Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

The women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place between 19 and 20 August at Lagoa Stadium.^[1]

Women's canoe sprint K-4 500 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Lagoa Stadium
Date	19–20 August 2016
Competitors	56 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:34.482
Medalists
Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas  Hungary Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze  Germany Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk  Belarus
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The medals were presented by Pál Schmitt, IOC member, Hungary and Cecilia Farias, Board Member of the ICF.

Competition format

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round.

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-03:00)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 19 August 2016	9:37 10:37	Heats Semifinals
Saturday, 20 August 2016	9:40	Finals

Results

Heats

The first boat from each heat qualified for the final, with the remainder going to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:30.320	FA
2	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:33.020	SF
3	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:33.782	SF
4	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:36.127	SF
5	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:36.853	SF
6	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:37.038	SF
7	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:37.645	SF

Heat 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas	Hungary	1:29.497	FA
2	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:31.727	SF
3	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:33.185	SF
4	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:34.269	SF
5	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:36.675	SF
6	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:38.730	SF
7	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:39.316	SF

Semifinals

The top three boats qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:34.778	FA
2	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:35.512	FA
3	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:36.302	FA
4	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:37.055	FB
5	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:37.423	FB
6	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:38.579	FB

Semifinal 2

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:34.710	FA
2=	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:36.254	FA
2=	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:36.254	FA
4	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:36.532	FB
5	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:38.398	FB
6	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:39.069	FB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
9	Marta Walczykiewicz Edyta Dzieniszewska Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:37.658
10	Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva Zoya Ananchenko	Kazakhstan	1:39.419
11	Ren Wenjun Ma Qing Li Yue Liu Haiping	China	1:40.071
12	Manon Hostens Amandine Lhote Léa Jamelot Sarah Troel	France	1:41.069
13	Magdalena Garro Brenda Rojas Sabrina Ameghino Alexandra Keresztesi	Argentina	1:41.394
14	Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Olivera Moldovan	Serbia	1:42.818

Final A

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time
	Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas	Hungary	1:34.482
	Sabrina Hering Franziska Weber Steffi Kriegerstein Tina Dietze	Germany	1:35.383
	Marharyta Makhneva Nadzeya Liapeshka Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:36.908
4	Mariya Povkh Svitlana Akhadova Anastasia Todorova Inna Hryshchun	Ukraine	1:37.214
5	Jaimee Lovett Kayla Imrie Aimee Fisher Caitlin Ryan	New Zealand	1:38.198
6	Emma Jørgensen Amalie Thomsen Ida Villumsen Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	1:39.057
7	Jess Walker Rachel Cawthorn Rebii Simon Louisa Gurski	Great Britain	1:40.043
8	Andréanne Langlois Émilie Fournel Genevieve Orton Kathleen Fraser	Canada	1:40.733