Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres

The competition comprised heats, semifinals, and a final round.^[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

The six best placed boats in each heat advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nataša Dušev-Janić	Hungary	41.221	Q, OB
2	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	41.401	Q
3	Natalia Lobova	Russia	42.447	Q
4	Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	42.866	Q
5	Émilie Fournel	Canada	43.117	Q
6	Carrie Johnson	United States	43.355	Q
7	Norma Murabito	Italy	43.820
8	Geraldine Lee Wei Ling	Singapore	45.552

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maria Teresa Portela	Spain	41.263	Q
2	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	42.290	Q
3	Nikolina Moldovan	Serbia	42.383	Q
4	Jess Walker	Great Britain	42.388	Q
5	Darisleydis Amador	Cuba	42.761	Q
6	Zhou Yu	China	42.885	Q
7	Arezoo Hakimi	Iran	44.576

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	42.119	Q
2	Sofia Paldanius	Sweden	42.596	Q
3	Teresa Portela	Portugal	42.673	Q
4	Silke Hörmann	Germany	42.697	Q
5	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	43.257	Q
6	Ivana Kmeťová	Slovakia	43.445	Q
7	Tiffany Kruger	South Africa	46.122

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shinobu Kitamoto	Japan	42.007	Q
2	Alana Nicholls	Australia	42.453	Q
3	Jenni Mikkonen	Finland	42.656	Q
4	Špela Ponomarenko Janić	Slovenia	42.884	Q
5	Marharyta Tsishkevich	Belarus	43.841	Q
6	Yuliya Borzova	Uzbekistan	44.872	Q
7	Afef Ben Ismail	Tunisia	48.998

The fastest two canoeists in each semifinal qualify for the 'A' final alongside the two fastest third placed boats. The last third placed boat alongside, the fourth and fifth placed boats and the fastest sixth placed boat qualify for the 'B' final.

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	40.528	Q, OB
2	Maria Teresa Portela	Spain	40.898	Q
3	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	41.360	q
4	Jenni Mikkonen	Finland	41.859
5	Špela Ponomarenko Janić	Slovenia	42.209
6	Zhou Yu	China	42.279
7	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	42.602
8	Carrie Johnson	United States	43.321

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Natalia Lobova	Russia	41.413	Q
2	Jess Walker	Great Britain	41.734	Q
3	Shinobu Kitamoto	Japan	41.816
4	Nikolina Moldovan	Serbia	42.394
5	Ivana Kmeťová	Slovakia	42.510
6	Sofia Paldanius	Sweden	42.688
7	Henriette Engel Hansen	Denmark	42.821
8	Marharyta Tsishkevich	Belarus	43.033

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nataša Dušev-Janić	Hungary	40.570	Q
2	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	40.905	Q
3	Teresa Portela	Portugal	41.562	q
4	Alana Nicholls	Australia	41.595
5	Darisleydis Amador	Cuba	41.949
6	Silke Hörmann	Germany	42.005
7	Émilie Fournel	Canada	43.030
8	Yuliya Borzova	Uzbekistan	44.426

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jenni Mikkonen	Finland	44.643
2	Špela Ponomarenko	Slovenia	44.953
3	Nikolina Moldovan	Serbia	45.064
4	Darisleydis Amador	Cuba	45.099
5	Shinobu Kitamoto	Japan	45.387
6	Ivana Kmeťová	Slovakia	45.556
7	Silke Hörmann	Germany	45.686
8	Alana Nicholls	Australia	45.819

Rank	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	44.638
	Inna Osypenko	Ukraine	45.053
	Nataša Dušev-Janić	Hungary	45.128
4	Maria Teresa Portela	Spain	45.326
5	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	45.500
6	Natalia Lobova	Russia	45.961
7	Jess Walker	Great Britain	46.161
8	Teresa Portela	Portugal	46.549