Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

This is a listing of the results for the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on July 28.

Left-right:Gertrude Liebhart, Sylvi Saimo and Nina Savina
Canoeing at the
1952 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
 Sylvi Saimo (FIN)  Gertrude Liebhart (AUT)  Nina Savina (URS)

Heats

The 13 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
1. Sylvi Saimo (FIN)2:20.1QF
2. Gertrude Liebhart (AUT)2:20.6QF
3. Cecilia Hartmann (HUN)2:23.8QF
4. Eva Marion (FRA)2:24.8
5. Anna-Lisa Ohlsson (SWE)2:28.3
Heat 2
1. Nina Savina (URS)2:22.1QF
2. Bodil Svendsen (DEN)2:24.9QF
3. Marta Kroutilová (TCH)2:27.1QF
4. Shirley Ascott (GBR)2:34.4
Heat 3
1. Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)2:24.4QF
2. Josefa Köster (GER)2:26.2QF
3. Therese Zenz (SAA)2:26.9QF
4. Elisa Sidler (SUI)2:43.1

Final
 Sylvi Saimo (FIN)2:18.4
 Gertrude Liebhart (AUT)2:18.8
 Nina Savina (URS)2:21.6
4. Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED)2:22.3
5. Bodil Svendsen (DEN)2:22.7
6. Cecilia Hartmann (HUN)2:23.0
7. Marta Kroutilová (TCH)2:23.8
8. Josefa Köster (GER)2:25.9
9. Therese Zenz (SAA)2:27.9

References


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