# Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 19 and 20 August at Lagoa Stadium.
The medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC member, Hungary and Cecilia Farias, Board Member of the ICF.

## Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round.

## Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 9:37 10:37 | Heats Semifinals |
| Saturday, 20 August 2016 | 9:40 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

The first boat from each heat qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:30.320 | FA |
| 2 | Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:33.020 | SF |
| 3 | Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan | New Zealand | 1:33.782 | SF |
| 4 | Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko | Kazakhstan | 1:36.127 | SF |
| 5 | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski | Great Britain | 1:36.853 | SF |
| 6 | Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel | France | 1:37.038 | SF |
| 7 | Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi | Argentina | 1:37.645 | SF |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas | Hungary | 1:29.497 | FA |
| 2 | Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:31.727 | SF |
| 3 | Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:33.185 | SF |
| 4 | Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser | Canada | 1:34.269 | SF |
| 5 | Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen | Denmark | 1:36.675 | SF |
| 6 | Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping | China | 1:38.730 | SF |
| 7 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:39.316 | SF |

### Semifinals

The top three boats qualified for the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan | New Zealand | 1:34.778 | FA |
| 2 | Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:35.512 | FA |
| 3 | Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen | Denmark | 1:36.302 | FA |
| 4 | Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping | China | 1:37.055 | FB |
| 5 | Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko | Kazakhstan | 1:37.423 | FB |
| 6 | Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi | Argentina | 1:38.579 | FB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:34.710 | FA |
| 2= | Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser | Canada | 1:36.254 | FA |
| 2= | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski | Great Britain | 1:36.254 | FA |
| 4 | Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:36.532 | FB |
| 5 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:38.398 | FB |
| 6 | Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel | France | 1:39.069 | FB |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| 9 | Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk | Poland | 1:37.658 |
| 10 | Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko | Kazakhstan | 1:39.419 |
| 11 | Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping | China | 1:40.071 |
| 12 | Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel | France | 1:41.069 |
| 13 | Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi | Argentina | 1:41.394 |
| 14 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan | Serbia | 1:42.818 |

#### Final A

| Rank | Canoer | Country | Time |
| | Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas | Hungary | 1:34.482 |
| | Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze | Germany | 1:35.383 |
| | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:36.908 |
| 4 | Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:37.214 |
| 5 | Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan | New Zealand | 1:38.198 |
| 6 | Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen | Denmark | 1:39.057 |
| 7 | Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski | Great Britain | 1:40.043 |
| 8 | Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser | Canada | 1:40.733 |