Beijing Olympics 2008 Canoeing Women k-1 500 m Scoreboard
Medalists
| Gold |
 Inna Osypenko-Radomska
Ukraine (UKR) |
| Silver |
 Josefa Idem
Italy (ITA) |
| Bronze |
 Katrin Wagner-Augustin
Germany (GER) |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Katalin Kovacs |
Hungary |
1:49.424 |
QF |
| 2 |
Maria Teresa Portela |
Spain |
1:51.664 |
QS |
| 3 |
Jennifer Hodson |
South Africa |
1:51.655 |
QS |
| 4 |
Shinobu Kitamoto |
Japan |
1:52.148 |
QS |
| 5 |
Chantal Meek |
Australia |
1:53.374 |
QS |
| 6 |
Malgorzata Chojnacka |
Poland |
1:53.635 |
QS |
| 7 |
Karen Furneaux |
Canada |
1:54.065 |
QS |
| 8 |
Estefania Fontanini |
Argentina |
2:00.291 |
|
| 9 |
Kathia Ba |
Senegal |
2:17.740 |
|
Heat 2
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Josefa Idem |
Italy |
1:48.864 |
QF |
| 2 |
Zhong Hongyan |
China |
1:49.440 |
QS |
| 3 |
Lucy Wainwright |
Great Britain |
1:50.103 |
QS |
| 4 |
Carrie Johnson |
United States |
1:50.221 |
QS |
| 5 |
Henriette Engel Hansen |
Denmark |
1:52.773 |
QS |
| 6 |
Teresa Portela |
Portugal |
1:53.761 |
QS |
| 7 |
Anne Rikala |
Finland |
1:54.294 |
QS |
| 8 |
Tatsiana Fedarovich |
Belarus |
1:57.881 |
|
Heat 3
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Katrin Wagner-Augustin |
Germany |
1:48.875 |
QF |
| 2 |
Inna Osypenko-Radomska |
Ukraine |
1:49.776 |
QS |
| 3 |
Spela Ponomarenko |
Slovenia |
1:49.973 |
QS |
| 4 |
Sofia Paladanius |
Sweden |
1:51.110 |
QS |
| 5 |
Yuliana Salkhova |
Russia |
1:51.628 |
QS |
| 6 |
Erin Taylor |
New Zealand |
1:52.517 |
QS |
| 7 |
Zulmarys Sanchez |
Venezuela |
1:57.728 |
QS |
| 8 |
Lee Soonja |
South Korea |
1:58.140 |
|
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Inna Osypenko-Radomska |
Ukraine |
1:51.558 |
QF |
| 2 |
Lucy Wainwright |
Great Britain |
1:52.580 |
QF |
| 3 |
Jennifer Hodson |
South Africa |
1:53.209 |
QF |
| 4 |
Carrie Johnson |
United States |
1:53.721 |
|
| 5 |
Sofia Paladanius |
Sweden |
1:53.797 |
|
| 6 |
Teresa Portela |
Portugal |
1:54.831 |
|
| 7 |
Chantal Meek |
Australia |
1:54.876 |
|
| 8 |
Malgorzata Chojnacka |
Poland |
1:55.619 |
|
| 9 |
Zulmarys Sanchez |
Venezuela |
2:02.764 |
|
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Zhong Hongyan |
China |
1:53.163 |
QF |
| 2 |
Yuliana Salkhova |
Russia |
1:53.603 |
QF |
| 3 |
Spela Ponomarenko |
Slovenia |
1:53.812 |
QF |
| 4 |
Anne Rikala |
Finland |
1:54.025 |
|
| 5 |
Erin Taylor |
New Zealand |
1:54.300 |
|
| 6 |
Maria Teresa Portela |
Spain |
1:54.981 |
|
| 7 |
Karen Furneaux |
Canada |
1:55.145 |
|
| 8 |
Henriette Engel Hansen |
Denmark |
1:55.960 |
|
| 9 |
Shinobu Kitvamoto |
Japan |
2:01.105 |
|
Final
| Rank | Athletes | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 |
Inna Osypenko-Radomska |
Ukraine |
1:50.673 |
|
| 2 |
Josefa Idem |
Italy |
1:50.677 |
|
| 3 |
Katrin Wagner-Augustin |
Germany |
1:51.022 |
|
| 4 |
Katalin Kovacs |
Hungary |
1:51.139 |
|
| 5 |
Zhong Hongyan |
China |
1:52.220 |
|
| 6 |
Spela Ponomarenko |
Slovenia |
1:52.363 |
|
| 7 |
Lucy Wainwright |
Great Britain |
1:53.102 |
|
| 8 |
Jennifer Hodson |
South Africa |
1:53.353 |
|
| 9 |
Yuliana Salkhova |
Russia |
1:53.973 |
