# Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

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The women's K-4 500 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place on 6 and 8 August 2024 at the National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France in Vaires-sur-Marne.

## Background

This will be the 11th appearance of the event after it was introduced at the 1984 Olympics.

## Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with 12 boats, with heats, quarterfinals semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.
* Heats: 2 heats of 6 boats each. The top 2 in each heat (4 boats total) advance directly to the semifinals. The remaining 8 boats compete in the quarterfinal.
* Quarterfinal: 1 heat of 8 boats. The top 6 advance to the semifinals. The remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention.
* Semifinals: 2 heats of 5 boats each. The top 4 in each heat (8 boats total) advance to Final A; the remaining 2 boats compete in Final B, out of medal contention.
* Final: 2 heats. Final A has the top 8 boats, awarding the medals and 4th through 8th place. Final B has the remaining 4 boats, ranking them 9th through 12th.
The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "4" 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.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 8 August 2024 | 11:40 13:40 | Semifinals Finals |

## Results
### Heats

Progression System: 1st-3rd to Final A, rest to SF.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan | New Zealand | 1:32.40 | FA |
| 2 | 4 | Sara Ouzande Estefanía Fernández Carolina García Teresa Portela | Spain | 1:32.92 | FA |
| 3 | 5 | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto | Poland | 1:33.87 | FA |
| 4 | 7 | Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen | Norway | 1:34.28 | SF |
| 5 | 3 | Anastazija Bajuk Milica Novaković Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev | Serbia | 1:36.40 | SF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler | Germany | 1:32.34 | FA |
| 2 | 6 | Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:33.42 | FA |
| 3 | 4 | Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen | China | 1:33.64 | FA |
| 4 | 3 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis | Australia | 1:34.60 | SF |
| 5 | 7 | Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka | Canada | 1:37.87 | SF |

### Semi Final

Progression System: 1st-2nd to Final, 3rd - 4th eliminated.

#### Semi Final

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis | Australia | 1:34.25 | FA |
| 2 | 5 | Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen | Norway | 1:34.77 | FA |
| 3 | 3 | Anastazija Bajuk Milica Novaković Marija Dostanić Dunja Stanojev | Serbia | 1:35.25 | |
| 4 | 6 | Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah-Hrebacka | Canada | 1:39.24 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | 5 | Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan | New Zealand | 1:32.20 |
| | 4 | Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Pauline Jagsch Sarah Brüßler | Germany | 1:32.62 |
| | 6 | Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:32.93 |
| 4 | 7 | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto | Poland | 1:33.17 |
| 5 | 2 | Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen | China | 1:33.57 |
| 6 | 3 | Sara Ouzande Estefanía Fernández Carolina García Teresa Portela | Spain | 1:34.51 |
| 7 | 1 | Maria Virik Anna Margrete Sletsjoe Hedda Oritsland Kristine Strand Amundsen | Norway | 1:35.02 |
| 8 | 8 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinpreis | Australia | 1:35.96 |