Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's C-1 200 metres

Women's C-1 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueSea Forest Waterway
Dates4 August 2021 (heats and quarterfinal)
5 August 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning time45.932
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nevin Harrison
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laurence Vincent Lapointe
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liudmyla Luzan
 Ukraine
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The women's C-1 200 metres sprint canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Sea Forest Waterway.[1] At least 12 canoeists from at least 12 nations competed.[2]

Background

This was the debut appearance of the event, replacing the men's C-1 200 metres as the Olympics moved towards gender equality.[3] The women's C-1 200 metres has been an event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2010.[4]

2019 World Champion teenager Nevin Harrison of the United States qualified for the event.[4]

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.[2]

The Oceania spot was re-allocated to the World Championships, going to China. As the Americas continental tournament was cancelled, that place was also allocated through the World Championships, but the place ultimately went to Bulgaria because insufficient athletes had entered from the Americas.[5]

As Japan qualified a boat in the women's C-2 event, its host nation place was also reallocated through the World Championships. This made a total of eight World Championship places that were awarded as follows:[6]

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor
1 Nevin Harrison  United States Quota #1 in C-1 200 m Nevin Harrison[4]
2 Olesia Romasenko  ROC Quota #2 in C-1 200 m
3 Alena Nazdrova  Belarus Quota #3 in C-1 200 m
4 María Mailliard  Chile Earned quota in C-2 500 m Could enter via C-2
5 Katie Vincent  Canada Quota #4 in C-1 200 m Katie Vincent[7]
6 Dorota Borowska  Poland Quota #5 in C-1 200 m
7 Anastasiia Chetverikova  Ukraine Earned quota in C-2 500 m Could enter via C-2
8 Zhang Luqi  China Reallocated Oceania quota in C-1 200 m
9 Staniliya Stamenova  Bulgaria Reallocated Americas quota in C-1 200 m
10 Bianka Nagy  Hungary Reallocated host quota in C-1 200 m

Asia's continental place was earned by Thailand, Europe's by Spain, and Africa's by Nigeria. Croatia earned the final spot at the World Cup.:[6]

Nation Qualification Selected competitor
 Nigeria Africa quota in C-1 200 m
 Thailand Asia quota in C-1 200 m Orasa Thiangkathok[8]
 Spain Europe quota in C-1 200 m
 Croatia World Cup quota in C-1 200 m

Nations that could enter (additional) boats due to qualifying in the C-2:

Nation Selected competitor 1 Selected competitor 2
 Australia
 Belarus 2 boat limit
 Chile
 China 2 boat limit
 Cuba
 Germany
 Hungary 2 boat limit
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Moldova
 ROC 2 boat limit
 Ukraine
 Uzbekistan

Competition format

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The details for each round depend on how many boats ultimately enter.[9]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "C" format means a canoe, with the canoeist kneeling and using a single-bladed paddle to paddle and steer (as opposed to a kayak, with a seated canoeist, double-bladed paddle, and foot-operated rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.[10]

Schedule

The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.[11]

Legend
H Heats ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
Sprint
Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
Women's C-1 200 m H ¼ ½ F

Results

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF

Heat 5

Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes
1 5 Dorota Borowska  Poland 47.655 SF
2 6 Kincső Takács  Hungary 47.977 SF
3 1 Daniela Cociu  Moldova 48.338 QF
4 3 Staniliya Stamenova  Bulgaria 48.477 QF
5 2 Sophie Koch  Germany 48.601 QF
6 4 Vanesa Tot  Croatia 49.280 QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Canoer Country Time Notes
1 4 Alena Nazdrova  Belarus 46.950 SF
2 6 Lisa Jahn  Germany 47.049 SF
3 5 Ayomide Emmanuel Bello  Nigeria 47.326
4 2 Sophie Koch  Germany 48.891
5 3 Staniliya Stamenova  Bulgaria 48.939
6 1 Manaka Kubota  Japan 49.769
7 7 Josephine Bulmer  Australia 51.474

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Finals

References

  1. ^ "Canoe Sprint - Women's Canoe Single 200m Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Canoe Sprint" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ "The IOC's final approval of the event programme for the 2020 Olympics confirms changes to the canoe sprint and slalom rundown for Tokyo". International Canoe Federation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Lisa Costantini (20 March 2021). "Sprint Canoer Nevin Harrison Qualifies for Tokyo at the ACA Sprint Olympics & National Team Trials". USOPC. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Mexico to make Olympic slalom debut after quota allocations". ICF. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation
  7. ^ "Six Canadian Sprint Paddlers Punch Ticket to Tokyo".
  8. ^ "Thailand set for Olympic canoe sprint debut".
  9. ^ "Canoe Sprint Progression System" (PDF). ICF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Canoe Sprint". IOC. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Canoe Sprint Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.