Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres
Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Slalom | ||
C-1 | men | |
C-2 | men | |
K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
C-1 500 m | men | |
C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-2 500 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | men | women |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-2 500 m | men | women |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
K-4 500 m | women | |
K-4 1000 m | men | |
The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Hungary (HUN) Rita Kőbán Éva Dónusz Erika Mészáros Kinga Czigány |
Anke von Seck
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Sweden (SWE) Anna Olsson Agneta Andersson Maria Haglund Susanne Rosenqvist |
Results
Heats
16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.
Semifinals
The top two finishers in each of the semifinals and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 | |||
1. | Katrin Borchert, Ramona Portwich, Birgit Schmidt, and Anke von Seck (GER) | 1:37.48 | QF |
2. | ) | 1:38.56 | QF |
3. | Denise Cooper, Lynda Lehmann, Gayle Mayes, and Anna Wood (AUS) | 1:39.81 | QF |
4. | Annacatia Casagrande, Amalia Calzavara, Chiara Dal Santo, and Lucia Micheli (ITA) | 1:41.08 | |
5. | Hilary Dresser, Andrea Dallaway, Alison Thorogood, and Sandra Troop (GBR) | 1:41.24 | |
6. | Bonka Pindzheva, Mariya Kichukova, Kinka Racheva, and Tanya Georgieva (BUL) | 1:45.90 | |
Semifinal 2 | |||
1. | Klari McAskill, and Kevyn Stafford (CAN ) |
1:37.86 | QF |
2. | Viorica Iordache, Claudia Nicula, Carmen Simion, and Sanda Toma (ROU) | 1:38.21 | QF |
3. | Pavlína Jobánková, Jitka Janáčková, Vladimíra Havelková, and Ivana Vokurková (TCH) | 1:40.12 | |
4. | Luisa Álvárez, and Ana María Penas (ESP ) |
1:40.17 | |
5. | Françoise Lasak, Bernadette Brégeon, Isabelle Boulogne, and Anne Michaut (FRA) | 1:41.83 | |
6. | Hege Brannsten, Nina Bergsvik, Tone Rasmussen, and Ingeborg Rasmussen (NOR) | 1:41.88 |
Final
The final was held on August 8.
Éva Dónusz, Kinga Czigány, Rita Kőbán, and Erika Mészáros (HUN) | 1:36.32 | |
Katrin Borchert, Ramona Portwich, Birgit Schmidt, and Anke von Seck (GER) | 1:38.47 | |
Agneta Andersson, Maria Haglund, Anna Olsson, and Susanne Rosenqvist (SWE) | 1:39.79 | |
4. | Viorica Iordache, Claudia Nicula, Carmen Simion, and Sanda Toma (ROU) | 1:41.02 |
5. | Ning Menghua, Wang Jing, Wen Yanfang, and Zhao Xiaoli (CHN) | 1:41.12 |
6. | Klari McAskill, and Kevyn Stafford (CAN ) |
1:42.28 |
7. | Cathy Marino-Geers, and Traci Phillips (USA ) |
1:43.00 |
8. | Denise Cooper, Lynda Lehmann, Gayle Mayes, and Anna Wood (AUS) | 1:43.88 |
9. | ) | 1:44.84 |
Hungary beat Germany (formerly East and West Germany) after finishing second to them in every major competition since 1988.
References
- 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine pp. 148–9. (in Catalan, English, French, and Spanish)
- Sports-reference.com women's 1992 K-4 500 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Fours 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 494–5.