Canoeing at the 1948 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 1948 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on August 12.

Canoeing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Sprint
C-1 1000 mmen
C-1 10000 mmen
C-2 1000 mmen
C-2 10000 mmen
K-1 500 mwomen
K-1 1000 mmen
K-1 10000 mmen
K-2 1000 mmen
K-2 10000 mmen

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Karen Hoff (DEN)  Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)  Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)

Heats

The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in both heats moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
1. Růžena Košťálová (TCH)2:39.6QF
2. Sylvi Saimo (FIN)2:41.7QF
3. Anna Van Marcke (BEL)2:44.7QF
4. Catherine Vautrin (FRA)2:45.2QF
5. Joyce Richards (GBR)3:00.1
Heat 2
1. Karen Hoff (DEN)2:32.2QF
2. Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)2:35.4QF
3. Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)2:35.7QF
4. Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN)2:37.5QF
5. Ingrid Wallgren (SWE)2:38.5

Final
 Karen Hoff (DEN)2:31.9
 Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)2:32.8
 Fritzi Schwingl (AUT)2:32.9
4. Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN)2:33.8
5. Růžena Košťálová (TCH)2:38.2
6. Sylvi Saimo (FIN)2:38.4
7. Anna Van Marcke (BEL)2:43.4
8. Catherine Vautrin (FRA)2:44.4

References
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