Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Germany (GER)
Birgit Fischer
Maike Nollen
Katrin Wagner
Carolin Leonhardt
 Hungary (HUN)
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Kinga Bóta
 Ukraine (UKR)
Inna Osypenko
Tetyana Semykina
Hanna Balabanova
Olena Cherevatova

Heats

The 10 teams first raced in two heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced directly to the final, and the remaining four teams advanced to the semifinal. No teams were eliminated in the heats. The heats were raced on August 23.

Heat 1
1. Germany (GER) Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner, Carolin Leonhardt1:31.606QF
2. Hungary (HUN) Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, Kinga Bóta1:32.298QF
3. China (CHN) Xu Linbei, Zhong Hongyan, He Jing, Gao Yi1:34.206QF
4. Australia (AUS) Chantal Meek, Amanda Rankin, Kate Barclay, Lisa Oldenhof1:35.078QS
5. United States (USA) Carrie Johnson, Kathryn Colin, Lauren Spalding, Marie Mijalis1:36.994QS
Heat 2
1. Poland (POL) Karolina Sadalska, Joanna Skowroń, Małgorzata Czajczyńska, Aneta Białkowska1:31.949QF
2. Ukraine (UKR) Inna Osypenko, Tetyana Semykina, Hanna Balabanova, Olena Cherevatova1:33.057QF
3. Spain (ESP) Isabel Garcia, Beatriz Manchon, Jana Smidakova, Maria Teresa Portela1:34.525QF
4. Japan (JPN) Shinobu Kitamoto, Yumiko Suzuki, Mikiko Takeya, Miho Adachi1:36.873QS
5. Canada (CAN) Karen Furneaux, Carrie Lightbound, Kamini Jain, Jillian D'Alessio1:36.877QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal race qualified for the final, joining the six teams that had advanced directly from the heats. The last place team was eliminated. The semifinal was raced on August 25.

1. Australia (AUS)1:33.977QF
2. Japan (JPN)1:35.493QF
3. Canada (CAN)1:35.645QF
4. United States (USA)1:35.869

Final

The final was raced on August 27.

 Germany (GER)1:34.340
 Hungary (HUN)1:34.536
 Ukraine (UKR)1:36.192
4. Poland (POL)1:36.376
5. Spain (ESP)1:37.908
6. Australia (AUS)1:38.116
7. China (CHN)1:38.144
8. Canada (CAN)1:39.952
9. Japan (JPN)1:40.188

References

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