Canoeing at the 1984 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 1984 Summer Olympics program.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Agneta Andersson (SWE)	Barbara Schüttpelz (FRG)	Annemiek Derckx (NED)

Results

Heats

Eleven competitors entered in two heats on August 6. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final while the rest competed in the semifinal.^[2]

Heat 1
1.	Agneta Andersson (SWE)	2:03.99	QF
2.	Elizabeth Blencowe (AUS)	2:05.51	QF
3.	Tecla Marinescu (ROU)	2:05.72	QF
4.	Shelia Conover (USA)	2:06.89	QS
5.	Lesley Smither (GBR)	2:10.81	QS
6.	Ho Kim Fai (HKG)	2:30.96	QS
Heat 2
1.	Barbara Schüttpelz (FRG)	2:02.14	QF
2.	Béatrice Basson (FRA)	2:03.61	QF
3.	Annemiek Derckx (NED)	2:04.75	QF
4.	Lucie Guay (CAN)	2:06.94	QS
5.	Ingeborg Rasmussen (NOR)	2:09.33	QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on August 8) advanced to the final.

Semifinal
1.	Lucie Guay (CAN)	2:03.73	QF
2.	Shelia Conover (USA)	2:03.79	QF
3.	Lesley Smither (GBR)	2:03.80	QF
4.	Ingeborg Rasmussen (NOR)	2:04.46
5.	Ho Kim Fai (HKG)	2:30.40

Final

The final was held on August 10.

	Agneta Andersson (SWE)	1:58.72
	Barbara Schüttpelz (FRG)	1:59.93
	Annemiek Derckx (NED)	2:00.11
4.	Tecla Marinescu (ROU)	2:00.12
5.	Béatrice Basson (FRA)	2:01.21
6.	Shelia Conover (USA)	2:02.38
7.	Lucie Guay (CAN)	2:02.49
8.	Elizabeth Blencowe (AUS)	2:02.63
9.	Lesley Smither (GBR)	2:04.09

Andersson earned three medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics with two golds and one silver. She credited her switch to organic foods.

References

• 1984 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 2. p. 364. (in English and French)
• Sports-reference.com 1984 women's K-1 500 m results.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Single 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 491.