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

The women's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 27 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course.[1] 27 canoeists from 27 nations competed.[2][3]

Women's slalom K-1
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueKasai 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  Australia
← 2016
2024 →

Background

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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

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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

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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

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All times were Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

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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
  2 Ricarda Funk   Germany 101.90 2 101.56 0 101.56 2 107.96 4 3 105.50 0 1
  5 Maialen Chourraut   Spain 108.25 2 105.13 0 105.13 5 109.92 2 7 106.63 0 2
  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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  1. ^ a b "Canoe Slalom Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Slalom" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). olympics.com. 22 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Canoeing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Canoe Slalom: Silver for Silver Terčelj, Bronze for Kauzer at European Championships". Total Slovenia News. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
  7. ^ "Canoe Slalom - Athlete Profiles". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Olympic Canoe Slalom at Tokyo 2020: Top Five Things to Know". IOC. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Results (Heats)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  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.
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