2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's C-1 500 metres
# 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's C-1 500 metres

The women's C-1 500 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 16 September 2021 | 12:15 | Heats |
| Friday 17 September 2021 | 14:15 | Semifinal |
| Saturday 18 September 2021 | 12:03 | Final |

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

## 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.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | María Mailliard | Chile | 2:16.96 | QF |
| 2 | Katie Vincent | Canada | 2:19.14 | QF |
| 3 | Katie Reid | Great Britain | 2:19.97 | QF |
| 4 | Vanesa Tot | Croatia | 2:20.52 | QS |
| 5 | Alina Kovaleva | RCF | 2:25.82 | QS |
| 6 | Tijana Arsić | Serbia | 2:34.48 | QS |
| 7 | Denisa Řáhová | Czech Republic | 2:41.45 | QS |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | María Corbera | Spain | 2:12.58 | QF |
| 2 | Alena Nazdrova | Belarus | 2:13.18 | QF |
| 3 | Liudmyla Luzan | Ukraine | 2:13.70 | QF |
| 4 | Annika Loske | Germany | 2:19.25 | QS |
| 5 | Magda Stanny | Poland | 2:20.62 | QS |
| 6 | Agnes Kiss | Hungary | 2:22.41 | QS |
| – | Combe Seck | Senegal | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Agnes Kiss | Hungary | 2:13.07 | QF |
| 2 | Annika Loske | Germany | 2:13.84 | QF |
| 3 | Alina Kovaleva | RCF | 2:13.87 | QF |
| 4 | Magda Stanny | Poland | 2:14.54 | |
| 5 | Tijana Arsić | Serbia | 2:22.07 | |
| 6 | Denisa Řáhová | Czech Republic | 2:23.99 | |
| 7 | Vanesa Tot | Croatia | 2:59.99 | |

### Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.

| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | María Mailliard | Chile | 2:05.09 |
| | Liudmyla Luzan | Ukraine | 2:05.77 |
| | Alena Nazdrova | Belarus | 2:05.86 |
| 4 | María Corbera | Spain | 2:06.17 |
| 5 | Katie Vincent | Canada | 2:06.20 |
| 6 | Alina Kovaleva | RCF | 2:10.39 |
| 7 | Katie Reid | Great Britain | 2:10.95 |
| 8 | Agnes Kiss | Hungary | 2:12.04 |
| 9 | Annika Loske | Germany | 2:14.11 |
