Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Birgit Schmidt (GER)	Rita Kőbán (HUN)	Izabela Dylewska (POL)

Results

Heats

16 competitors entered in three heats. The heats served as placement rounds for the semifinals.

Heat 1
1.	Birgit Schmidt (GER)	1:52.49
2.	Rita Kőbán (HUN)	1:53.36
3.	Josefa Idem (ITA)	1:54.08
4.	Izabela Dylewska (POL)	1:55.72
5.	Ursula Profanter (AUT)	1:56.25
6.	Yvonne Knudsen (DEN)	2:01.09
7.	Dene Simpson (RSA)	2:06.62
Heat 2
1.	Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE)	1:54.14
2.	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	1:56.32
3.	Sabine Goetschy (FRA)	1:57.68
4.	Ingrid Haralamow (SUI)	1:58.74
5.	Susana Torrejón (ESP)	2:03.76
Heat 3
1.	Shelia Conover (USA)	1:54.57
2.	Sanda Toma (ROU)	1:55.24
3.	Irina Vaag (EUN)	1:57.47
4.	Alison Thorogood (GBR)	1:57.63

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held. The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.	Josefa Idem (ITA)	1:51.56	QF
2.	Birgit Schmidt (GER)	1:52.13	QF
3.	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	1:52.69	QF
4.	Ursula Profanter (AUT)	1:52.86	QF
5.	Shelia Conover (USA)	1:53.05
6.	Irina Vaag (EUN)	1:56.71
7.	Susana Torrejón (ESP)	2:00.33
8.	Dene Simpson (RSA)	2:02.42
Semifinal 2
1.	Rita Kőbán (HUN)	1:50.97	QF
2.	Izabela Dylewska (POL)	1:51.61	QF
3.	Sabine Goetschy (FRA)	1:51.98	QF
4.	Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE)	1:52.30	QF
5.	Sanda Toma (ROU)	1:52.82	QF
6.	Ingrid Haralamow (SUI)	1:55.63
7.	Yvonne Knudsen (DEN)	1:57.94
8.	Alison Thorogood (GBR)	1:58.23

Final

The final was held on August 7.

	Birgit Schmidt (GER)	1:51.80
	Rita Kőbán (HUN)	1:51.96
	Izabela Dylewska (POL)	1:52.36
4.	Josefa Idem (ITA)	1:52.78
5.	Ursula Profanter (AUT)	1:53.17
6.	Sabine Goetschy (FRA)	1:53.53
7.	Caroline Brunet (CAN)	1:54.82
8.	Sanda Toma (ROU)	1:54.84
9.	Susanne Gunnarsson (SWE)	1:55.55

References

• 1992 Summer Olympics official report Volume 5. p. 146. (in Catalan, English, French, and Spanish)
• Sports-reference.com 1992 women's K-1 500 m results.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 492.