Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks.

The top three finishers in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final.

Pastuszka was disqualified for competing in an underweight boat.

Janics, who switched her nationality from Serbia and Montenegro to Hungary three months before the 2004 Games, jumped to an early lead and then held off a late challenge from defending Olympic champion Idem.