Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

Canoeing at the
2000 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

The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Manuela Mucke
Anett Schuck
Katrin Wagner		  Hungary (HUN)
Rita Kőbán
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski		  Romania (ROU)
Raluca Ioniţǎ
Mariana Limbău
Elena Radu
Sanda Toma

Results

Heats

10 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1 of 2
Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000
Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 1 Hungary Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1:33.312 QF
2 3 Belarus Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1:34.734 QF
3 4 Spain Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1:35.298 QF
4 5 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:35.454 QS
5 8 Russia Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:36.870 QS
Heat 2 of 2
Date: Tuesday 26 September 2000
Place Overall Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 2 Germany Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 1:33.895 QF
2 6 Poland Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 1:35.887 QF
3 7 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 1:35.935 QF
4 9 Australia Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 1:37.081 QS
5 10 Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:38.580 QS

Overall Results Heats

Heats
Overall Results
Place Athlete Nation Heat Place Time Qual.
1 Hungary Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1 1 1:33.312 QF
2 Germany Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 2 1 1:33.895 QF
3 Belarus Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1 2 1:34.734 QF
4 Spain Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1 3 1:35.298 QF
5 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1 4 1:35.454 QS
6 Poland Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 2 2 1:35.887 QF
7 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 2 3 1:35.935 QF
8 Russia Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1 5 1:36.870 QS
9 Australia Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 2 4 1:37.081 QS
10 Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 2 5 1:38.580 QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Thursday 28 September 2000
Place Nation Athletes Time Qual.
1 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:37.704 QF
2 Russia Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:38.262 QF
3 Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:38.340 QF
4 Australia Natalie Hunter, Amanda Simper, Kerri Randle, and Shelley Oates-Wilding 1:38.580

Final

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Germany Katrin Wagner, Birgit Fischer, Anett Schuck, and Manuela Mucke 1:34.532
2 Hungary Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, and Erzsébet Viski 1:34.946
3 Romania Raluca Ioniţǎ, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma 1:37.010
4 Poland Aneta Pastuszka, Joanna Skowroń, Aneta Michalak, and Beata Sokołowska 1:37.076
5 Ukraine Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova, Nataliya Feklisova, and Mariya Ralcheva 1:37.544
6 Belarus Olesya Bakunova, Yelena Bet, Natalya Bondarenko, and Svetlana Vakula 1:37.748
7 Russia Nataliya Guly, Yelena Tissina, Olga Tishchenko, and Galina Poryvayeva 1:38.624
8 Spain Izaskun Aramburu, Beatriz Manchón, Ana María Penas, and Belén Sánchez 1:38.654
9 Canada Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet, Carrie Lightbound, Julia Rivard, and Kamini Jain 1:39.566

Fischer became the first woman in any sport to win Olympic gold medals 20 years apart with this event and the first woman to win gold medals in five different Olympics in any sport. Kőbán's silver medal brought her career total to six: 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.

References

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