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The women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-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 advances directly to the final, while the remaining top nine finishers in both heats move on to the semifinal. The top three finishers in the semifinals join the heats winners in the final.

Heats took place on August 19, the semifinal took place on August 21, and the final was on August 23.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 17:50-18:10 Heats
Thursday, August 21, 2008 17:00-17:10 Semifinal
Saturday, August 23, 2008 17:20-17:35 Final

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Katalin Kovács
and Natasa Janics (HUN) 		 Beata Mikołajczyk
and Aneta Konieczna (POL) 		 Marie Delattre
and Anne-Laure Viard (FRA)

Results

Heats

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, 4..7->Semifinal + 8th best time, Rest Out

Heat 1

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt  Germany 1:43.412 QF
2 Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna  Poland 1:44.631 QF
3 Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová  Czech Republic 1:45.104 QF
4 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen  Finland 1:45.735 QS
5 Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes  Spain 1:46.646 QS
6 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya  Japan 1:46.980 QS
7 Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova  Slovakia 1:47.284 QS
8 Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley  South Africa 1:47.341 QS
9 Jessica Walker, Anna Hemmings  Great Britain 1:47.435

Heat 2

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić  Hungary 1:42.162 QF
2 Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard  France 1:43.832 QF
3 Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty  Australia 1:45.124 QF
4 Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre  Canada 1:46.129 QS
5 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz  Austria 1:46.980 QS
6 Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi  Italy 1:47.018 QS
7 Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues  Portugal 1:47.588 QS
8 Xu Linbei, Wang Feng  China 1:47.645

Semifinal

Qualification Rules: 1..3->Final, Rest Out

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
1 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya  Japan 1:43.541 QF
2 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen  Finland 1:44.624 QF
3 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz  Austria 1:44.834 QF
4 Beatriz Manchon, Sonia Molanes  Spain 1:45.313
5 Beatriz Gomes, Helena Rodrigues  Portugal 1:46.021
6 Stefania Cicali, Fabiana Sgroi  Italy 1:46.163
7 Ivana Kmetová, Martina Koholova  Slovakia 1:46.380
8 Michele Eray, Bridgette Hartley  South Africa 1:47.018
9 Kristin Ann Gauthier, Mylanie Barre  Canada 1:47.510

Final

Rank Athletes Country Time Notes
Katalin Kovács, Nataša Janić  Hungary 1:41.308
Beata Mikołajczyk, Aneta Konieczna  Poland 1:42.092
Marie Delattre, Anne-Laure Viard  France 1:42.128
4 Fanny Fischer, Nicole Reinhardt  Germany 1:42.899
5 Shinobu Kitamoto, Mikiko Takeya  Japan 1:43.291
6 Hannah Davis, Lyndsie Fogarty  Australia 1:43.969
7 Anne Rikala, Jenni Mikkonen  Finland 1:44.176
8 Michaela Mrůzková, Jana Blahová  Czech Republic 1:44.870
9 Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz  Austria 1:44.965

References

Olympic kayaking champions in women's K-2 500 m
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