The women's K-4 500 metres competition in
canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
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between August 18 and 22. The K-4 event is raced in four-person
kayaks.
Competition consists of three rounds: the heats, the semifinals, and the final. All boats compete in the heats. The top three finishers in each of the two heats advance directly to the final, while the remaining four finishers from both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinal join the heats winners in the final.
Heats took place on August 18, semifinals on August 20, and the final on August 22.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time
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Medalists
Results
Heats
Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final
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, 4..7->Semifinal
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+ 8th best time, Rest Out
Heat 1
Heat 2
Semifinal
Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final
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, Rest Out
Final
For the fourth straight
Summer Olympics, a Fischer won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m only this time it was not
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, but her niece Fanny. Wagner-Augustin won her third straight Olympic gold medal in the K-4 500 m event while Kovács of Hungary won her third straight Olympic silver medal in this event.
References
Sports-reference.com women's 2008 K-4 500 m results.Yahoo! August 18, 2008 sprint heats results.
– accessed August 19, 2008.
Yahoo! August 20, 2008 sprint semifinal results.
– accessed August 20, 2008.
Yahoo! August 22, 2008 sprint final results.
– accessed August 22, 2008.
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Women's K-4 500
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Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics