# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 11:44 | Heats |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 14:24 | Semifinal |
| Sunday 19 September 2021 | 12:39 | Final |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:34.75 | QF |
| 2 | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:35.31 | QF |
| 3 | Diana Tanko Anastasiya Horlova Yuliia Yuriichuk Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:37.07 | QF |
| 4 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | France | 1:39.79 | QS |
| 5 | Zoe Clark Anoushka Freeman Florence Duffield Enya Dale | Great Britain | 1:43.14 | QS |
| 6 | Sara Ouzande Carolina García Laia Pelachs Begoña Lazkano | Spain | 1:43.24 | QS |
| 7 | Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley Zara Wood Michelle Burn | South Africa | 1:45.59 | QS |
| 8 | Soh Sze Ying Victoria Chiew Jia Saq Wern Chan | Singapore | 1:49.36 | qS |
| – | Yang Jiali Lin Huiqun Luo Lu Peng Yanjun | China | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dominika Putto Julia Olszewska Klaudia Cyrulewska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 1:36.32 | QF |
| 2 | Svetlana Chernigovskaya Elena Aniushina Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko | RCF | 1:36.66 | QF |
| 3 | Pernille Knudsen Julie Funch Sara Milthers Bolette Nyvang Iversen | Denmark | 1:38.88 | QF |
| 4 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | Czech Republic | 1:39.24 | QS |
| 5 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | Norway | 1:40.24 | QS |
| 6 | Melina Andersson Alexandra Torudd Julia Lagerstam Rebecka Georgsdotter | Sweden | 1:41.33 | QS |
| 7 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Alanna Bray-Lougheed Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:42.02 | QS |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | France | 1:35.90 | QF |
| 2 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | Norway | 1:36.60 | QF |
| 3 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | Czech Republic | 1:37.83 | QF |
| 4 | Courtney Stott Michelle Russell Alanna Bray-Lougheed Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:37.85 | |
| 5 | Melina Andersson Alexandra Torudd Julia Lagerstam Rebecka Georgsdotter | Sweden | 1:38.02 | |
| 6 | Sara Ouzande Carolina García Laia Pelachs Begoña Lazkano | Spain | 1:39.22 | |
| 7 | Zoe Clark Anoushka Freeman Florence Duffield Enya Dale | Great Britain | 1:40.62 | |
| 8 | Esti Olivier Bridgitte Hartley Zara Wood Michelle Burn | South Africa | 1:42.87 | |
| 9 | Soh Sze Ying Victoria Chiew Jia Saq Wern Chan | Singapore | 1:46.48 | |

### Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk | Belarus | 1:32.55 |
| | Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:32.71 |
| | Svetlana Chernigovskaya Elena Aniushina Kira Stepanova Anastasia Panchenko | RCF | 1:35.30 |
| 4 | Dominika Putto Julia Olszewska Klaudia Cyrulewska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 1:35.92 |
| 5 | Diana Tanko Anastasiya Horlova Yuliia Yuriichuk Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:36.16 |
| 6 | Claire Bren Vanina Paoletti Manon Hostens Léa Jamelot | France | 1:36.61 |
| 7 | Pernille Knudsen Julie Funch Sara Milthers Bolette Nyvang Iversen | Denmark | 1:38.56 |
| 8 | Kateřina Zárubová Eliška Betlachová Barbora Betlachová Adela Házová | Czech Republic | 1:39.06 |
| 9 | Maria Virik Kristine Amundsen Anna Sletsjøe Elise Erland | Norway | 1:39.32 |