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

Women's K-1 200 metres at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Canoeing pictogram
Venue	Sea Forest Waterway
Dates	2 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal) 3 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors	34 from 24 nations
Winning time	38.120
Medalists
Lisa Carrington  New Zealand Teresa Portela  Spain Emma Jørgensen  Denmark

The women's K-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.^[1] At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.^[2]

Background

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's C-2 500 metres in 2012.

The seven-time reigning World Champion and two-time reigning Olympic champion is Lisa Carrington of New Zealand, who earned a place for her NOC and has been selected to compete.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other women's kayak events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

• 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 6 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent except 2 places for Europe
• 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]

An extensive reallocation process was used, resulting in one of the quota places being reallocated to a larger kayak class. Carrington and Jørgensen also qualified in the K-1 500 metres, resulting in their quota spots being reallocated within the 200 metres (Starović could not receive it, as she had also qualified in the 500 metres). Kichasova-Skoryk, however, had qualified in the K-4 but not the K-1 500 metres; her quota was reallocated to the larger boat classes. The 4 remaining World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:^[4]

Rank	Kayaker	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
1	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
2	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	Quota #1 in K-1 200 m
3	Emma Jørgensen	Denmark	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
	Teresa Portela	Spain	Quota #2 in K-1 200 m
5	Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk	Ukraine	Earned quota in K-4 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
6	Dóra Lucz	Hungary	Quota #4 in K-1 200 m
7	Milica Starović	Serbia	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
8	Teresa Portela	Portugal	Quota #5 in K-1 200 m

Continental and World Cup places:^[4]

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Algeria	Africa quota in K-1 200 m	Amira Kheris
Argentina	Americas quota in K-1 200 m	Brenda Rojas
Japan	Asia quota in K-1 200 m	Yuka Ono
Great Britain	Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m	Emily Lewis
Italy	Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m	Francesca Genzo
Cook Islands	Oceania quota in K-1 200 m	Jade Tierney
ROC	World Cup quota in K-1 200 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 500 metres, K-2 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Nation	Selected competitor 1	Selected competitor 2
New Zealand[3]	Lisa Carrington (K-4)

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.^[5]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.^[6]

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.^[7]

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 K-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 5 Emma Jørgensen  Denmark 41.572 SF 2 4 Francesca Genzo  Italy 42.198 SF 3 2 Anamaria Govorčinović  Croatia 42.901 QF 4 3 Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk  Ukraine 44.564 QF 5 1 Khaoula Sassi  Tunisia 45.101 QF 6 7 Jade Tierney  Cook Islands 48.271 QF 7 6 Amira Kheris  Algeria 48.306 QF

Heat 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Dóra Lucz  Hungary 41.098 SF 2 5 Marta Walczykiewicz  Poland 41.100 SF 3 4 Linnea Stensils  Sweden 41.109 QF 4 7 Ma Qing  China 42.706 QF 5 1 Joana Vasconcelos  Portugal 43.059 QF 6 6 Léa Jamelot  France 43.589 QF 7 2 Samaa Ahmed  Egypt 47.272 QF

Heat 3 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Teresa Portela  Spain 40.812 SF 2 3 Anna Kárász  Hungary 41.127 SF 3 4 Deborah Kerr  Great Britain 41.168 QF 4 7 Helena Wiśniewska  Poland 41.407 QF 5 1 Andréanne Langlois  Canada 41.525 QF 6 6 Brenda Rojas  Argentina 43.802 QF 7 2 Anne Cairns  Samoa 46.795 QF

Heat 4 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Yin Mengdie  China 41.688 SF 2 5 Teresa Portela  Portugal 42.050 SF 3 6 Vanina Paoletti  France 42.334 QF 4 4 Natalia Podolskaya  ROC 42.845 QF 5 7 Yuliia Yuriichuk  Ukraine 43.760 QF 6 1 Sara Milthers  Denmark 43.863 QF 7 2 Yuka Ono  Japan 45.251 QF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	40.715	SF
2	2	Svetlana Chernigovskaya	ROC	41.540	SF
3	4	Milica Novaković	Serbia	41.579	QF
4	3	Emily Lewis	Great Britain	42.038	QF
5	6	Michelle Russell	Canada	42.236	QF
6	1	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	46.657	QF

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 2 Andréanne Langlois  Canada 41.728 SF 2 4 Ma Qing  China 42.321 SF 3 5 Anamaria Govorčinović  Croatia 43.307 4 6 Joana Vasconcelos  Portugal 43.379 5 1 Sara Milthers  Denmark 43.675 6 3 Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk  Ukraine 44.247 7 8 Samaa Ahmed  Egypt 47.882 8 7 Jade Tierney  Cook Islands 49.290

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 5 Linnea Stensils  Sweden 41.313 SF 2 4 Milica Novaković  Serbia 41.340 SF 3 3 Helena Wiśniewska  Poland 41.559 4 7 Léa Jamelot  France 43.338 5 2 Yuliia Yuriichuk  Ukraine 43.871 6 6 Khaoula Sassi  Tunisia 45.809 7 1 Natalya Sergeyeva  Kazakhstan 46.736 8 8 Anne Cairns  Samoa 47.141

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Deborah Kerr	Great Britain	42.742	SF
2	2	Michelle Russell	Canada	42.940	SF
3	3	Emily Lewis	Great Britain	42.945
4	4	Vanina Paoletti	France	43.163
5	6	Natalia Podolskaya	ROC	43.212
6	7	Brenda Rojas	Argentina	44.876
7	8	Yuka Ono	Japan	45.610
8	1	Amira Kheris	Algeria	49.412

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 3 Lisa Carrington  New Zealand 38.127 OB, FA 2 5 Emma Jørgensen  Denmark 38.457 FA 3 6 Marta Walczykiewicz  Poland 38.563 FA 4 4 Teresa Portela  Spain 38.858 FA 4 8 Linnea Stensils  Sweden 38.858 FA 6 2 Teresa Portela  Portugal 39.301 FB 7 7 Michelle Russell  Canada 40.224 FB 8 1 Ma Qing  China 40.837 FB

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 1 4 Dóra Lucz  Hungary 39.713 FA 2 1 Deborah Kerr  Great Britain 39.751 FA 3 7 Andréanne Langlois  Canada 39.952 FA 4 3 Francesca Genzo  Italy 40.000 FA 5 5 Yin Mengdie  China 40.069 FB 6 8 Milica Novaković  Serbia 40.257 FB 7 2 Svetlana Chernigovskaya  ROC 40.433 FB 8 6 Anna Kárász  Hungary 40.724 FB

Finals

Final A Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 5 Lisa Carrington  New Zealand 38.120 OB 9 Teresa Portela  Spain 38.883 3 Emma Jørgensen  Denmark 38.901 4 7 Marta Walczykiewicz  Poland 39.170 5 1 Linnea Stensils  Sweden 39.287 6 4 Dóra Lucz  Hungary 39.442 7 8 Francesca Genzo  Italy 40.184 8 6 Deborah Kerr  Great Britain 40.409 9 2 Andréanne Langlois  Canada 40.473

Final B Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes 10 5 Teresa Portela  Portugal 39.562 11 2 Svetlana Chernigovskaya  ROC 39.977 12 4 Yin Mengdie  China 40.365 13 3 Michelle Russell  Canada 40.527 6 Milica Novaković  Serbia 40.527 15 7 Ma Qing  China 40.652 16 8 Anna Kárász  Hungary 41.242

References

1. "Canoe Sprint - Women's Kayak Single 200m Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. NZOC
4. Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
5. "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
6. "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
7. "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.