Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's C-1 200 metres

Women's C-1 200 metres at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal) 5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors	32 from 22 nations
Winning time	45.932
Medalists
Nevin Harrison  United States Laurence Vincent Lapointe  Canada Liudmyla Luzan  Ukraine

The women's C-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.^[2]

Background

This was the debut appearance of the event, replacing the men's C-1 200 metres as the Olympics moved towards gender equality.^[3] The women's C-1 200 metres has been an event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2010.^[4]

2019 World Champion teenager Nevin Harrison of the United States qualified for the event.^[4]

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

• 1 place for the host nation, Japan, if it did not qualify any women's canoe quota places
• 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 5 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent
• 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.^[2]

The Oceania spot was re-allocated to the World Championships, going to China. As the Americas continental tournament was cancelled, that place was also allocated through the World Championships, but the place ultimately went to Bulgaria because insufficient athletes had entered from the Americas.^[5]

As Japan qualified a boat in the women's C-2 event, its host nation place was also reallocated through the World Championships. This made a total of eight World Championship places that were awarded as follows:^[6]

Rank	Canoeist	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
1	Nevin Harrison	United States	Quota #1 in C-1 200 m	Nevin Harrison[4]
2	Olesia Romasenko	ROC	Quota #2 in C-1 200 m
3	Alena Nazdrova	Belarus	Quota #3 in C-1 200 m
4	María Mailliard	Chile	Earned quota in C-2 500 m	Could enter via C-2
5	Katie Vincent	Canada	Quota #4 in C-1 200 m	Katie Vincent[7]
6	Dorota Borowska	Poland	Quota #5 in C-1 200 m
7	Anastasiia Chetverikova	Ukraine	Earned quota in C-2 500 m	Could enter via C-2
8	Zhang Luqi	China	Reallocated Oceania quota in C-1 200 m
9	Staniliya Stamenova	Bulgaria	Reallocated Americas quota in C-1 200 m
10	Bianka Nagy	Hungary	Reallocated host quota in C-1 200 m

Asia's continental place was earned by Thailand, Europe's by Spain, and Africa's by Nigeria. Croatia earned the final spot at the World Cup.:^[6]

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Nigeria	Africa quota in C-1 200 m
Thailand	Asia quota in C-1 200 m	Orasa Thiangkathok[8]
Spain	Europe quota in C-1 200 m
Croatia	World Cup quota in C-1 200 m

Nations that could enter (additional) boats due to qualifying in the C-2:

Nation	Selected competitor 1	Selected competitor 2
Australia
Belarus		2 boat limit
Chile
China		2 boat limit
Cuba
Germany
Hungary		2 boat limit
Japan
Kazakhstan
Moldova
ROC		2 boat limit
Ukraine
Uzbekistan

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter.^[9]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.^[10]

Schedule

The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.^[11]

Legend

H

Heats

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Sprint

Event↓/Date →	Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Women's C-1 200 m					H	¼	½	F

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF

Heat 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Liudmyla Luzan  Ukraine 45.571 OB, SF 2 6 Lin Wenjun  China 46.449 SF 3 2 Antía Jácome  Spain 46.691 QF 4 5 María Mailliard  Chile 47.557 QF 5 4 Irina Andreeva  ROC 48.192 QF 6 1 Nilufar Zokirova  Uzbekistan 49.686 QF 7 7 Manaka Kubota  Japan 50.608 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Nevin Harrison  United States 44.938 OB, SF 2 3 Katherin Nuevo Segura  Cuba 46.533 SF 3 1 Virág Balla  Hungary 46.852 QF 4 4 Anastasiia Chetverikova  Ukraine 47.472 QF 5 7 Bernadette Wallace  Australia 48.209 QF 6 2 Margarita Torlopova  Kazakhstan 49.721 QF 7 6 Maria Olărașu  Moldova 50.607 QF

Heat 3 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Katie Vincent  Canada 46.391 SF 2 5 Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys  Cuba 47.267 SF 3 1 Ayomide Emmanuel Bello  Nigeria 47.539 QF 4 4 Katie Reid  Great Britain 47.876 QF 5 6 Orasa Thiangkathok  Thailand 48.262 QF 6 2 Josephine Bulmer  Australia 53.354 QF

Heat 4 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 2 Laurence Vincent Lapointe  Canada 45.408 SF 2 5 Olesia Romasenko  ROC 46.126 SF 3 4 Alena Nazdrova  Belarus 46.731 QF 4 3 Lisa Jahn  Germany 47.439 QF 5 1 Dilnoza Rakhmatova  Uzbekistan 47.716 QF 6 6 Teruko Kiriake  Japan 50.326 QF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Dorota Borowska	Poland	47.655	SF
2	6	Kincső Takács	Hungary	47.977	SF
3	1	Daniela Cociu	Moldova	48.338	QF
4	3	Staniliya Stamenova	Bulgaria	48.477	QF
5	2	Sophie Koch	Germany	48.601	QF
6	4	Vanesa Tot	Croatia	49.280	QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 6 Antía Jácome  Spain 45.668 SF 2 3 María Mailliard  Chile 46.122 SF 3 4 Anastasiia Chetverikova  Ukraine 46.509 4 7 Bernadette Wallace  Australia 48.330 5 2 Orasa Thiangkathok  Thailand 48.559 6 8 Nilufar Zokirova  Uzbekistan 48.995 7 9 Maria Olărașu  Moldova 49.002 8 1 Teruko Kiriake  Japan 49.413

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Virág Balla  Hungary 46.218 SF 2 6 Irina Andreeva  ROC 46.637 SF 3 2 Dilnoza Rakhmatova  Uzbekistan 46.645 4 3 Katie Reid  Great Britain 47.821 5 1 Vanesa Tot  Croatia 48.375 6 4 Daniela Cociu  Moldova 48.594 7 6 Margarita Torlopova  Kazakhstan 49.051

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Alena Nazdrova	Belarus	46.950	SF
2	6	Lisa Jahn	Germany	47.049	SF
3	5	Ayomide Emmanuel Bello	Nigeria	47.326
4	2	Sophie Koch	Germany	48.891
5	3	Staniliya Stamenova	Bulgaria	48.939
6	1	Manaka Kubota	Japan	49.769
7	7	Josephine Bulmer	Australia	51.474

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Liudmyla Luzan  Ukraine 47.339 FA 2 2 Olesia Romasenko  ROC 47.368 FA 3 4 Katie Vincent  Canada 47.604 FA 4 3 Dorota Borowska  Poland 47.703 FA 5 1 María Mailliard  Chile 48.198 FB 6 7 Virág Balla  Hungary 48.257 FB 7 8 Lisa Jahn  Germany 49.136 FB 8 6 Katherin Nuevo Segura  Cuba 49.242 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Nevin Harrison  United States 46.697 FA 2 3 Lin Wenjun  China 47.161 FA 3 5 Laurence Vincent Lapointe  Canada 47.294 FA 4 7 Antía Jácome  Spain 47.414 FA 5 1 Alena Nazdrova  Belarus 48.120 FB 6 6 Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys  Cuba 48.375 FB 7 8 Irina Andreeva  ROC 49.147 FB 8 2 Kincső Takács  Hungary 49.178 FB

Finals

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 4 Nevin Harrison  United States 45.932 2 Laurence Vincent Lapointe  Canada 46.786 5 Liudmyla Luzan  Ukraine 47.034 4 1 Dorota Borowska  Poland 47.116 5 8 Antía Jácome  Spain 47.226 6 6 Lin Wenjun  China 47.608 7 3 Olesia Romasenko  ROC 47.777 8 7 Katie Vincent  Canada 47.834

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 9 3 Virág Balla  Hungary 47.560 10 5 María Mailliard  Chile 47.610 11 4 Alena Nazdrova  Belarus 48.085 12 6 Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys  Cuba 48.582 13 7 Lisa Jahn  Germany 48.798 14 8 Kincső Takács  Hungary 48.921 15 2 Irina Andreeva  ROC 48.930 16 1 Katherin Nuevo Segura  Cuba 49.024

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