# Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advances directly to the final, while the remaining top nine finishers in both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinals join the heats winners in the final.
Heats took place on August 19, the semifinal took place on August 21, and the final was on August 23.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 17:50-18:10 | Heats |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 17:00-17:10 | Semifinal |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 17:20-17:35 | Final |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics (HUN) | Beata Mikołajczyk and Aneta Konieczna (POL) | Marie Delattre and Anne-Laure Viard (FRA) |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt | Germany | 1:43.412 | QF |
| 2 | Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna | Poland | 1:44.631 | QF |
| 3 | Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová | Czech Republic | 1:45.104 | QF |
| 4 | Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen | Finland | 1:45.735 | QS |
| 5 | Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes | Spain | 1:46.646 | QS |
| 6 | Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya | Japan | 1:46.980 | QS |
| 7 | Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova | Slovakia | 1:47.284 | QS |
| 8 | Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley | South Africa | 1:47.341 | QS |
| 9 | Jessica Walker, Anna Hemmings | Great Britain | 1:47.435 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić | Hungary | 1:42.162 | QF |
| 2 | Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard | France | 1:43.832 | QF |
| 3 | Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:45.124 | QF |
| 4 | Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre | Canada | 1:46.129 | QS |
| 5 | Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:46.980 | QS |
| 6 | Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi | Italy | 1:47.018 | QS |
| 7 | Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues | Portugal | 1:47.588 | QS |
| 8 | Xu Linbei, Wang Feng | China | 1:47.645 | |

### Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya | Japan | 1:43.541 | QF |
| 2 | Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen | Finland | 1:44.624 | QF |
| 3 | Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:44.834 | QF |
| 4 | Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes | Spain | 1:45.313 | |
| 5 | Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues | Portugal | 1:46.021 | |
| 6 | Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi | Italy | 1:46.163 | |
| 7 | Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova | Slovakia | 1:46.380 | |
| 8 | Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley | South Africa | 1:47.018 | |
| 9 | Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre | Canada | 1:47.510 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time |
| | Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić | Hungary | 1:41.308 |
| | Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna | Poland | 1:42.092 |
| | Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard | France | 1:42.128 |
| 4 | Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt | Germany | 1:42.899 |
| 5 | Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya | Japan | 1:43.291 |
| 6 | Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty | Australia | 1:43.969 |
| 7 | Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen | Finland | 1:44.176 |
| 8 | Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová | Czech Republic | 1:44.870 |
| 9 | Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:44.965 |