Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres

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Canoeing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 500 mmen
C-1 1000 mmen
C-2 500 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
K-1 500 mmenwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-2 500 mmenwomen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-4 500 mwomen
K-4 1000 mmen

The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 
Anke Nothnagel
Ramona Portwich
Heike Singer
  Hungary (HUN)
Erika Géczi
Erika Mészáros
Éva Rakusz
Rita Kőbán 		 
Ogniana Petkova
Borislava Ivanova

Results

Heats

13 crews entered in two heats on September 27. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining seven teams were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.  
Anke Nothnagel, Ramona Portwich, and Heike Singer (GDR
)		 1:36.84 QF
2.  Irina Salomykova, Irina Khmelevskaya, Aleksandra Apanovich, and Nadezhda Kovalevich (URS) 1:37.78 QF
3.  
Susanne Wiberg, and Liselotte Olsson (SWE
)		 1:41.40 QF
4.  
Shirley Dery-Batlik (USA
)		 1:41.77 QS
5.  Nancy Olmsted, Barbara Olmsted, Caroline Brunet, and Sheila Taylor (CAN) 1:43.52 QS
6.  
Claudine LeRoux, Virginie Vandamme, and Béatrice Basson (FRA
)		 1:45.41 QS
7.  
Choi Seon-Hyeong (KOR
)		 1:49.97 QS
Heat 2
1.  Erika Géczi, Erika Mészáros, Éva Rakusz, and Rita Kőbán (HUN) 1:36.48 QF
2.  
Ogniana Petkova, and Borislava Ivanova (BUL
)		 1:39.40 QF
3.  Yvonne Knudsen, Susanne Sangaard Petersen, Jeanette Knudsen, and Birgitte Froberg (DEN) 1:40.87 QF
4.  Bożena Ksiąźek, Elżbieta Urbańczyk, Jolanta Łukaszewicz, and Katarzyna Weiss (POL) 1:41.07 QS
5.  Josefa Idem, Claudia Österheld, Andrea Martin, and Ruth Domgörgen (FRG) 1:43.43 QS
6.  
Susie Perret, and Andrea Dallaway (GBR
)		 1:46.68 QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on September 29) advanced to the final.

Semifinal
1.  Josefa Idem, Claudia Österheld, Andrea Martin, and Ruth Domgörgen (FRG) 1:42.09 QF
2.  Bożena Ksiąźek, Elżbieta Urbańczyk, Jolanta Łukaszewicz, and Katarzyna Weiss (POL) 1:42.55 QF
3.  
Shirley Dery-Batlik (USA
)		 1:43.17 QF
4.  Nancy Olmsted, Barbara Olmsted, Caroline Brunet, and Sheila Taylor (CAN) 1:43.63
5.  
Susie Perret, and Andrea Dallaway (GBR
)		 1:46.18
6.  
Claudine LeRoux, Virginie Vandamme, and Béatrice Basson (FRA
)		 1:47.71
7.  
Choi Seon-Hyeong (KOR
)		 1:51.16

South Korea's intermediate time was not listed in the official report.

Final

A final was held on October 1.

Gold  
Anke Nothnagel, Ramona Portwich, and Heike Singer (GDR
)		 1:40.78
Silver  Erika Géczi, Erika Mészáros, Éva Rakusz, and Rita Kőbán (HUN) 1:41.88
Bronze  
Ogniana Petkova, and Borislava Ivanova (BUL
)		 1:42.63
4.  Irina Salomykova, Irina Khmelevskaya, Aleksandra Apanovich, and Nadezhda Kovalevich (URS) 1:44.26
5.  Josefa Idem, Claudia Österheld, Andrea Martin, and Ruth Domgörgen (FRG) 1:45.62
6.  
Susanne Wiberg, and Liselotte Olsson (SWE
)		 1:45.67
7.  Yvonne Knudsen, Susanne Sangaard Petersen, Jeanette Knudsen, and Birgitte Froberg (DEN) 1:47.10
8.  Bożena Ksiąźek, Elżbieta Urbańczyk, Jolanta Łukaszewicz, and Katarzyna Weiss (POL) 1:47.40
9.  
Shirley Dery-Batlik (USA
)		 1:47.94

References

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