# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday 23 August 2019 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 15:00 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 10:20 | Final C |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 10:26 | Final B |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 11:44 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

The five fastest boats in each heat, plus the two fastest sixth-place boats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:48.90 | QS |
| 2 | Esti van Tonder | South Africa | 1:51.00 | QS |
| 3 | Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 1:51.60 | QS |
| 4 | Justyna Iskrzycka | Poland | 1:52.02 | QS |
| 5 | Carolina García | Spain | 1:55.24 | QS |
| 6 | Madara Aldiņa | Latvia | 1:56.79 | |
| 7 | Anfel Arabi | Algeria | 2:08.87 | |
| – | Melanie Waite | Malta | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:50.87 | QS |
| 2 | Pauliina Polet | Finland | 1:52.62 | QS |
| 3 | Gai Xiaomei | China | 1:53.16 | QS |
| 4 | Cristina Petracca | Italy | 1:53.29 | QS |
| 5 | Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:53.70 | QS |
| 6 | Inna Klinova | Kazakhstan | 1:55.97 | qS |
| 7 | Jitta van der Laan | Netherlands | 1:56.05 | |
| 8 | Lee Sun-ja | South Korea | 1:56.54 | |
| 9 | Stevani Maysche Ibo | Indonesia | 1:58.12 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Volha Khudzenka | Belarus | 1:48.08 | QS |
| 2 | Milica Starović | Serbia | 1:50.32 | QS |
| 3 | Svetlana Chernigovskaya | Russia | 1:51.01 | QS |
| 4 | Jennifer Egan | Ireland | 1:53.54 | QS |
| 5 | Aleksandra Grishina | Bulgaria | 1:53.61 | QS |
| 6 | Tetyana Yednak | Ukraine | 1:55.58 | qS |
| 7 | Iuliana Ţăran | Romania | 1:59.29 | |
| 8 | Netta Malkinson | Israel | 1:59.85 | |
| 9 | Chou Ju-chuan | Chinese Taipei | 2:00.59 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linnea Stensils | Sweden | 1:51.10 | QS |
| 2 | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:51.66 | QS |
| 3 | Hilal Avcı | Turkey | 1:52.64 | QS |
| 4 | Anamaria Govorčinović | Croatia | 1:53.63 | QS |
| 5 | Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:54.52 | QS |
| 6 | Stephenie Chen Jiexian | Singapore | 1:56.17 | |
| 7 | Samantha Barlow | United States | 2:00.38 | |
| 8 | Samaa Ahmed | Egypt | 2:15.79 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manon Hostens | France | 1:50.63 | QS |
| 2 | Ivana Mládková | Slovakia | 1:51.43 | QS |
| 3 | Conny Waßmuth | Germany | 1:52.11 | QS |
| 4 | Catherine McArthur | Australia | 1:53.16 | QS |
| 5 | Franziska Widmer | Switzerland | 1:54.79 | QS |
| 6 | Elnaz Shafieian Noveir | Iran | 1:57.24 | |
| 7 | Mia Medved | Slovenia | 1:57.85 | |
| 8 | Ysumy Orellana | Chile | 1:58.56 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification in each semi was as follows:
The fastest three boats advanced to the A final. The next three fastest boats advanced to the B final. The seventh, eighth and ninth-place boats advanced to the C final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Milica Starović | Serbia | 1:56.02 | QA |
| 2 | Manon Hostens | France | 1:56.86 | QA |
| 3 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:56.90 | QA |
| 4 | Justyna Iskrzycka | Poland | 1:56.93 | QB |
| 5 | Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 1:57.73 | QB |
| 6 | Anamaria Govorčinović | Croatia | 1:58.58 | QB |
| 7 | Esti van Tonder | South Africa | 1:58.58 | QC |
| 8 | Catherine McArthur | Australia | 1:58.91 | QC |
| 9 | Hilal Avcı | Turkey | 2:01.32 | QC |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:54.62 | QA |
| 2 | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:55.56 | QA |
| 3 | Svetlana Chernigovskaya | Russia | 1:57.33 | QA |
| 4 | Ivana Mládková | Slovakia | 1:57.74 | QB |
| 5 | Aleksandra Grishina | Bulgaria | 1:58.81 | QB |
| 6 | Cristina Petracca | Italy | 1:59.04 | QB |
| 7 | Carolina García | Spain | 1:59.06 | QC |
| 8 | Franziska Widmer | Switzerland | 1:59.84 | QC |
| 9 | Inna Klinova | Kazakhstan | 2:07.49 | QC |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Volha Khudzenka | Belarus | 1:54.23 | QA |
| 2 | Linnea Stensils | Sweden | 1:55.26 | QA |
| 3 | Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 1:55.88 | QA |
| 4 | Pauliina Polet | Finland | 1:57.14 | QB |
| 5 | Gai Xiaomei | China | 1:58.49 | QB |
| 6 | Conny Waßmuth | Germany | 1:59.14 | QB |
| 7 | Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 1:59.96 | QC |
| 8 | Jennifer Egan | Ireland | 2:00.01 | QC |
| 9 | Tetyana Yednak | Ukraine | 2:00.17 | QC |

### Finals
#### Final C

Competitors in this final raced for positions 19 to 27.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| 1 | Esti van Tonder | South Africa | 1:57.79 |
| 2 | Catherine McArthur | Australia | 1:58.50 |
| 3 | Hilal Avcı | Turkey | 1:59.18 |
| 4 | Carolina García | Spain | 2:00.11 |
| 5 | Franziska Widmer | Switzerland | 2:01.15 |
| 6 | Madeline Schmidt | Canada | 2:02.27 |
| 7 | Inna Klinova | Kazakhstan | 2:02.52 |
| 8 | Jennifer Egan | Ireland | 2:03.27 |
| 9 | Tetyana Yednak | Ukraine | 2:06.90 |

#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| 1 | Justyna Iskrzycka | Poland | 1:57.99 |
| 2 | Ivana Mládková | Slovakia | 1:59.06 |
| 3 | Pauliina Polet | Finland | 1:59.41 |
| 4 | Anamaria Govorčinović | Croatia | 1:59.91 |
| 5 | Viktoria Schwarz | Austria | 2:00.07 |
| 6 | Conny Waßmuth | Germany | 2:01.30 |
| 7 | Aleksandra Grishina | Bulgaria | 2:01.63 |
| 8 | Cristina Petracca | Italy | 2:01.65 |
| 9 | Gai Xiaomei | China | 2:02.83 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayaker | Country | Time |
| | Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | 1:55.76 |
| | Volha Khudzenka | Belarus | 1:57.39 |
| | Danuta Kozák | Hungary | 1:58.01 |
| 4 | Milica Starović | Serbia | 1:59.19 |
| 5 | Emma Jørgensen | Denmark | 1:59.69 |
| 6 | Linnea Stensils | Sweden | 2:01.37 |
| 7 | Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 2:01.43 |
| 8 | Svetlana Chernigovskaya | Russia | 2:04.71 |
| 9 | Manon Hostens | France | 2:04.97 |