Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Slalom
C-1		men
C-2		men
K-1		men		women
Sprint
C-1 500 m		men
C-1 1000 m		men
C-2 500 m		men
C-2 1000 m		men
K-1 500 m		men		women
K-1 1000 m		men
K-2 500 m		men		women
K-2 1000 m		men
K-4 500 m				women
K-4 1000 m		men

These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Germany (GER) Birgit Fischer Maike Nollen Katrin Wagner Carolin Leonhardt	Hungary (HUN) Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Kinga Bóta	Ukraine (UKR) Inna Osypenko Tetyana Semykina Hanna Balabanova Olena Cherevatova

Heats

The 10 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining four teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 23.

Heat 1
1.	Germany (GER)	Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt	1:31.606	QF
2.	Hungary (HUN)	Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, Kinga Bóta	1:32.298	QF
3.	China (CHN)	Xu Linbei, Zhong Hongyan, He Jing, Gao Yi	1:34.206	QF
4.	Australia (AUS)	Chantal Meek, Amanda Rankin, Kate Barclay, Lisa Oldenhof	1:35.078	QS
5.	United States (USA)	Carrie Johnson, Kathryn Colin, Lauren Spalding, Marie Mijalis	1:36.994	QS
Heat 2
1.	Poland (POL)	Karolina Sadalska, Joanna Skowroń, Małgorzata Czajczyńska, Aneta Białkowska	1:31.949	QF
2.	Ukraine (UKR)	Inna Osypenko, Tetyana Semykina, Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova	1:33.057	QF
3.	Spain (ESP)	Isabel Garcia, Beatriz Manchon, Jana Smidakova, Maria Teresa Portela	1:34.525	QF
4.	Japan (JPN)	Shinobu Kitamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, Mikiko Takeya, Miho Adachi	1:36.873	QS
5.	Canada (CAN)	Karen Furneaux, Carrie Lightbound, Kamini Jain, Jillian D'Alessio	1:36.877	QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The last place team was eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 25.

1.	Australia (AUS)	1:33.977	QF
2.	Japan (JPN)	1:35.493	QF
3.	Canada (CAN)	1:35.645	QF
4.	United States (USA)	1:35.869

Final

The final was raced on August 27.

	Germany (GER)	1:34.340
	Hungary (HUN)	1:34.536
	Ukraine (UKR)	1:36.192
4.	Poland (POL)	1:36.376
5.	Spain (ESP)	1:37.908
6.	Australia (AUS)	1:38.116
7.	China (CHN)	1:38.144
8.	Canada (CAN)	1:39.952
9.	Japan (JPN)	1:40.188

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe sprint results (English), (French), & (Greek)
• Sports-reference.com women's 2004 K-4 500 m results.
• Yahoo! Sports Athens 2004 Summer Olympics Canoe/Kayak Results