# Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's canoe sprint K-1 500 metres competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 17 and 18 August at Lagoa Stadium.

## Format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round. The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals. The top two from each of the three semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final, and competed for medals. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

## Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2016 | 09:58 11:17 | Heats Semifinals |
| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 10:04 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The leading five in each heat plus the fastest sixth place advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:54.765 | SF |
| 2 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:55.660 | SF |
| 3 | Teresa Portela | Portugal | 1:56.439 | SF |
| 4 | Rachel Cawthorn | Great Britain | 1:56.612 | SF |
| 5 | Zoya Ananchenko | Kazakhstan | 1:58.136 | SF |
| 6 | Yusmari Mengana | Cuba | 2:02.162 | |
| 7 | Afef Ben Ismail | Tunisia | 2:08.170 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:53.427 | SF |
| 2 | Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:53.966 | SF |
| 3 | Bridgitte Hartley | South Africa | 1:55.737 | SF |
| 4 | Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:56.601 | SF |
| 5 | Lasma Liepa | Turkey | 1:59.581 | SF |
| 6 | Ana Paula Vergutz | Brazil | 2:00.680 | |
| 7 | Marina Toribiong | Palau | 2:14.807 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhou Yu | China | 1:53.043 | SF |
| 2 | Émilie Fournel | Canada | 1:53.670 | SF |
| 3 | Mariya Povh | Ukraine | 1:54.247 | SF |
| 4 | Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:55.049 | SF |
| 5 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić | Slovenia | 1:55.934 | SF |
| 6 | Maggie Hogan | United States | 1:58.970 | |
| 7 | Anne Cairns | Samoa | 2:01.885 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Inna Osypenko-Radomska | Azerbaijan | 1:51.750 | SF |
| 2 | Ewelina Wojnarowska | Poland | 1:52.193 | SF |
| 3 | Elena Aniushina | Russia | 1:52.597 | SF |
| 4 | Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:53.167 | SF |
| 5 | Dalma Ružičić-Benedek | Serbia | 1:54.048 | SF |
| 6 | Naomi Flood | Australia | 1:54.150 | SF |

### Semifinals

The top two from each of the semifinals plus the two best third-place times advanced to the "A" final. The next eight fastest advanced to the "B" final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:55.641 | FA |
| 2 | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:56.155 | FA |
| 3 | Dalma Ružičić-Benedek | Serbia | 1:57.294 | FA |
| 4 | Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:59.321 | FB |
| 5 | Ewelina Wojnarowska | Poland | 1:59.458 | FB |
| 6 | Mariya Povh | Ukraine | 2:00.714 | |
| 7 | Zoya Ananchenko | Kazakhstan | 2:01.660 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:54.241 | FA |
| 2 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:55.193 | FA |
| 3 | Zhou Yu | China | 1:55.311 | FA |
| 4 | Elena Aniushina | Russia | 1:57.229 | FB |
| 5 | Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:57.801 | FB |
| 6 | Naomi Flood | Australia | 2:01.910 | |
| 7 | Lasma Liepa | Turkey | 2:08.450 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:56.515 | FA |
| 2 | Inna Osypenko-Radomska | Azerbaijan | 1:57.627 | FA |
| 3 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić | Slovenia | 1:58.098 | FB |
| 4 | Teresa Portela | Portugal | 1:58.360 | FB |
| 5 | Bridgitte Hartley | South Africa | 1:58.397 | FB |
| 6 | Rachel Cawthorn | Great Britain | 1:58.410 | FB |
| 7 | Émilie Fournel | Canada | 1:59.638 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 1 | Elena Aniushina | Russia | 1:57.202 |
| 2 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić | Slovenia | 1:57.541 |
| 3 | Teresa Portela | Portugal | 1:58.058 |
| 4 | Ewelina Wojnarowska | Poland | 1:58.167 |
| 5 | Martina Kohlová | Slovakia | 1:58.211 |
| 6 | Karin Johansson | Sweden | 1:58.363 |
| 7 | Rachel Cawthorn | Great Britain | 1:58.470 |
| 8 | Bridgitte Hartley | South Africa | 2:01.890 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:52.494 |
| | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:54.326 |
| | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:54.372 |
| 4 | Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:54.474 |
| 5 | Franziska Weber | Germany | 1:54.553 |
| 6 | Zhou Yu | China | 1:54.994 |
| 7 | Dalma Ružičić-Benedek | Serbia | 1:55.095 |
| 8 | Inna Osypenko-Radomska | Azerbaijan | 1:56.573 |