Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres
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C-1 1000 m | men | |
C-1 10000 m | men | |
C-2 1000 m | men | |
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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 | |
The women's K-1 500 metres was a 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.
Medalists
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Heats
[edit]The ten competitors first raced in three heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.
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2:17.6 | QF |
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2:20.9 | QF |
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2:24.0 | QF |
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2:26.7 | QF |
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2:27.5 | |
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2:23.7 | QF |
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2:25.3 | QF |
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2:25.8 | QF |
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2:29.4 | QF |
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2:31.4 |
Final
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2:18.9 |
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2:19.6 |
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2:22.3 |
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2:23.5 |
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2:23.8 |
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2:24.1 |
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2:25.3 |
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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
[edit]- 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.