# 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Račice took place at the Sportcentrum Račice.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 25 August 2017 | 12:14 | Heats |
| Saturday 26 August 2017 | 17:07 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 27 August 2017 | 09:31 | Final B |
| Sunday 27 August 2017 | 11:47 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

Heat winners advanced directly to the A final. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad | Hungary | 1:31.961 | QA |
| 2 | Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot | France | 1:33.084 | QS |
| 3 | Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:33.361 | QS |
| 4 | Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:36.711 | QS |
| 5 | María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein | Argentina | 1:39.723 | QS |
| 6 | Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova | Uzbekistan | 1:39.867 | QS |
| 7 | Soh Sze Ying Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian Sarah Chen Jiemei | Singapore | 1:40.461 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:30.439 | QA |
| 2 | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering | Germany | 1:33.078 | QS |
| 3 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias | Portugal | 1:34.278 | QS |
| 4 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:35.578 | QS |
| 5 | Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen | Denmark | 1:36.345 | QS |
| 6 | Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:36.478 | QS |
| 7 | Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa | South Korea | 1:42.162 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dominika Włodarczyk Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 1:32.589 | QA |
| 2 | Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano | Spain | 1:34.817 | QS |
| 3 | Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner | Great Britain | 1:35.195 | QS |
| 4 | Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu | Romania | 1:39.195 | QS |
| 5 | Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova | Czech Republic | 1:39.373 | QS |
| 6 | Ragina Kiro Sandhya Kispotta Veerpal Kaur Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam | India | 1:55.128 | QS |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:32.917 | QA |
| 2 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:33.567 | QA |
| 3 | Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano | Spain | 1:34.645 | QA |
| 4 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias | Portugal | 1:35.939 | QB |
| 5 | Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:37.256 | QB |
| 6 | María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein | Argentina | 1:39.400 | QB |
| 7 | Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova | Uzbekistan | 1:39.956 | QB |
| 8 | Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu | Romania | 1:42.017 | qB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot | France | 1:33.540 | QA |
| 2 | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering | Germany | 1:34.295 | QA |
| 3 | Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner | Great Britain | 1:36.090 | QA |
| 4 | Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:36.206 | QB |
| 5 | Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen | Denmark | 1:37.362 | QB |
| 6 | Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa | South Korea | 1:40.167 | QB |
| 7 | Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova | Czech Republic | 1:42.006 | QB |
| 8 | Soh Sze Ying Geraldine Lee Stephenie Chen Jiexian Sarah Chen Jiemei | Singapore | 1:42.212 | |
| 9 | Ragina Kiro Sandhya Kispotta Veerpal Kaur Nanao Devi Ahongshangbam | India | 1:55.317 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Márcia Aldeias | Portugal | 1:35.130 |
| 2 | Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Alanna Bray-Lougheed Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:36.230 |
| 3 | Arina Anoshkina Varvara Baranova Svetlana Chernigovskaya Kira Stepanova | Russia | 1:36.780 |
| 4 | Mette Gravesen Julie Funch Ida Villumsen Pernille Knudsen | Denmark | 1:37.252 |
| 5 | María Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Martina Isequilla Micaela Maslein | Argentina | 1:39.008 |
| 6 | Choi Min-ji Lee Sun-ja Kim Guk-joo Yeom Inhwa | South Korea | 1:39.597 |
| 7 | Kseniya Kalinina Natalya Kazantseva Kseniya Kochnev Yulia Borzova | Uzbekistan | 1:39.924 |
| 8 | Mălina Trifescu Irina Lauric Florida Ciută Florentina Caminescu | Romania | 1:40.491 |
| 9 | Eliška Betlachová Jana Krpatova Kateřina Slivanská Lucie Krpatova | Czech Republic | 1:42.191 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Tamara Takács Erika Medveczky Krisztina Fazekas-Zur Ninetta Vad | Hungary | 1:29.784 |
| | Tina Dietze Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Sabrina Hering | Germany | 1:30.084 |
| | Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:30.215 |
| 4 | Sarah Guyot Manon Hostens Sarah Troël Léa Jamelot | France | 1:31.873 |
| 5 | Mariia Kichasova Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:32.031 |
| 6 | Dominika Włodarczyk Anna Puławska Beata Mikołajczyk Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 1:32.105 |
| 7 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:34.431 |
| 8 | Sara Ouzande Alicia Heredia Isabel Contreras Begoña Lazkano | Spain | 1:35.384 |
| 9 | Emily Lewis Deborah Kerr Rebeka Simon Amy Turner | Great Britain | 1:35.715 |