Following are the semifinal results of women's kayak single (K1) 500m at Beijing Olympics held in Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Thursday:
Semifinal 1
1. Inna Osypenko-Radomska, Ukraine, 1:51.558
2. Lucy Wainwright, Britain, 1:52.580
3. Jennifer Hodson, South Africa, 1:53.209
4. Carrie Johnson, United States, 1:53.721
5. Sofia Paldanius, Sweden, 1:53.797
6. Teresa Portela, Portugal, 1:54.831
7. Chantal Meek, Australia, 1:54.876
8. Malgorzata Chojnacka, Poland, 1:55.619
9. Zulmarys Sanchez, Venezuela, 2:02.764
Semifinal 2
1. Zhong Hongyan, China, 1:53.163
2. Yuliana Salakhova, Russia, 1:53.603
3. Spela Ponomarenko, Slovenia, 1:53.812
4. Anne Rikala, Finland, 1:54.025
5. Erin Taylor, New Zealand, 1:54.300
6. Maria Teresa Portela, Spain, 1:54.981
7. Karen Furneaux, Canada, 1:55.145
8. Henriette Engel Hansen, Denmark, 1:55.960
9. Kitamoto Shinobu, Japan, 2:01.105
Note: The top three go to final and the rest out.
(Xinhua News Agency August 21, 2008)