Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1

Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 (kayak single) event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course. The final was rescheduled to the 15th due to persistent lightning at the Park.

There were three rounds of competitions: the heats, the semifinal, and the final. In the heats, each canoeist completed two runs of the course. The time, in seconds, of each run was added to the number of penalty points assessed. Touching any of the 21 slalom gates resulted in a 2-second penalty for each gate touched, while skipping any of the gates resulted in a 50-second penalty. The total times for the two preliminary runs were summed to give a score for the heats. The top 15 boats advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals consisted of a single run. The field was narrowed to the top 10 scores from that run; those 10 boats advanced to the final. The times from the final were added to the semifinal score to give an overall total.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Elena Kaliská (SVK)	Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS)	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)

Results

Heats

Rank	Name	Preliminary runs
		Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	94.34	91.85	186.19
2	Li Jingjing (CHN)	94.30	93.26	187.56
3	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	97.14	91.99	189.13
4	Jennifer Bongardt (GER)	92.79	94.58	189.37
5	Émilie Fer (FRA)	96.90	92.78	189.68
6	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)	97.27	99.44	196.71
7	Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS)	103.18	96.95	200.13
8	Agnieszka Stanuch (POL)	101.16	101.76	202.92
9	Cristina Giai Pron (ITA)	102.75	100.95	203.70
10	Heather Corrie (USA)	105.78	105.53	211.31
11	Yekaterina Lukicheva (KAZ)	113.26	108.03	221.29
12	Maria Ferekidi (GRE)	108.37	113.60	221.97
13	Ariane Herde (NED)	104.30	117.98	222.28
14	Poliana de Paula (BRA)	113.47	110.72	224.19
15	Yuriko Takeshita (JPN)	111.63	113.08	224.71
16	Maialen Chourraut (ESP)	147.95	105.44	253.39
17	Fiona Pennie (GBR)	160.06	99.00	259.06
18	Aleksandra Perova (RUS)	93.41	166.04	259.45
19	Sarah Boudens (CAN)	158.99	109.68	268.67
20	Montserrat García Riberaygua (AND)	166.67	102.26	268.93
21	Luuka Jones (NZL)	162.35	110.01	272.36

     Qualified for semifinal

Semifinal

Rank	Name	Semifinal run
		Penalty seconds	Time
1	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	0	97.13
2	Émilie Fer (FRA)	2	98.50
3	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	4	101.78
4	Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS)	4	103.40
5	Cristina Giai Pron (ITA)	2	104.52
6	Yuriko Takeshita (JPN)	0	107.86
7	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)	2	110.65
8	Heather Corrie (USA)	2	114.51
9	Agnieszka Stanuch (POL)	2	116.46
10	Ariane Herde (NED)	4	117.60
11	Maria Ferekidi (GRE)	2	118.99
12	Yekaterina Lukicheva (KAZ)	2	128.08
13	Li Jingjing (CHN)	54	161.79
14	Poliana de Paula (BRA)	52	168.29
15	Jennifer Bongardt (GER)	102	203.29

     Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Name	Semifinal run		Final run		Total
		Penalty seconds	Time	Penalty seconds	Time
01 !	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	0	97.13	0	95.51	192.64
02 !	Jacqueline Lawrence (AUS)	4	103.40	0	103.54	206.94
03 !	Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT)	2	110.65	4	104.12	214.77
4	Yuriko Takeshita (JPN)	0	107.86	4	111.44	219.30
5	Agnieszka Stanuch (POL)	2	116.46	2	104.62	221.08
6	Ariane Herde (NED)	4	117.60	6	114.39	231.99
7	Émilie Fer (FRA)	2	98.50	54	153.46	251.96
8	Heather Corrie (USA)	2	114.51	52	156.37	270.88
9	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	4	101.78	150	242.63	344.41
10	Cristina Giai Pron (ITA)	2	104.52	154	251.26	355.78

References

• ICF slalom canoeing schedule for the 2008 Summer Olympics. - accessed July 30, 2008.
• Sports-reference.com 2008 women's slalom K-1 results