Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom C-1

Women's slalom C-1
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueKasai Canoe Slalom Course
Dates28 July 2021 (heats)
29 July 2021 (semifinal & final)
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Winning time105.04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jessica Fox  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mallory Franklin  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrea Herzog  Germany
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The women's C-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 29 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course.[1] 22 canoeists from 22 nations competed.[2][3] The event was won by Jessica Fox from Australia, who already had three medals (one silver and two bronzes) in K-1 slalom from the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics. Briton Mallory Franklin won silver, and German Andrea Herzog bronze. For both of them it was the first Olympic medal.

Background

This was the debut appearance of the event, replacing the men's C-2. Previously, there had been three men's events (C-1, C-2, and K-1) and only one women's event (K-1) in slalom canoeing at the Olympics; as of 2020, both men and women will have the C-1 and K-1 events.

Reigning World Champion Andrea Herzog earned a place for, and has been selected to compete by, Germany.[4]

Slalom gate positions for Heats, Tokyo Olympics, 28 July 2021
Slalom gate positions for Semifinals and Finals, Tokyo Olympics, 29 July 2021

Qualification

Main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the women's slalom C-1 event. A total of 17 qualification places were available, allocated as follows:

Five additional athletes will compete, having already earned a quota in the Women's K1 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:[5][6]

Rank Canoeist Nation Qualification Selected competitor
1 Andrea Herzog  Germany 1st placed NOC Andrea Herzog
2 Jessica Fox  Australia 2nd placed NOC Jessica Fox
3 Nadine Weratschnig  Austria 4th placed NOC Nadine Weratschnig
4 Evy Leibfarth  United States 3rd placed NOC Evy Leibfarth
5 Klara Olazabal  Spain 5th placed NOC Núria Vilarrubla
6 Tereza Fišerová  Czech Republic 6th placed NOC Tereza Fišerová
8 Mònica Dòria  Andorra Earned quota in K1 Mònica Dòria
9 Luuka Jones  New Zealand Earned quota in K1 Luuka Jones
10 Ana Sátila  Brazil 7th placed NOC Ana Sátila
11 Mallory Franklin  Great Britain 8th placed NOC Mallory Franklin
15 Marta Bertoncelli  Italy 9th placed NOC Marta Bertoncelli
17 Lucie Prioux  France 10th placed NOC Marjorie Delassus
19 Alja Kozorog  Slovenia 11th placed NOC Alja Kozorog
22 Viktoriia Us  Ukraine Earned quota in K1 Viktoriia Us
24 Alsu Minazova  ROC Earned quota in K1 Alsu Minazova
61 Jane Nicholas  Cook Islands Earned quota in K1 Jane Nicholas

Continental and other places:[5]

Nation Canoeist Qualification Selected competitor
 Japan - Host nation Ayano Sato
 Canada Lois Betteridge Americas quota[a] Haley Daniels
 China Huang Yanzhi Asia quota Chen Shi
 Slovakia Monika Škáchová Europe quota Monika Škáchová
 Poland - Reallocation of Oceania quota Aleksandra Stach
 Hungary
 Switzerland 		- Reallocation of Africa quota[b] Julia Schmid
Alena Marx

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.
b The Africa quota was initially reallocated to Hungary, but was further reallocated to Switzerland following the Hungarian Olympic Committee's decision to only send athletes vaccinated against COVID-19 to the Games, and Schmid's subsequent withdrawal.[7][8]

Competition format

Slalom canoeing uses a three-round format, with heats, semifinal, and final. In the heats, each canoeist has two runs at the course with the better time counting. The top 15 advance to the semifinal. In the semifinal, the canoeists get a single run; the top 10 advance to the final. The best time in the single-run final wins gold.[9]

The canoe course is approximately 250 metres long, with up to 25 gates that the canoeist must pass in the correct direction. Penalty time is added for infractions such as passing on the wrong side or touching a gate. Runs typically last approximately 95 seconds.[9]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's slalom C-1 took place over two consecutive days.[1]

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 28 July 2021 13:00 Heats
Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:00
 		 Semifinal
Final

Results

Rank Bib Canoeist Nation Preliminary Heats[10] Semifinal[11] Final[12]
1st Ride Pen. 2nd Ride Pen. Best Order Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Jessica Fox  Australia 109.96 4 110.93 4 109.96 5 110.59 0 1 105.04 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Mallory Franklin  Great Britain 107.51 0 105.06 2 105.06 1 117.75 0 6 108.68 2 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Andrea Herzog  Germany 113.69 2 106.34 0 106.34 2 114.61 2 4 111.13 2 3
4 14 Marjorie Delassus  France 121.74 6 167.47 52 121.74 17 117.71 0 5 115.93 0 4
5 5 Nadine Weratschnig  Austria 112.47 0 115.56 2 112.47 6 119.69 0 7 119.41 2 5
6 6 Tereza Fišerová  Czech Republic 110.45 2 109.16 0 109.16 3 113.23 0 2 120.99 4 6
7 16 Viktoriia Us  Ukraine 123.97 2 119.05 0 119.05 15 122.12 2 9 124.85 2 7
8 7 Núria Vilarrubla  Spain 118.03 2 121.00 8 118.03 13 119.99 2 8 127.33 4 8
9 12 Monika Škáchová  Slovakia 125.65 2 116.85 2 116.85 12 124.87 2 10 129.39 6 9
10 3 Ana Sátila  Brazil 120.56 4 109.90 2 109.90 4 114.27 0 3 164.71 52 10
11 8 Mònica Dòria  Andorra 113.78 2 119.69 4 113.78 9 128.32 6 11 did not advance
12 15 Alja Kozorog  Slovenia 124.08 4 113.07 0 113.07 8 129.72 2 12 did not advance
13 10 Luuka Jones  New Zealand 116.55 0 115.19 2 115.19 11 130.39 6 13 did not advance
14 11 Alsu Minazova  ROC 176.02 54 118.45 4 118.45 14 135.80 6 14 did not advance
15 18 Marta Bertoncelli  Italy 121.83 0 113.91 2 113.91 10 145.71 2 15 did not advance
16 21 Alena Marx  Switzerland 120.12 2 150.84 4 120.12 16 163.09 6 16 did not advance
17 13 Chen Shi  China 127.36 2 124.15 0 124.05 18 164.99 12 17 did not advance
18 9 Evy Leibfarth  United States 115.55 2 113.06 0 113.06 7 183.32 50 18 did not advance
19 17 Aleksandra Stach  Poland 145.58 2 134.03 6 134.03 19 did not advance
20 21 Ayano Sato  Japan 161.77 8 151.03 10 151.03 20 did not advance
21 22 Jane Nicholas  Cook Islands 151.95 6 205.74 62 151.95 21 did not advance
22 19 Haley Daniels  Canada 152.98 8 191.00 56 152.98 22 did not advance

References

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  5. ^ a b Canoe Slalom Quota Allocation
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  11. ^ "Results (Semifinal)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Results (Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2020.