Every stroke counts
97 placings in the 500s were decided by under half a second, 55 of them in Senior events. At Senior speed, 0.21 s is about 80 cm — less than one seat. The fifteen closest Senior calls:
| Gap | At stake | Event | Ahead / behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | bronze | Senior B women, standard boat · 500 m | SACA Golden Dragons Tampa Evolution Paddling Club |
| 0.01 | 6th | Senior C open, small boat · 500 m | Wraysbury Dragons Gold Coast Dragons Varsity Lakes |
| 0.01 | 5th | Senior B mixed, small boat · 200 m | Kurpfalz Dragons Mannheim White Dragon Belgorod |
| 0.04 | silver | Senior B mixed, standard boat · 500 m | H2o Montreal Evolution Paddling Club |
| 0.04 | 4th | Senior B mixed, standard boat · 500 m | WannSea Dragons Berlin ONV-BOX |
| 0.04 | 7th | Senior B mixed, standard boat · 200 m | Komodo Paddle Club Canberra Fuda Dragon Boat Club |
| 0.04 | 4th | Senior A open, small boat · 200 m | Evolution Paddling Club Neckardrachen Heilbronn |
| 0.05 | 5th | Senior A mixed, standard boat · 500 m | Lone Star Dragons Houston Typhoons Dragon Boat Club |
| 0.05 | bronze | Senior B open, small boat · 500 m | H2o Montreal Komodo Paddle Club Canberra |
| 0.05 | bronze | Senior A open, small boat · 200 m | HKUST Alumni Dragon Boat Club Evolution Paddling Club |
| 0.07 | 6th | Senior A open, small boat · 500 m | Evolution Paddling Club Dream Hunter-Yilan Dongshan |
| 0.07 | silver | Senior C open, small boat · 500 m | Uckerdrachen Prenzlau Ottawa Dragon Boat Club (DragonMasters) |
| 0.08 | 4th | Senior B mixed, standard boat · 200 m | WannSea Dragons Berlin H2o Montreal |
| 0.08 | gold | Senior C women, small boat · 200 m | Philadelphia Dragon Boat Association VIP Gorging Dragons |
| 0.08 | bronze | Senior C women, small boat · 200 m | Kurpfalz Dragons Mannheim H2o Montreal |
The step-up from heat to final
In the Senior B women's standard-boat final the medallists went 2.3 to 2.6 s faster than in their heats; crews that came through the repechage mostly found nothing. Qualify from the heat.
Lanes
Nineteen of thirty Day 2 podium places came from lanes 4 and 5. Lanes are seeded on the previous stage's time: the heat buys the lane.
Three things for the 200 m days
- Qualify from the heat. A repechage on a five-minute program costs more than it did at 500 m.
- The heat time buys the lane.
- Hundredths decide medals.