Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres explained

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]

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
width=30	1.		width=80	2:03.99	QF
2.		2:05.51	QF
3.		2:05.72	QF
4.		2:06.89	QS
5.		2:10.81	QS
6.		2:30.96	QS
Heat 2
1.		2:02.14	QF
2.		2:03.61	QF
3.		2:04.75	QF
4.		2:06.94	QS
5.		2:09.33	QS

Semifinal

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

Semifinal
width=30	1.		width=60	2:03.73	QF
2.		2:03.79	QF
3.		2:03.80	QF
4.		2:04.46
5.		2:30.40

Final

The final was held on August 10.

width=30 bgcolor=gold		width=60	1:58.72
bgcolor=silver		1:59.93
	2:00.11
4.	2:00.12
5.	2:01.21
6.	2:02.38
7.	2:02.49
8.	2:02.63
9.	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.
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.

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043103/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/CAN/ Sports Reference
Web site: Los Angeles 1984 Canoe Sprint - Olympic Results by Discipline.