| | Event type
Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women
| Date | 2 – 3 August 2021 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sea Forest Waterway, 6-44, 3chome, Uminomori, Koto-ku, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo, Japan |
| Participants | 40 from 16 countries |
This was the 16th appearance of this event, having appeared at every Summer Games since 1960. The reigning world champions were Maryna Litvinchuk and Volha Khudzenka of Belarus. Other medal contenders were the 2017 world champions Lisa Carrington and Caitlin Regal of New Zealand, and reigning Olympic champion Danuta Kozák of Hungary, now paired with Dóra Bodonyi.
All the favourites easily qualified directly into the semi-finals. Carrington and Regal won the first semi while Kozák and Bodonyi won the second semi to set up an interesting battle for the gold medal. The final was the fourth race (and second final) of the day for Carrington.
Just 90 minutes after winning gold in the K-1 200, Carrington jumped back in the boat and won the K-2 500 race. Poland’s Karolina Naja and Anna Pulawska followed in the silver medal position, with Kozák and Bodonyi pipping compatriots Tamara Csipes and Erika Medveczky to the bronze medal. Naja had already won bronze with a different partner in this discipline in London and Rio. Winning two gold medals in one day took Carrington’s career total to four Olympic golds, just one behind her main rival, Kozák.
| Pos | Number | Pair | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177/180 | Lisa Carrington / Caitlin Regal |  NZL | 1:43.836 (1 h4) | – | 1:36.724 (1 h2) | 1:35.785 (1 h1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 187/188 | Karolina Naja / Anna Puławska |  POL | 1:44.606 (1 h2) | – | 1:37.219 (4 h2) | 1:36.753 (2 h1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 142/138 | Danuta Kozák / Dóra Bodonyi |  HUN | 1:45.735 (1 h1) | – | 1:37.912 (1 h1) | 1:36.867 (3 h1) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 139/144 | Tamara Csipes / Erika Medveczky | HUN | 1:42.776 (1 h3) | – | 1:38.446 (2 h1) | 1:37.114 (4 h1) | |||
| 5 | 12/#N/A | Alyssa Bull / Alyce Wood |  AUS | 1:45.499 (3 h4) | 1:47.057 (2 h2) | 1:37.109 (2 h2) | 1:37.412 (5 h1) | |||
| 6 | 30/31 | Volha Khudzenka / Maryna Litvinchuk |  BLR | 1:43.377 (2 h3) | – | 1:37.198 (3 h2) | 1:37.647 (6 h1) | |||
| 7 | 105/104 | Manon Hostens / Sarah Guyot |  FRA | 1:45.533 (2 h2) | – | 1:38.632 (3 h1) | 1:40.329 (7 h1) | |||
| 8 | 126/123 | Sabrina Hering-Pradler / Tina Dietze |  GER | 1:44.894 (2 h4) | – | 1:38.954 (4 h1) | 1:42.406 (8 h1) | |||
| 9 | 23/22 | Hermien Peters / Lize Broekx |  BEL | 1:48.137 (4 h4) | 1:47.649 (1 h1) | 1:39.046 (5 h2) | 1:38.475 (1 h2) | |||
| 10 | 64/71 | Li Dongyin / Zhou Yu |  CHN | 1:45.831 (3 h2) | 1:47.471 (3 h2) | 1:39.404 (5 h1) | 1:39.790 (2 h2) | |||
| 11 | 121/122 | Caroline Arft / Sarah Brüßler | GER | 1:48.058 (3 h3) | 1:48.450 (2 h1) | 1:39.421 (6 h1) | 1:39.953 (3 h2) | |||
| 12 | 19/20 | Ana Roxana Lehaci / Vicki Schwarz |  AUT | 1:48.220 (3 h1) | 1:49.777 (3 h1) | 1:39.497 (6 h2) | 1:40.007 (4 h2) | |||
| 13 | 16/11 | Jaime Roberts / Jo Brigden-Jones | AUS | 1:52.097 (5 h2) | 1:50.325 (4 h2) | 1:42.092 (8 h2) | 1:41.073 (5 h2) | |||
| 14 | 179/178 | Alicia Hoskin / Teneale Hatton | NZL | 1:49.832 (4 h2) | 1:50.507 (4 h1) | 1:44.119 (7 h1) | 1:41.121 (6 h2) | |||
| 15 | 214/209 | Kira Stepanova / Varvara Baranova |  ROC | 1:47.874 (2 h1) | – | 1:42.069 (7 h2) | 1:44.054 (7 h2) | |||
| 16 | 219/218 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić / Anja Osterman |  SLO | 1:48.509 (4 h3) | 1:46.929 (1 h2) | – (DNF h1) | – | |||
| 17 | 49/52 | Alanna Bray-Lougheed / Madeline Schmidt |  CAN | 1:49.776 (5 h4) | 1:51.862 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 18 | 83/84 | Julie Frølund Funch / Bolette Iversen |  DEN | 1:52.730 (5 h3) | 1:52.678 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 19 | 242/245 | Liudmyla Kuklinovska / Anastasiya Todorova |  UKR | 1:50.733 (4 h1) | 1:53.184 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 20 | 235/236 | Afef Ben Ismail / Khaoula Sassi |  TUN | 2:05.770 (5 h1) | 2:10.979 (6 h1) | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 2 August 2021 — 11:08 |
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| Format | First two in each heat to semi-finals, all others to quarter-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 11:08 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Danuta Kozák / Dóra Bodonyi | HUN | 1:45.735 | 51.30 (1) | 54.44 (1) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Kira Stepanova / Varvara Baranova | ROC | 1:47.874 | 52.50 (2) | 55.37 (2) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ana Roxana Lehaci / Vicki Schwarz | AUT | 1:48.220 | 52.61 (3) | 55.61 (3) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Liudmyla Kuklinovska / Anastasiya Todorova | UKR | 1:50.733 | 53.35 (4) | 57.38 (4) | ||
| 5 | 2 | Afef Ben Ismail / Khaoula Sassi | TUN | 2:05.770 | 58.67 (5) | 1:07.10 (5) |
Heat #2
| Time | 11:15 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Karolina Naja / Anna Puławska | POL | 1:44.606 | 51.34 (2) | 53.27 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Manon Hostens / Sarah Guyot | FRA | 1:45.533 | 51.23 (1) | 54.30 (3) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Li Dongyin / Zhou Yu | CHN | 1:45.831 | 51.65 (3) | 54.18 (2) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Alicia Hoskin / Teneale Hatton | NZL | 1:49.832 | 53.11 (5) | 56.72 (4) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Jaime Roberts / Jo Brigden-Jones | AUS | 1:52.097 | 51.78 (4) | 1:00.32 (5) |
Heat #3
| Time | 11:22 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Tamara Csipes / Erika Medveczky | HUN | 1:42.776 | 51.02 (2) | 51.76 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Volha Khudzenka / Maryna Litvinchuk | BLR | 1:43.377 | 50.59 (1) | 52.79 (2) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Caroline Arft / Sarah Brüßler | GER | 1:48.058 | 51.82 (3) | 56.24 (4) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić / Anja Osterman | SLO | 1:48.509 | 52.93 (4) | 55.58 (3) | ||
| 5 | 3 | Julie Frølund Funch / Bolette Iversen | DEN | 1:52.730 | 54.55 (5) | 58.18 (5) |
Heat #4
| Time | 11:29 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Lisa Carrington / Caitlin Regal | NZL | 1:43.836 | 49.34 (1) | 54.50 (3) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sabrina Hering-Pradler / Tina Dietze | GER | 1:44.894 | 50.41 (2) | 54.48 (2) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Alyssa Bull / Alyce Wood | AUS | 1:45.499 | 51.66 (4) | 53.84 (1) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Hermien Peters / Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:48.137 | 51.64 (3) | 56.50 (5) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Alanna Bray-Lougheed / Madeline Schmidt | CAN | 1:49.776 | 53.51 (5) | 56.27 (4) |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 2 August 2021 — 13:08 |
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| Format | First four in each heat to semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 13:08 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Hermien Peters / Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:47.649 | 52.12 (1) | 55.53 (1) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Caroline Arft / Sarah Brüßler | GER | 1:48.450 | 52.42 (2) | 56.03 (2) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ana Roxana Lehaci / Vicki Schwarz | AUT | 1:49.777 | 53.39 (3) | 56.39 (3) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Alicia Hoskin / Teneale Hatton | NZL | 1:50.507 | 53.71 (4) | 56.80 (4) | ||
| 5 | 7 | Julie Frølund Funch / Bolette Iversen | DEN | 1:52.678 | 53.75 (5) | 58.93 (5) | ||
| 6 | 2 | Afef Ben Ismail / Khaoula Sassi | TUN | 2:10.979 | 1:04.13 (6) | 1:06.85 (6) |
Heat #2
| Time | 13:15 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić / Anja Osterman | SLO | 1:46.929 | 51.78 (1) | 55.15 (3) | ||
| 2 | 4 | Alyssa Bull / Alyce Wood | AUS | 1:47.057 | 52.21 (2) | 54.85 (1) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Li Dongyin / Zhou Yu | CHN | 1:47.471 | 52.59 (3) | 54.88 (2) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Jaime Roberts / Jo Brigden-Jones | AUS | 1:50.325 | 53.04 (4) | 57.29 (4) | ||
| 5 | 7 | Alanna Bray-Lougheed / Madeline Schmidt | CAN | 1:51.862 | 53.93 (5) | 57.93 (5) | ||
| 6 | 3 | Liudmyla Kuklinovska / Anastasiya Todorova | UKR | 1:53.184 | 53.98 (6) | 59.20 (6) |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 3 August 2021 — 10:23 |
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| Format | First four in each heat to Final A, all others to Final B. |
Heat #1
| Time | 10:23 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Danuta Kozák / Dóra Bodonyi | HUN | 1:37.912 | 48.01 (2) | 49.90 (2) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Tamara Csipes / Erika Medveczky | HUN | 1:38.446 | 48.90 (7) | 49.55 (1) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Manon Hostens / Sarah Guyot | FRA | 1:38.632 | 48.15 (3) | 50.48 (3) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Sabrina Hering-Pradler / Tina Dietze | GER | 1:38.954 | 47.78 (1) | 51.17 (6) | ||
| 5 | 8 | Li Dongyin / Zhou Yu | CHN | 1:39.404 | 48.34 (5) | 51.06 (4) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Caroline Arft / Sarah Brüßler | GER | 1:39.421 | 48.28 (4) | 51.14 (5) | ||
| 7 | 1 | Alicia Hoskin / Teneale Hatton | NZL | 1:44.119 | 50.92 (8) | 53.20 (7) | ||
| 2 | Špela Ponomarenko Janić / Anja Osterman | SLO | – | 48.66 (6) | – (–) |
Heat #2
| Time | 10:30 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Lisa Carrington / Caitlin Regal | NZL | 1:36.724 | 47.03 (1) | 49.69 (4) | ||
| 2 | 7 | Alyssa Bull / Alyce Wood | AUS | 1:37.109 | 47.48 (2) | 49.63 (3) | ||
| 3 | 6 | Volha Khudzenka / Maryna Litvinchuk | BLR | 1:37.198 | 47.61 (3) | 49.59 (2) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Karolina Naja / Anna Puławska | POL | 1:37.219 | 47.81 (4) | 49.41 (1) | ||
| 5 | 2 | Hermien Peters / Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:39.046 | 48.35 (6) | 50.70 (5) | ||
| 6 | 8 | Ana Roxana Lehaci / Vicki Schwarz | AUT | 1:39.497 | 48.11 (5) | 51.39 (6) | ||
| 7 | 3 | Kira Stepanova / Varvara Baranova | ROC | 1:42.069 | 49.99 (8) | 52.08 (7) | ||
| 8 | 1 | Jaime Roberts / Jo Brigden-Jones | AUS | 1:42.092 | 48.91 (7) | 53.18 (8) |
Final Round
| Date | 3 August 2021 — 12:39 |
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Final A
| Time | 12:46 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lisa Carrington / Caitlin Regal | NZL | 1:35.785 | 46.27 (1) | 49.52 (3) | ||
| 2 | 8 | Karolina Naja / Anna Puławska | POL | 1:36.753 | 46.96 (2) | 49.79 (4) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Danuta Kozák / Dóra Bodonyi | HUN | 1:36.867 | 47.45 (3) | 49.42 (2) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Tamara Csipes / Erika Medveczky | HUN | 1:37.114 | 48.37 (7) | 48.74 (1) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Alyssa Bull / Alyce Wood | AUS | 1:37.412 | 47.46 (4) | 49.95 (5) | ||
| 6 | 2 | Volha Khudzenka / Maryna Litvinchuk | BLR | 1:37.647 | 47.69 (5) | 49.96 (6) | ||
| 7 | 7 | Manon Hostens / Sarah Guyot | FRA | 1:40.329 | 48.14 (6) | 52.19 (7) | ||
| 8 | 1 | Sabrina Hering-Pradler / Tina Dietze | GER | 1:42.406 | 48.83 (8) | 53.58 (8) |
Final B
| Time | 12:39 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Hermien Peters / Lize Broekx | BEL | 1:38.475 | 47.71 (1) | 50.77 (1) | ||
| 2 | 5 | Li Dongyin / Zhou Yu | CHN | 1:39.790 | 48.80 (3) | 50.99 (2) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Caroline Arft / Sarah Brüßler | GER | 1:39.953 | 48.51 (2) | 51.44 (4) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Ana Roxana Lehaci / Vicki Schwarz | AUT | 1:40.007 | 48.82 (4) | 51.19 (3) | ||
| 5 | 8 | Jaime Roberts / Jo Brigden-Jones | AUS | 1:41.073 | 48.90 (5) | 52.17 (6) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Alicia Hoskin / Teneale Hatton | NZL | 1:41.121 | 49.09 (6) | 52.03 (5) | ||
| 7 | 2 | Kira Stepanova / Varvara Baranova | ROC | 1:44.054 | 49.70 (7) | 54.35 (7) |