# Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1

These are the results of the women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1996 Olympic competition was at the Toccoa/Ocoee River along the Georgia-Tennessee state line.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | Dana Chladek (USA) | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) |

## Results

The 30 competitors each took two runs through the whitewater slalom course on July 27. The best time of the two runs counted for the event.
The gold medal was decided in a tie-breaker.
| Rank | Name | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Result |
| Rank | Name | Time | Points | Total | Time | Points | Total | Total |
| | Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) | 164.49 | 5 | 169.49 | 166.97 | 5 | 171.97 | 169.49 |
| | Dana Chladek (USA) | 181.80 | 205 | 431.80 | 164.49 | 5 | 169.49 | 169.49 |
| | Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi (FRA) | 170.22 | 5 | 175.22 | 166.00 | 5 | 171.00 | 171.00 |
| 4 | Cristina Giai Pron (ITA) | 171.86 | 155 | 326.85 | 166.84 | 5 | 171.84 | 171.84 |
| 5 | Gabriela Brosková (SVK) | 170.67 | 60 | 230.67 | 167.57 | 5 | 172.57 | 172.57 |
| 6 | Anne Boixel (FRA) | 162.79 | 10 | 172.79 | 162.88 | 105 | 267.88 | 172.79 |
| 7 | Cathy Hearn (USA) | 173.03 | 0 | 173.03 | 169.93 | 60 | 229.93 | 173.03 |
| 8 | Margaret Langford (CAN) | 178.49 | 15 | 193.49 | 168.59 | 5 | 173.59 | 173.59 |
| 9 | Marcela Sadilová (CZE) | 181.22 | 55 | 236.22 | 174.47 | 0 | 174.47 | 174.47 |
| 10 | Elisabeth Micheler-Jones (GER) | 171.56 | 5 | 176.56 | 156.73 | 305 | 461.73 | 176.56 |
| 11 | Kordula Striepecke (GER) | 171.63 | 155 | 326.63 | 176.98 | 0 | 176.98 | 176.98 |
| 12 | Danielle Woodward (AUS) | 181.05 | 105 | 286.05 | 177.60 | 0 | 177.60 | 177.60 |
| 13 | Sandra Friedli (SUI) | 172.70 | 5 | 177.70 | 221.01 | 10 | 231.01 | 177.70 |
| 14 | Mia Farrance (AUS) | 192.58 | 0 | 192.58 | 180.30 | 0 | 180.30 | 180.30 |
| 15 | Barbara Nadalin (ITA) | 201.04 | 105 | 306.04 | 171.14 | 10 | 181.14 | 181.14 |
| 16 | Irena Pavelková (CZE) | 184.45 | 55 | 239.45 | 166.89 | 15 | 181.89 | 181.89 |
| 17 | Hiroko Kobayashi (JPN) | 178.66 | 5 | 183.66 | 186.01 | 5 | 191.01 | 183.66 |
| 18 | Rachel Crosbee (GBR) | 165.24 | 25 | 190.24 | 168.24 | 25 | 193.24 | 190.24 |
| 19 | Elena Kaliská (SVK) | 174.85 | 55 | 229.85 | 170.45 | 20 | 190.45 | 190.45 |
| 20 | María Eizmendi (ESP) | 186.49 | 5 | 191.49 | 184.83 | 20 | 204.83 | 191.49 |
| 21 | Bogusława Knapczyk (POL) | 185.20 | 15 | 200.20 | 194.45 | 15 | 209.45 | 200.20 |
| 22 | Florence Fernandes (POR) | 192.19 | 20 | 212.19 | 203.20 | 5 | 208.20 | 208.20 |
| 23 | Lynn Simpson (GBR) | 177.07 | 160 | 337.07 | 161.71 | 50 | 211.71 | 211.71 |
| 24 | Cristina Martínez (ESP) | 204.09 | 20 | 224.09 | 215.91 | 65 | 280.91 | 224.09 |
| 25 | Yelena Kurzina (BLR) | 210.14 | 15 | 225.14 | 214.37 | 70 | 284.37 | 225.14 |
| 26 | Nagwa El Desouki (SUI) | 185.39 | 55 | 230.39 | 220.68 | 15 | 235.68 | 240.39 |
| 27 | Sheryl Boyle (CAN) | 227.89 | 15 | 242.89 | 194.41 | 50 | 244.41 | 242.89 |
| 28 | Gilda Montenegro (CRC) | 236.97 | 135 | 371.97 | 240.93 | 25 | 265.93 | 265.93 |
| 29 | Ana Ugrinovska (MKD) | 261.93 | 85 | 346.93 | 218.17 | 265 | 483.17 | 346.93 |
| 30 | Dzintra Blūma (LAT) | - | - | Did not finish | 267.81 | 105 | 372.81 | 372.81 |