# 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's K-4 500 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 |
| Thursday 22 August 2019 | 17:39 | Heats |
| Saturday 24 August 2019 | 17:06 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 10:44 | Final B |
| Sunday 25 August 2019 | 13:11 | Final A |
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## Results
### Heats

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

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Liapeshka Marharyta Makhneva | Belarus | 1:28.58 | QA |
| 2 | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:30.97 | QS |
| 3 | Michelle Russell Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:32.52 | QS |
| 4 | Emma Jørgensen Julie Funch Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund | Denmark | 1:32.75 | QS |
| 5 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones | Mexico | 1:32.84 | QS |
| 6 | Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Francisca Carvalho | Portugal | 1:34.49 | QS |
| 7 | Asumi Ōmura Hideka Tatara Ayame Hara Yuka Ono | Japan | 1:34.85 | QS |
| 8 | Sabrina Ameghino Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Micaela Maslein | Argentina | 1:35.07 | |
| 9 | Kaitlyn McElroy Samantha Barlow Renae Jackson Alina Urs | United States | 1:40.74 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dóra Bodonyi Erika Medveczky Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:29.06 | QA |
| 2 | Tina Dietze Franziska John Sabrina Hering-Pradler Caroline Arft | Germany | 1:31.23 | QS |
| 3 | Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts Alyssa Bull | Australia | 1:31.75 | QS |
| 4 | Inna Hryshchun Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova | Ukraine | 1:32.62 | QS |
| 5 | Angela Hannah Hannah Brown Deborah Kerr Emily Lewis | Great Britain | 1:33.69 | QS |
| 6 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Marija Dostanić | Serbia | 1:34.59 | QS |
| 7 | Anna Kožíšková Eliška Betlachová Anežka Paloudová Štěpánka Sobíšková | Czech Republic | 1:35.75 | QS |
| 8 | Chou Ju-chuan Liu Hui-chi Tsai An-chi Chen Hsin-shuang | Chinese Taipei | 1:42.19 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie | New Zealand | 1:29.00 | QA |
| 2 | Sarah Guyot Léa Jamelot Sarah Troël Manon Hostens | France | 1:31.62 | QS |
| 3 | Ma Qing Huang Jieyi Zhou Yu Li Dongyin | China | 1:32.14 | QS |
| 4 | Anastasia Panchenko Kira Stepanova Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova | Russia | 1:33.38 | QS |
| 5 | Florida Ciută Mălina Trifescu Georgiana Manofu-Vucea Roxana Ciur | Romania | 1:34.93 | QS |
| 6 | Isabel Contreras Sara Ouzande Begoña Lazkano Natalia García | Spain | 1:35.06 | QS |
| 7 | Moa Wikberg Karin Johansson Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam | Sweden | 1:35.36 | QS |
| 8 | Kristiane Spikkeland Anna Sletsjøe Kristine Amundsen Maria Virik | Norway | 1:37.50 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification was as follows:
The fastest three boats in each semi advanced to the A final. The next four fastest boats in each semi, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the B final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:31.20 | QA |
| 2 | Anastasia Panchenko Kira Stepanova Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova | Russia | 1:31.86 | QA |
| 3 | Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts Alyssa Bull | Australia | 1:32.12 | QA |
| 4 | Ma Qing Huang Jieyi Zhou Yu Li Dongyin | China | 1:32.46 | QB |
| 5 | Isabel Contreras Sara Ouzande Begoña Lazkano Natalia García | Spain | 1:33.81 | QB |
| 6 | Angela Hannah Hannah Brown Deborah Kerr Emily Lewis | Great Britain | 1:35.15 | QB |
| 7 | Emma Jørgensen Julie Funch Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund | Denmark | 1:35.44 | QB |
| 8 | Anna Kožíšková Eliška Betlachová Anežka Paloudová Štěpánka Sobíšková | Czech Republic | 1:36.74 | qB |
| 9 | Teresa Portela Joana Vasconcelos Francisca Laia Francisca Carvalho | Portugal | 1:36.82 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Canoeists | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Inna Hryshchun Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova | Ukraine | 1:31.45 | QA |
| 2 | Sarah Guyot Léa Jamelot Sarah Troël Manon Hostens | France | 1:32.30 | QA |
| 3 | Tina Dietze Franziska John Sabrina Hering-Pradler Caroline Arft | Germany | 1:32.52 | QA |
| 4 | Michelle Russell Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:35.11 | QB |
| 5 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Marija Dostanić | Serbia | 1:35.22 | QB |
| 6 | Asumi Ōmura Hideka Tatara Ayame Hara Yuka Ono | Japan | 1:36.34 | QB |
| 7 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones | Mexico | 1:36.81 | QB |
| 8 | Moa Wikberg Karin Johansson Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam | Sweden | 1:36.86 | |
| 9 | Florida Ciută Mălina Trifescu Georgiana Manofu-Vucea Roxana Ciur | Romania | 1:39.09 | |

### Finals
#### Final B

Competitors in this final raced for positions 10 to 18.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| 1 | Ma Qing Huang Jieyi Zhou Yu Li Dongyin | China | 1:37.98 |
| 2 | Emma Jørgensen Julie Funch Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund | Denmark | 1:38.63 |
| 3 | Michelle Russell Courtney Stott Lisa Bissonnette Natalie Davison | Canada | 1:40.29 |
| 4 | Angela Hannah Hannah Brown Deborah Kerr Emily Lewis | Great Britain | 1:40.56 |
| 5 | Asumi Ōmura Hideka Tatara Ayame Hara Yuka Ono | Japan | 1:41.03 |
| 6 | Isabel Contreras Sara Ouzande Begoña Lazkano Natalia García | Spain | 1:41.71 |
| 7 | Anna Kožíšková Eliška Betlachová Anežka Paloudová Štěpánka Sobíšková | Czech Republic | 1:43.11 |
| 8 | Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor Brenda Gutiérrez Beatriz Briones | Mexico | 1:43.23 |
| 9 | Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Kristina Bedeč Marija Dostanić | Serbia | 1:44.79 |

#### Final A

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.
| Rank | Kayakers | Country | Time |
| | Dóra Bodonyi Erika Medveczky Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | Hungary | 1:32.91 |
| | Maryna Litvinchuk Volha Khudzenka Nadzeya Liapeshka Marharyta Makhneva | Belarus | 1:33.69 |
| | Karolina Naja Anna Puławska Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk Helena Wiśniewska | Poland | 1:34.77 |
| 4 | Lisa Carrington Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan Kayla Imrie | New Zealand | 1:35.35 |
| 5 | Sarah Guyot Léa Jamelot Sarah Troël Manon Hostens | France | 1:37.08 |
| 6 | Tina Dietze Franziska John Sabrina Hering-Pradler Caroline Arft | Germany | 1:37.10 |
| 7 | Alyce Burnett Jo Brigden-Jones Jaime Roberts Alyssa Bull | Australia | 1:37.29 |
| 8 | Inna Hryshchun Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk Mariya Povkh Anastasiia Todorova | Ukraine | 1:37.69 |
| 9 | Anastasia Panchenko Kira Stepanova Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova | Russia | 1:38.59 |