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

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Women's slalom K-1
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue
Kasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates25 July 2021 (heats)
27 July 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ricarda Funk  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maialen Chourraut  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Fox  
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The women's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the

Kasai Canoe Slalom Course.[1] 27 canoeists from 27 nations competed.[2][3]

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, having previously appeared in every Summer Olympics with slalom canoeing: 1972 and 1992 to 2016.

Reigning Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut of Spain made her fourth Olympic appearance (she also took bronze in 2012), attempting to defend her title.[4] Reigning World Champion Eva Terčelj of Slovenia also competed as a medal hopeful.[5] She placed 13th in 2012.

Slalom gate positions for Heats, Tokyo Olympics, 25 July 2021
Slalom gate positions for Semifinals and Finals, Tokyo Olympics, 27 July 2021

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the women's slalom K-1 event. A total of 24 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

Three additional athletes competed, having already earned a quota in the Women's C1 event.

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

The World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:[6][7]

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor
1 Eva Terčelj  Slovenia 1st placed NOC Eva Terčelj
2 Jessica Fox  Australia Earned quota in C1 Jessica Fox
3 Luuka Jones  New Zealand 2nd placed NOC Luuka Jones
4 Kateřina Minařík Kudějová  Czech Republic 3rd placed NOC Kateřina Minařík Kudějová
5 Ricarda Funk  Germany 4th placed NOC Ricarda Funk
6 Kimberley Woods  Great Britain 5th placed NOC Kimberley Woods
7 Stefanie Horn  Italy 6th placed NOC Stefanie Horn
9 Ana Sátila  Brazil Earned quota in C1 Ana Sátila
10 Maialen Chourraut  Spain 7th placed NOC Maialen Chourraut
12 Camille Prigent  France 8th placed NOC Marie-Zélia Lafont
14 Viktoriia Us  Ukraine 9th placed NOC Viktoriia Us
16 Corinna Kuhnle  Austria 10th placed NOC Viktoria Wolffhardt
18 Aki Yazawa  Japan 11th placed NOC Aki Yazawa
21 Evy Leibfarth  United States Earned quota in C1 Evy Leibfarth
22 Eliška Mintálová  Slovakia 12th placed NOC Eliška Mintálová
23 Natalia Pacierpnik  Poland 13th placed NOC Klaudia Zwolińska
27 Lena Teunissen  Netherlands 14th placed NOC Martina Wegman
30 Mònica Dòria  Andorra 15th placed NOC Mònica Dòria
39 Jane Nicholas  Cook Islands 16th placed NOC Jane Nicholas
40 Florence Maheu  Canada 17th placed NOC Florence Maheu
41 Xu Yanru  China 18th placed NOC Li Tong

Continental and other places:[6]

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitor
 Kazakhstan Yekaterina Smirnova Asia quota Yekaterina Smirnova
 Morocco Célia Jodar Africa quota Célia Jodar
 Mexico Sofía Reinoso Americas quota[a] Sofía Reinoso
 Switzerland Naemi Brändle Europe quota Naemi Brändle
 ROC - Reallocation of Host quota Alsu Minazova
 Chinese Taipei - Reallocation of Oceania quota Chang Chu-han

Notes
a The quota for the Americas was allocated to the NOC with the highest-ranked eligible athlete, due to the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships.

Competition format

Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist had two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 24 advanced to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advanced to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.[8]

The canoe course was approximately 250 metres (820 ft) long, with up to 25 gates that the canoeist had to pass in the correct direction. Penalty time was added for infractions such as passing on the wrong side or touching a gate. Runs typically lasted approximately 95 seconds.[8]

Schedule

All times were

UTC+9
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The women's slalom K-1 took place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 July 2021 13:00 Heats
Tuesday, 27 July 2021 14:00
 
Semifinal
Final

Results

Rank Bib Canoeist Nation Preliminary heats[9] Semifinal[10] Final[11]
1st Ride Pen. 2nd Ride Pen. Best Order Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Ricarda Funk  Germany 101.90 2 101.56 0 101.56 2 107.96 4 3 105.50 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Maialen Chourraut  Spain 108.25 2 105.13 0 105.13 5 109.92 2 7 106.63 0 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Jessica Fox  Australia 104.05 0 98.46 0 98.46 1 105.85 2 1 106.73 4 3
4 4 Stefanie Horn  Italy 109.82 2 104.79 0 104.79 4 108.52 0 4 106.93 2 4
5 13 Klaudia Zwolińska  Poland 108.97 2 110.46 0 108.97 10 111.76 0 10 108.98 4 5
6 6 Luuka Jones  New Zealand 110.22 4 101.72 0 101.72 3 108.97 2 5 110.67 0 6
7 15 Martina Wegman  Netherlands 113.29 2 109.84 0 109.84 12 110.74 2 8 111.33 0 7
8 12 Viktoriia Us  Ukraine 120.09 2 113.99 4 113.99 17 111.53 2 9 111.85 0 8
9 14 Eliška Mintálová  Slovakia 107.67 2 117.55 10 107.67 8 107.18 0 2 158.36 50 9
10 10 Kimberley Woods  Great Britain 109.63 2 107.82 4 107.82 9 109.00 0 6 177.09 56 10
11 9 Viktoria Wolffhardt  Austria 114.63 0 112.28 0 112.28 16 112.11 0 11 did not advance
12 16 Evy Leibfarth  United States 125.85 2 111.70 2 111.70 15 112.73 0 12 did not advance
13 8 Ana Sátila  Brazil 108.22 2 106.82 0 106.82 7 114.62 0 13 did not advance
14 11 Marie-Zélia Lafont  France 121.48 6 110.25 2 110.25 13 115.81 2 14 did not advance
15 7 Kateřina Minařík Kudějová  Czech Republic 107.87 0 106.41 0 106.41 6 116.15 2 15 did not advance
16 18 Mònica Dòria  Andorra 110.57 2 110.54 4 110.54 14 118.15 0 16 did not advance
17 21 Alsu Minazova  ROC 120.60 2 115.39 4 115.39 20 120.66 4 17 did not advance
18 23 Naemi Brändle  Switzerland 230.37 100 135.00 8 135.00 24 121.91 4 18 did not advance
19 17 Aki Yazawa  Japan 129.87 8 127.91 6 127.91 22 124.73 0 19 did not advance
20 19 Li Tong  China 117.27 2 114.36 2 114.36 19 130.86 4 20 did not advance
21 24 Sofía Reinoso  Mexico 132.89 4 143.19 8 132.89 23 136.34 4 21 did not advance
22 22 Jane Nicholas  Cook Islands 150.17 2 120.10 4 120.10 21 144.84 6 22 did not advance
23 20 Florence Maheu  Canada 114.29 0 135.35 2 114.29 18 152.37 4 23 did not advance
24 3 Eva Terčelj  Slovenia 115.93 8 109.11 2 109.11 11 162.48 50 24 did not advance
25 27 Yekaterina Smirnova  Kazakhstan 180.46 52 135.25 6 135.25 25 did not advance
26 25 Chang Chu-han  Chinese Taipei 182.95 56 136.66 8 136.66 26 did not advance
27 26 Célia Jodar  Morocco 171.38 14 258.46 108 171.38 27 did not advance

References

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  6. ^ a b Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
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  10. ^ "Results (Semi-final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Results (Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2020.