Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres

This was the 3rd appearance of the event, which replaced the men's C-2 500 metres in 2012.

The seven-time reigning World Champion and two-time reigning Olympic champion is Lisa Carrington of New Zealand, who earned a place for her NOC and has been selected to compete.^[3]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could qualify one place in the event, though could enter up to 2 boats if it earned enough quota places through other women's kayak events. A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:

• 5 places awarded through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
• 6 places awarded through continental tournaments, 1 per continent except 2 places for Europe
• 1 place awarded through the 2021 Canoe Sprint World Cup Stage 2.

Qualifying places were awarded to the NOC, not to the individual canoeist who earned the place.^[2]

An extensive reallocation process was used, resulting in one of the quota places being reallocated to a larger kayak class. Carrington and Jørgensen also qualified in the K-1 500 metres, resulting in their quota spots being reallocated within the 200 metres (Starović could not receive it, as she had also qualified in the 500 metres). Kichasova-Skoryk, however, had qualified in the K-4 but not the K-1 500 metres; her quota was reallocated to the larger boat classes. The 4 remaining World Championships quota places were allocated as follows:^[4]

Rank	Kayaker	Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
1	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
2	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	Quota #1 in K-1 200 m
3	Emma Jørgensen	Denmark	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
	Teresa Portela	Spain	Quota #2 in K-1 200 m
5	Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk	Ukraine	Earned quota in K-4 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
6	Dóra Lucz	Hungary	Quota #4 in K-1 200 m
7	Milica Starović	Serbia	Earned quota in K-1 500 m	Could enter via K-1 500, K-2, or K-4
8	Teresa Portela	Portugal	Quota #5 in K-1 200 m

Continental and World Cup places:^[4]

Nation	Qualification	Selected competitor
Algeria	Africa quota in K-1 200 m	Amira Kheris
Argentina	Americas quota in K-1 200 m	Brenda Rojas
Japan	Asia quota in K-1 200 m	Yuka Ono
Great Britain	Europe quota #1 in K-1 200 m	Emily Lewis
Italy	Europe quota #2 in K-1 200 m	Francesca Genzo
Cook Islands	Oceania quota in K-1 200 m	Jade Tierney
ROC	World Cup quota in K-1 200 m

Nations with women's kayak quota spots from the K-1 500 metres, K-2 500 metres, or K-4 500 metres could enter (additional) boats as well.

Nation	Selected competitor 1	Selected competitor 2
New Zealand[3]	Lisa Carrington (K-4)

Sprint canoeing uses a four-round format for events with at least 11 boats, with heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. The specifics of the progression format depend on the number of boats ultimately entered.^[5]

The course is a flatwater course 9 metres wide. The name of the event describes the particular format within sprint canoeing. The "K" format means a kayak, with the canoeist sitting, using a double-bladed paddle to paddle, and steering with a foot-operated rudder (as opposed to a canoe, with a kneeling canoeist, single-bladed paddle, and no rudder). The "1" is the number of canoeists in each boat. The "200 metres" is the distance of each race.^[6]

The event was held over two consecutive days, with two rounds per day. All sessions started at 9:30 a.m. local time, though there are multiple events with races in each session.^[7]

Heats

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest to QF.

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	3	Dóra Lucz	Hungary	41.098	SF
2	5	Marta Walczykiewicz	Poland	41.100	SF
3	4	Linnea Stensils	Sweden	41.109	QF
4	7	Ma Qing	China	42.706	QF
5	1	Joana Vasconcelos	Portugal	43.059	QF
6	6	Léa Jamelot	France	43.589	QF
7	2	Samaa Ahmed	Egypt	47.272	QF

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	3	Yin Mengdie	China	41.688	SF
2	5	Teresa Portela	Portugal	42.050	SF
3	6	Vanina Paoletti	France	42.334	QF
4	4	Natalia Podolskaya	ROC	42.845	QF
5	7	Yuliia Yuriichuk	Ukraine	43.760	QF
6	1	Sara Milthers	Denmark	43.863	QF
7	2	Yuka Ono	Japan	45.251	QF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Lisa Carrington	New Zealand	40.715	SF
2	2	Svetlana Chernigovskaya	ROC	41.540	SF
3	4	Milica Novaković	Serbia	41.579	QF
4	3	Emily Lewis	Great Britain	42.038	QF
5	6	Michelle Russell	Canada	42.236	QF
6	1	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	46.657	QF

Quarterfinals

Progression System: 1st-2nd to SF, rest out.

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Linnea Stensils	Sweden	41.313	SF
2	4	Milica Novaković	Serbia	41.340	SF
3	3	Helena Wiśniewska	Poland	41.559
4	7	Léa Jamelot	France	43.338
5	2	Yuliia Yuriichuk	Ukraine	43.871
6	6	Khaoula Sassi	Tunisia	45.809
7	1	Natalya Sergeyeva	Kazakhstan	46.736
8	8	Anne Cairns	Samoa	47.141

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Deborah Kerr	Great Britain	42.742	SF
2	2	Michelle Russell	Canada	42.940	SF
3	3	Emily Lewis	Great Britain	42.945
4	4	Vanina Paoletti	France	43.163
5	6	Natalia Podolskaya	ROC	43.212
6	7	Brenda Rojas	Argentina	44.876
7	8	Yuka Ono	Japan	45.610
8	1	Amira Kheris	Algeria	49.412

Semifinals

Progression System: 1st-4th to Final A, rest to Final B.

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Dóra Lucz	Hungary	39.713	FA
2	1	Deborah Kerr	Great Britain	39.751	FA
3	7	Andréanne Langlois	Canada	39.952	FA
4	3	Francesca Genzo	Italy	40.000	FA
5	5	Yin Mengdie	China	40.069	FB
6	8	Milica Novaković	Serbia	40.257	FB
7	2	Svetlana Chernigovskaya	ROC	40.433	FB
8	6	Anna Kárász	Hungary	40.724	FB

Finals

Final B

Rank	Lane	Canoer	Country	Time	Notes
10	5	Teresa Portela	Portugal	39.562
11	2	Svetlana Chernigovskaya	ROC	39.977
12	4	Yin Mengdie	China	40.365
13	3	Michelle Russell	Canada	40.527
	6	Milica Novaković	Serbia	40.527
15	7	Ma Qing	China	40.652
16	8	Anna Kárász	Hungary	41.242