# 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 metres competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place in Sportpark Duisburg.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 23 August 2023 | 12:19 | Heats |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 13:45 | Semifinals |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 18:17 | Final A |
| Friday 25 August 2023 | 19:13 | Final B |

## Results
### Heats

The fastest boat in each heat advanced directly to the final A. The next six fastest boats in each heat advanced to semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sara Ouzande Estefania Fernandez Carolina Garcia Otero Teresa Portela | Spain | 1:30.474 | QA |
| 2 | Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan | New Zealand | 1:30.658 | QS |
| 3 | Lena Röhlings Katinka Hofmann Sarah Brüßler Enja Rößeling | Germany | 1:32.488 | QS |
| 4 | Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Milica Novaković Dunja Stanojev | Serbia | 1:34.116 | QS |
| 5 | Diana Tanko Nataliia Dokiienko Hanna Pavlova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:34.338 | QS |
| 6 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi Irene Bellan Sara Vesentini | Italy | 1:34.447 | QS |
| 7 | Claire Bren Pauline Freslon Margot Maillet Léa Jamelot | France | 1:36.299 | QS |
| 8 | Elena Wolgamot Kali Wilding Emma McDonald Mehana Leafchild | United States | 1:39.260 | |
| 9 | Maira Toro Daniela Castillo Ysumy Orellana Fernanda Iracheta | Chile | 1:41.650 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto | Poland | 1:31.457 | QA |
| 2 | Katrine Jensen Sara Milthers Pernille Knudsen Bolette Nyvang Iversen | Denmark | 1:34.023 | QS |
| 3 | Karina Alanís Isabel Aburto Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:34.158 | QS |
| 4 | Anežka Paloudová Kateřina Zárubová Barbora Betlachová Adéla Házová | Czech Republic | 1:34.736 | QS |
| 5 | Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Maria Rei | Portugal | 1:34.953 | QS |
| 6 | Selma Konijn Wies Siffels Ruth Vorsselman Anna Mus | Netherlands | 1:35.636 | QS |
| 7 | Kamila Malakhova Arina Tanatmisheva Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova | Uzbekistan | 1:36.222 | QS |
| 8 | Julia Lagerstam Ardis Luda Sofia Paldanius Rebecka Georgsdotter | Sweden | 1:36.444 | |
| 9 | Soniya Devi Phairembam Parvathy Geetha Binita Chanu Oinam Dimita Devi Toijam | India | 1:45.335 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen | China | 1:31.849 | QA |
| 2 | Alida Dóra Gazsó Tamara Csipes Eszter Rendessy Dora Hadvina | Hungary | 1:32.037 | QS |
| 3 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinepreis | Australia | 1:32.250 | QS |
| 4 | Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah | Canada | 1:33.514 | QS |
| 5 | Maria Virik Anna Sletsjøe Hedda Øritsland Kristine Amundsen | Norway | 1:33.548 | QS |
| 6 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell Emily Lewis Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 1:33.662 | QS |
| 7 | Katarína Pecsuková Réka Bugár Bianka Sidová Mariana Petrušová | Slovakia | 1:36.315 | QS |
| 8 | Anastassiya Berezovskaya Olga Shmelyova Stella Sukhanova Darya Petrova | Kazakhstan | 1:37.974 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest three boats in each semifinal advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semifinal plus one fastest 8th boat advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan | New Zealand | 1:31.882 | QA |
| 2 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinepreis | Australia | 1:32.391 | QA |
| 3 | Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Milica Novaković Dunja Stanojev | Serbia | 1:32.496 | QA |
| 4 | Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah | Canada | 1:32.578 | QB |
| 5 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell Emily Lewis Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 1:33.197 | QB |
| 6 | Karina Alanís Isabel Aburto Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:33.822 | QB |
| 7 | Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Maria Rei | Portugal | 1:35.003 | QB |
| 8 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi Irene Bellan Sara Vesentini | Italy | 1:36.081 | QB |
| 9 | Kamila Malakhova Arina Tanatmisheva Ekaterina Shubina Yuliya Borzova | Uzbekistan | 1:36.372 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lena Röhlings Katinka Hofmann Sarah Brüßler Enja Rößeling | Germany | 1:32.760 | QA |
| 2 | Alida Dóra Gazsó Tamara Csipes Eszter Rendessy Dora Hadvina | Hungary | 1:33.118 | QA |
| 3 | Maria Virik Anna Sletsjøe Hedda Øritsland Kristine Amundsen | Norway | 1:33.824 | QA |
| 4 | Katrine Jensen Sara Milthers Pernille Knudsen Bolette Nyvang Iversen | Denmark | 1:34.529 | QB |
| 5 | Diana Tanko Nataliia Dokiienko Hanna Pavlova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:34.951 | QB |
| 6 | Anežka Paloudová Kateřina Zárubová Barbora Betlachová Adéla Házová | Czech Republic | 1:35.254 | QB |
| 7 | Selma Konijn Wies Siffels Ruth Vorsselman Anna Mus | Netherlands | 1:35.860 | QB |
| 8 | Katarína Pecsuková Réka Bugár Bianka Sidová Mariana Petrušová | Slovakia | 1:36.128 | |
| 9 | Claire Bren Pauline Freslon Margot Maillet Léa Jamelot | France | 1:37.623 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| 1 | Courtney Stott Natalie Davison Riley Melanson Toshka Besharah | Canada | 1:32.760 |
| 2 | Deborah Kerr Emma Russell Emily Lewis Rebeka Simon | Great Britain | 1:33.118 |
| 3 | Karina Alanis Isabel Aburto Romero Beatriz Briones Maricela Montemayor | Mexico | 1:33.824 |
| 4 | Diana Tanko Nataliia Dokiienko Hanna Pavlova Inna Hryshchun | Ukraine | 1:34.529 |
| 5 | Katrine Jensen Sara Milthers Pernille Knudsen Bolette Nyvang Iversen | Denmark | 1:34.951 |
| 6 | Anežka Paloudová Kateřina Zárubová Barbora Betlachová Adéla Házová | Czech Republic | 1:35.254 |
| 7 | Selma Konijn Wies Siffels Ruth Vorsselman Anna Mus | Netherlands | 1:35.860 |
| 8 | Sara Daldoss Lucrezia Zironi Irene Bellan Sara Vesentini | Italy | 1:36.128 |
| 9 | Francisca Laia Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Maria Rei | Portugal | 1:37.623 |

#### Final A

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| | Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin Olivia Brett Tara Vaughan | New Zealand | 1:30.606 |
| | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Adrianna Kąkol Dominika Putto | Poland | 1:31.320 |
| | Sara Ouzande Estefania Fernandez Carolina Garcia Otero Teresa Portela | Spain | 1:31.955 |
| 4 | Li Dongyin Yin Mengdie Wang Nan Sun Yuewen | China | 1:32.250 |
| 5 | Ella Beere Alyssa Bull Alexandra Clarke Yale Steinepreis | Australia | 1:32.636 |
| 6 | Anastazija Bajuk Marija Dostanić Milica Novaković Dunja Stanojev | Serbia | 1:32.738 |
| 7 | Alida Dóra Gazsó Tamara Csipes Eszter Rendessy Dora Hadvina | Hungary | 1:33.151 |
| 8 | Lena Röhlings Katinka Hofmann Sarah Brüßler Enja Rößeling | Germany | 1:33.433 |
| 9 | Maria Virik Anna Sletsjøe Hedda Øritsland Kristine Amundsen | Norway | 1:34.461 |