Canoeing at the 1956 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 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and finals took place on December 1.
Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Sprint | ||
C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-1 10000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
C-2 10000 m | men | |
K-1 500 m | women | |
K-1 1000 m | men | |
K-1 10000 m | men | |
K-2 1000 m | men | |
K-2 10000 m | men | |
Medalists
Heats
The ten competitors first raced in three heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.
Heat 1 | |||
1. | 2:17.6 | QF | |
2. | 2:20.9 | QF | |
3. | 2:24.0 | QF | |
4. | 2:26.7 | QF | |
5. | 2:27.5 | ||
Heat 2 | |||
1. | 2:23.7 | QF | |
2. | 2:25.3 | QF | |
3. | 2:25.8 | QF | |
4. | 2:29.4 | QF | |
5. | 2:31.4 |
Final
2:18.9 | ||
2:19.6 | ||
2:22.3 | ||
4. | 2:23.5 | |
5. | 2:23.8 | |
6. | 2:24.1 | |
7. | 2:25.3 | |
8. | 2:27.9 |
Dementyeva false-started once, then won the event by two meters after spurting to the lead after the start. Fifth-place finisher Cochrane never trained with or competed against women prior to the Olympics.
References
- 1956 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 409–10.
- Sports-reference.com women's 1956 K-1 500 m results.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 490–1.
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