The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayak

Kayak

A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20 year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the finals while the remaining teams were relegated to the semifinals.

Heat 1
1.		1:36.15	QF
2.		1:36.74	QF
3.		1:36.82	QS
4.		1:38.82	QS
5.		1:39.27	QS
6.		1:39.32	QS
7.		1:40.57	QS
8.		1:43.59	QS
Heat 2
1.		1:32.94	QF
2.		1:33.25	QF
3.		1:34.13	QS
4.		1:36.34	QS
5.		1:38.25	QS
6.		1:38.72	QS
7.		1:40.22	QS
8.		1:40.53	QS

Semifinals

The top two finishers in each of the semifinals and the fastest third-place finisher advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		1:37.48	QF
2.		1:38.56	QF
3.		1:39.81	QF
4.		1:41.08
5.		1:41.24
6.		1:45.90
Semifinal 2
1.		1:37.86	QF
2.		1:38.21	QF
3.		1:40.12
4.		1:40.17
5.		1:41.83
6.		1:41.88

Final

The final was held on August 8.

		1:36.32
		1:38.47
		1:39.79
4.		1:41.02
5.		1:41.12
6.		1:42.28
7.		1:43.00
8.	align=left	| 1:43.88
9.		1:44.84

Hungary beat Germany (formerly East and West Germany) after finishing second to them in every major competition since 1988.