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

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]

Background

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

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

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

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 202113:00Heats
Tuesday, 27 July 202114:00
 		Semifinal
Final

Results

Rank Bib Canoeist Nation Preliminary heats[9] Semifinal[10] Final[11]
1st RidePen.2nd RidePen.BestOrderTimePen.OrderTimePen.Order
1st place, gold medalist(s)2Ricarda Funk Germany101.902101.560101.562107.9643105.5001
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Maialen Chourraut Spain108.252105.130105.135109.9227106.6302
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1Jessica Fox Australia104.05098.46098.461105.8521106.7343
44Stefanie Horn Italy109.822104.790104.794108.5204106.9324
513Klaudia Zwolińska Poland108.972110.460108.9710111.76010108.9845
66Luuka Jones New Zealand110.224101.720101.723108.9725110.6706
715Martina Wegman Netherlands113.292109.840109.8412110.7428111.3307
812Viktoriia Us Ukraine120.092113.994113.9917111.5329111.8508
914Eliška Mintálová Slovakia107.672117.5510107.678107.1802158.36509
1010Kimberley Woods Great Britain109.632107.824107.829109.0006177.095610
119Viktoria Wolffhardt Austria114.630112.280112.2816112.11011did not advance
1216Evy Leibfarth United States125.852111.702111.7015112.73012did not advance
138Ana Sátila Brazil108.222106.820106.827114.62013did not advance
1411Marie-Zélia Lafont France121.486110.252110.2513115.81214did not advance
157Kateřina Minařík Kudějová Czech Republic107.870106.410106.416116.15215did not advance
1618Mònica Dòria Andorra110.572110.544110.5414118.15016did not advance
1721Alsu Minazova ROC120.602115.394115.3920120.66417did not advance
1823Naemi Brändle Switzerland230.37100135.008135.0024121.91418did not advance
1917Aki Yazawa Japan129.878127.916127.9122124.73019did not advance
2019Li Tong China117.272114.362114.3619130.86420did not advance
2124Sofía Reinoso Mexico132.894143.198132.8923136.34421did not advance
2222Jane Nicholas Cook Islands150.172120.104120.1021144.84622did not advance
2320Florence Maheu Canada114.290135.352114.2918152.37423did not advance
243Eva Terčelj Slovenia115.938109.112109.1111162.485024did not advance
2527Yekaterina Smirnova Kazakhstan180.4652135.256135.2525did not advance
2625Chang Chu-han Chinese Taipei182.9556136.668136.6626did not advance
2726Célia Jodar Morocco171.3814258.46108171.3827did not advance

References

  1. 1 2 "Canoe Slalom Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
  7. ↑ "Canoe Slalom - Athlete Profiles". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  8. 1 2 "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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