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Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women

Date15 – 16 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationEstádio da Lagoa, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro
Participants30 from 15 countries

Germany’s Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze had pulled a surprising upset over Hungary in the Women’s K-2 500 at the 2012 Olympic Games and had continued their success by winning the 2013 World Championships. Since then, however, they had only managed bronze at the 2015 World Championships and silver at the 2013 European Championships (Germany had also won silver in 2016, but with a different crew). They were therefore prime targets for the new Hungarian duo of Gabriella Szabó and Danuta Kozák who, together, possessed 32 Olympic, World, and European Championship titles. Most recently, they had been the 2014 and 2015 World Champions and the 2014 and 2016 European Champions. While these two nations were the strong favorites for gold, Poland’s Karolina Naja and Beata Mikołajczyk were contenders for the final podium spot. In addition to being the bronze medallists from London, the duo had been bronze medallists at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships, the 2013 and 2015 European Champions, and the 2014 European runners-up. Finally, Serbia had posted good results over the last few years and sent two decorated and experienced athletes, Nikolina Moldovan and Milica Starović, to Rio.

As expected, Germany and Hungary qualified automatically for the final in the preliminaries and Poland was victorious in its semifinal heat. The other was won by Nadezhda Lepeshko and Marina Litvinchuk of Belarus, the 2016 European bronze medallists. The final delivered on its promise for excitement as Germany and Hungary battled for gold down to the line, with the latter coming out ahead by only 0.051 seconds. Poland, which had kept pace for much of the race, slowed near the end and settled for bronze.

PosNumberPairNOCR1SFFinal
1210/54Gabriella Szabó / Danuta KozákHUN1:41.092 (1 h1)1:43.687 (1 h2)Gold
292/209Franziska Weber / Tina DietzeGER1:42.184 (1 h2)1:43.738 (2 h2)Silver
3213/214Karolina Naja / Beata MikołajczykPOL1:41.766 (2 h1)1:41.684 (1 h2)1:45.207 (3 h2)Bronze
4218/219Anastasiya Todorova / Inna HryshchunUKR1:43.967 (3 h1)1:43.363 (2 h1)1:45.868 (4 h2)
5247/248Yelena Anyushina / Kira StepanovaRUS1:45.906 (5 h1)1:42.439 (2 h2)1:46.319 (5 h2)
6200/6Nadzeya Liapeshka / Maryna LitvinchukBLR1:44.835 (4 h1)1:42.285 (1 h1)1:46.967 (6 h2)
7211/212Nataliya Sergeyeva / Irina PodoynikovaKAZ1:45.369 (3 h2)1:43.577 (3 h2)1:48.361 (7 h2)
8198/199Alyssa Bull / Alyce BurnettAUS1:46.933 (7 h1)1:44.290 (3 h1)1:51.915 (8 h2)
976/217Karin Johansson / Sofia PaldaniusSWE1:46.456 (7 h2)1:44.090 (4 h2)1:47.207 (1 h1)
10215/216Nikolina Moldovan / Milica StarovićSRB1:46.410 (5 h2)1:46.008 (6 h1)1:48.146 (2 h1)
11245/244Yvonne Schuring / Ana Roxana LehaciAUT1:46.429 (6 h2)1:44.462 (4 h1)1:48.834 (3 h1)
12206/205Amalie Thomsen / Ida VillumsenDEN1:46.246 (4 h2)1:47.476 (6 h2)1:48.846 (4 h1)
13201/202Genevieve Orton / KC FraserCAN1:46.148 (6 h1)1:45.351 (5 h2)1:49.389 (5 h1)
14203/204Ren Wenjun / Ma QingCHN1:44.491 (2 h2)1:44.780 (5 h1)1:51.582 (6 h1)
15207/208Lani Belcher / Angela HannahGBR1:53.948 (8 h1)1:49.285 (7 h2)1:54.193 (7 h1)

Round One

Date15 August 2016 — 9:24
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to final, places 4-7 and fastest eighth in each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time9:24
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Gabriella Szabó / Danuta KozákHUN1:41.09249.32 (1)51.772 (1)Q
24Karolina Naja / Beata MikołajczykPOL1:41.76649.36 (2)52.406 (2)q
31Anastasiya Todorova / Inna HryshchunUKR1:43.96750.33 (3)53.637 (3)q
47Nadzeya Liapeshka / Maryna LitvinchukBLR1:44.83550.57 (5)54.265 (6)q
56Yelena Anyushina / Kira StepanovaRUS1:45.90651.68 (6)54.226 (5)q
68Genevieve Orton / KC FraserCAN1:46.14852.06 (7)54.088 (4)q
72Alyssa Bull / Alyce BurnettAUS1:46.93350.47 (4)56.463 (7)q
83Lani Belcher / Angela HannahGBR1:53.94854.15 (8)59.798 (8)q

Heat #2

Time9:30
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Franziska Weber / Tina DietzeGER1:42.18448.48 (1)53.704 (1)Q
26Ren Wenjun / Ma QingCHN1:44.49150.76 (2)53.731 (3)q
37Nataliya Sergeyeva / Irina PodoynikovaKAZ1:45.36951.64 (6)53.729 (2)q
43Amalie Thomsen / Ida VillumsenDEN1:46.24651.13 (4)55.116 (6)q
55Nikolina Moldovan / Milica StarovićSRB1:46.41051.39 (5)55.020 (5)q
62Yvonne Schuring / Ana Roxana LehaciAUT1:46.42951.91 (7)54.519 (4)q
78Karin Johansson / Sofia PaldaniusSWE1:46.45651.10 (3)55.356 (7)q

Semi-Finals

Date15 August 2016 — 10:45
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

Time10:45
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
13Nadzeya Liapeshka / Maryna LitvinchukBLR1:42.28549.75 (1)52.535 (1)Q
25Anastasiya Todorova / Inna HryshchunUKR1:43.36350.13 (2)53.233 (2)Q
37Alyssa Bull / Alyce BurnettAUS1:44.29050.63 (3)53.660 (4)Q
42Yvonne Schuring / Ana Roxana LehaciAUT1:44.46251.18 (6)53.282 (3)QB
54Ren Wenjun / Ma QingCHN1:44.78051.03 (4)53.750 (5)QB
66Nikolina Moldovan / Milica StarovićSRB1:46.00851.09 (5)54.918 (6)QB

Heat #2

Time10:52
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Karolina Naja / Beata MikołajczykPOL1:41.68451.87 (1)49.814 (2)Q
26Yelena Anyushina / Kira StepanovaRUS1:42.43952.90 (3)49.539 (1)Q
35Nataliya Sergeyeva / Irina PodoynikovaKAZ1:43.57751.93 (2)51.647 (5)Q
47Karin Johansson / Sofia PaldaniusSWE1:44.09052.92 (4)51.170 (4)QB
52Genevieve Orton / KC FraserCAN1:45.35154.55 (5)50.801 (3)QB
63Amalie Thomsen / Ida VillumsenDEN1:47.47655.81 (6)51.666 (6)QB
71Lani Belcher / Angela HannahGBR1:49.28557.18 (7)52.105 (7)QB

Final Round

Date16 August 2016 — 9:15

Final B

Time9:15
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
14Karin Johansson / Sofia PaldaniusSWE1:47.20751.99 (1)55.217 (1)
27Nikolina Moldovan / Milica StarovićSRB1:48.14652.07 (2)56.076 (3)
35Yvonne Schuring / Ana Roxana LehaciAUT1:48.83452.96 (4)55.874 (2)
42Amalie Thomsen / Ida VillumsenDEN1:48.84652.62 (3)56.226 (4)
56Genevieve Orton / KC FraserCAN1:49.38953.04 (5)56.349 (5)
63Ren Wenjun / Ma QingCHN1:51.58254.16 (6)57.422 (6)
71Lani Belcher / Angela HannahGBR1:54.19355.65 (7)58.543 (7)

Final A

Time9:23
PosLanePairNOCTime250 m250-500 m
15Gabriella Szabó / Danuta KozákHUN1:43.68750.25 (1)53.437 (2)
24Franziska Weber / Tina DietzeGER1:43.73850.53 (2)53.208 (1)
36Karolina Naja / Beata MikołajczykPOL1:45.20750.58 (3)54.627 (5)
47Anastasiya Todorova / Inna HryshchunUKR1:45.86852.14 (6)53.728 (3)
52Yelena Anyushina / Kira StepanovaRUS1:46.31952.07 (5)54.249 (4)
63Nadzeya Liapeshka / Maryna LitvinchukBLR1:46.96751.56 (4)55.407 (7)
78Nataliya Sergeyeva / Irina PodoynikovaKAZ1:48.36153.55 (7)54.811 (6)
81Alyssa Bull / Alyce BurnettAUS1:51.91554.02 (8)57.895 (8)