Canoe sprint at the 2015 European Games – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres canoe sprint competition at the 2015 European Games in Baku took place between 14 and 16 June at the Kur Sport and Rowing Centre in Mingachevir.[1]

Women's K-2 500 metres at the 2015 European Games
Venue	Kur Sport and Rowing Centre, Mingachevir
Date	14–16 June
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Winning time	1:49.904
Medalists
Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek    Serbia   Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac    Romania   Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad    Hungary

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[2]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 14 June 2015	13:53	Heats
	16:34	Semifinals
Tuesday 16 June 2015	11:37	Finals

All times are Azerbaijan Summer Time (UTC+5)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.[3][4]

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	Germany	1:39.570	QF, GB
2	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:39.609	QF
3	Elena Aniushina Svetlana Chernigovskaya	Russia	1:40.919	QF
4	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	Spain	1:42.433	QS
5	Anastasiya Horlova Liudmyla Galushko	Ukraine	1:46.289	QS
6	Sofia Campana Norma Murabito	Italy	1:47.487	QS
7	Márcia Aldeias Maria Cabrita	Portugal	1:47.575	QS

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	Serbia	1:38.191	QF, GB
2	Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac	Romania	1:38.519	QF
3	Marharyta Makhneva Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:39.396	QF
4	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	Hungary	1:39.893	QS
5	Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	Great Britain	1:42.205	QS
6	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:44.421	QS
7	Elizabeth Bates Inês Esteves	Turkey	1:47.593	QS

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	Hungary	1:39.021	QF
2	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:39.875	QF
3	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	Spain	1:40.002	QF
4	Lani Belcher Angela Hannah	Great Britain	1:40.168
5	Sofia Campana Norma Murabito	Italy	1:43.297
6	Anastasiya Horlova Liudmyla Galushko	Ukraine	1:44.501
7	Márcia Aldeias Maria Cabrita	Portugal	1:45.437
8	Elizabeth Bates Inês Esteves	Turkey	1:46.903

Final

Competitors in this final raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Milica Starović Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	Serbia	1:49.904
	Roxana Borha Elena Meroniac	Romania	1:50.925
	Anna Kárász Ninetta Vad	Hungary	1:51.174
4	Franziska Weber Tina Dietze	Germany	1:51.349
5	Marharyta Makhneva Maryna Litvinchuk	Belarus	1:51.872
6	Karolina Naja Beata Mikołajczyk	Poland	1:52.536
7	Ivana Kmeťová Martina Kohlová	Slovakia	1:55.995
8	Ana Varela Isabel Contreras	Spain	1:56.036
9	Elena Aniushina Svetlana Chernigovskaya	Russia	1:56.411

References

1. "Mingachevir". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. "Schedule & Results – Canoe Sprint". Minsk 2019. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
3. "Canoe Sprint | Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Heat 1" (PDF). Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
4. "Canoe Sprint | Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Heat 2" (PDF). Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
5. "Canoe Sprint | Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Semi-final" (PDF). Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
6. "Canoe Sprint | Kayak Double (K2) 500m Women – Final" (PDF). Baku 2015. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.