The women's K-1

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took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the

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. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person

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course. The final was rescheduled to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park. There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Schedule

All times are

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Medalists

Results

Heats

: Qualified for semifinal

Semifinal

: Qualified for final

Final

References

ICF slalom canoeing schedule for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- accessed July 30, 2008.

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Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics