Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's K-4 500 metres


The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze

Birgit Fischer
Manuela Mucke
Anett Schuck
Katrin Wagner
Rita Kőbán
Katalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Raluca Ioniţǎ
Mariana Limbău
Elena Radu
Sanda Toma

Results

Heats

10 crews entered in two heats. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinal.
Overall Results Heats

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal advanced to the final.

Final

Fischer became the first woman in any sport to win Olympic gold medals 20 years apart with this event and the first woman to win gold medals in five different Olympics in any sport. Kőbán's silver medal brought her career total to six: 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.