szczerbińska Dorota Borowska		1:57.19	FA
5	2	María Mailliard Paula Gómez		1:58.10	FB^[2]

Semi Final 2

width=30	Rank	width=30	Lane	width=175	Canoer	width=150	Country	width=30	Time	width=50	Notes
1	5	Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent		1:55.34	FA
2	6	Agnes Kiss Bianka Nagy		1:55.51	FA
3	4	Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Rybachok		1:55.62	FA
4	3	Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu		1:56.66	FA
5	2	Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange		1:57.14	FB ^[3]

Finals

Final A

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	5	Xu Shixiao Sun Mengya		1:52.81	OB
	2	Liudmyla Luzan Anastasiia Rybachok		1:54.30
	4	Sloan MacKenzie Katie Vincent		1:54.36
4	6	Agnes Kiss Bianka Nagy		1:54.90
5	1	Sylwia Szczerbińska Dorota Borowska		1:55.75
6	3	Antía Jácome María Corbera		1:56.65
7	8	Daniela Cociu Maria Olărașu		1:56.96
8	7	Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys Yinnoly Lopez Lamadrid		2:01.77

^[4]

Final B

width=30	Rank	width=30	Lane	width=175	Canoer	width=150	Country	width=30	Time	width=50	Notes
1	6	Lisa Jahn Hedi Kliemke		1:56.48
2	4	Axelle Renard Eugénie Dorange		1:57.02
3	3	Mariya Brovkova Rufina Iskakova		1:57.58
4	5	María Mailliard Paula Gómez		2:05.02
5	2	Ayomide Bello Beauty Otuedo		2:15.20

^[5]

Notes and References

"Olympic Schedule - Canoe sprint", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
Web site: Women's Canoe Double 500m – semifinal 1 – Results. olympics.com. 9 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
Web site: Women's Canoe Double 500m – Semifinal 2 – Results. olympics.com. 9 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
Web site: Women's Canoe Double 500m – Final A – Results. olympics.com. 9 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
Web site: Women's Canoe Double 500m – Final B – Results. olympics.com. 9 August 2024. 10 August 2024.