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)