# 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships – Women's KL3

The women's KL3 competition at the 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 10 May 2024 | 16:53 | Heats |
| Saturday 11 May 2024 | 9:10 | Semifinals |
| Saturday 11 May 2024 | 13:46 | Final B |
| Saturday 11 May 2024 | 15:17 | 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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Laura Sugar | Great Britain | 47.51 | QA |
| 2 | Araceli Menduiña | Spain | 49.36 | QS |
| 3 | Katarzyna Kozikowska | Poland | 49.65 | QS |
| 4 | Cai Yuqingyan | China | 53.25 | QS |
| 5 | Kaia Scholl | Australia | 1:00.29 | QS |
| 6 | Shabana | India | 1:04.05 | QS |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nélia Barbosa | France | 48.72 | QA |
| 2 | Shakhnoza Mirzaeva | Uzbekistan | 53.02 | QS |
| 3 | Nikoletta Molnár | Hungary | 53.71 | QS |
| 4 | Aline Furtado de Oliveira | Brazil | 55.44 | QS |
| 5 | Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy | Australia | 55.69 | QS |
| 6 | Francisca Castro | Spain | 57.87 | QS |
| 7 | Wang Shanshan | China | 58.67 | QS |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hope Gordon | Great Britain | 48.46 | QA |
| 2 | Felicia Laberer | Germany | 48.85 | QS |
| 3 | Amanda Embriaco | Italy | 50.77 | QS |
| 4 | Shahla Behrouzirad | Iran | 51.90 | QS |
| 5 | Yoshimi Kaji | Japan | 54.06 | QS |
| 6 | Amy Ralph | Australia | 58.14 | QS |

### Semifinals

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 | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Araceli Menduiña | Spain | 48.09 | QA |
| 2 | Amanda Embriaco | Italy | 49.39 | QA |
| 3 | Shahla Behrouzirad | Iran | 50.96 | QA |
| 4 | Cai Yuqingyan | China | 51.43 | QB |
| 5 | Nikoletta Molnár | Hungary | 51.66 | QB |
| 6 | Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy | Australia | 54.34 | QB |
| 7 | Wang Shanshan | China | 55.48 | QB |
| 8 | Amy Ralph | Australia | 57.16 | qB |
| 9 | Shabana | India | 1:03.49 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katarzyna Kozikowska | Poland | 48.61 | QA |
| 2 | Felicia Laberer | Germany | 48.62 | QA |
| 3 | Shakhnoza Mirzaeva | Uzbekistan | 50.66 | QA |
| 4 | Aline Furtado de Oliveira | Brazil | 52.69 | QB |
| 5 | Yoshimi Kaji | Japan | 53.46 | QB |
| 6 | Francisca Castro | Spain | 54.19 | QB |
| 7 | Kaia Scholl | Australia | 57.72 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Cai Yuqingyan | China | 50.81 |
| 2 | Aline Furtado de Oliveira | Brazil | 51.61 |
| 3 | Nikoletta Molnár | Hungary | 52.20 |
| 4 | Yoshimi Kaji | Japan | 52.28 |
| 5 | Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy | Australia | 53.27 |
| 6 | Francisca Castro | Spain | 53.45 |
| 7 | Wang Shanshan | China | 54.18 |
| 8 | Amy Ralph | Australia | 55.89 |
| 9 | Kaia Scholl | Australia | 57.17 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| | Laura Sugar | Great Britain | 45.97 |
| | Hope Gordon | Great Britain | 46.94 |
| | Nélia Barbosa | France | 47.15 |
| 4 | Araceli Menduiña | Spain | 47.56 |
| 5 | Felicia Laberer | Germany | 47.94 |
| 6 | Katarzyna Kozikowska | Poland | 49.06 |
| 7 | Amanda Embriaco | Italy | 49.51 |
| 8 | Shahla Behrouzirad | Iran | 50.35 |
| 9 | Shakhnoza Mirzaeva | Uzbekistan | 51.36 |