Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres
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| Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat times were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinal and final times were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).
Medalists
[edit] Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
 Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann (FRG) |
 Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói (HUN) |
 Lyudmila Pinayeva and Antonina Seredina (URS) |
Rosznyói is shown by her married name Sági in the official report.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The 11 crews first raced in two heats on 20 October. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining five teams were relegated to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann (FRG) |
1:59.5 | QF |
| 2. |  Valentina Serghei and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) |
1:59.6 | QF |
| 3. | Lyudmila Pinayeva and Antonina Seredina (URS) |
1:59.9 | QF |
| 4. |  Sperry Rademaker and Marcia Smoke (USA) |
2:08.9 | QS |
| 5. |  Claudia Hunt and Betty Gowans (CAN) |
2:12.1 | QS |
| 6. |  Ann Margarit Henningsen and Angelica Zawadzki (MEX) |
2:15.3 | QS |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói (HUN) |
2:01.0 | QF |
| 2. | Anita Kobuss and Karin Haftenberger (GDR) |
2:02.8 | QF |
| 3. |  Mieke Jaapies and Tjeertje Bergers-Duif (NED) |
2:03.4 | QF |
| 4. |  Lesley Oliver and Barbara Mean (GBR) |
2:06.5 | QS |
| 5. |  Izabella Antonowicz and Jadwiga Doering (POL) |
2:06.8 | QS |
Semifinal
[edit]The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on October 24) advanced to the final.
| Semifinal | |||
| 1. | Izabella Antonowicz and Jadwiga Doering (POL) |
2:03.48 | QF |
| 2. | Sperry Rademaker and Marcia Smoke (USA) |
2:04.54 | QF |
| 3. | Lesley Oliver and Barbara Mean (GBR) |
2:06.31 | QF |
| 4. | Claudia Hunt and Betty Gowans (CAN) |
2:07.88 | |
| 5. | Ann Margarit Henningsen and Angelica Zawadzki (MEX) |
2:10.11 | |
Final
[edit]The final was held on October 25.
|
Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann (FRG) |
1:56.44 |
|
Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói (HUN) |
1:58.60 |
|
Lyudmila Pinayeva and Antonina Seredina (URS) |
1:58.61 |
| 4. | Valentina Serghei and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) |
1:59.17 |
| 5. | Anita Kobuss and Karin Haftenberger (GDR) |
2:00.18 |
| 6. | Mieke Jaapies and Tjeertje Bergers-Duif (NED) |
2:02.02 |
| 7. | Sperry Rademaker and Marcia Smoke (USA) |
2:02.97 |
| 8. | Lesley Oliver and Barbara Mean (GBR) |
2:03.70 |
| 9. | Izabella Antonowicz and Jadwiga Doering (POL) |
2:04.20 |
References
[edit]- 1968 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3, Part 2. pp. 619–20. (in English and French)
- Sports-reference.com 1968 women's K-2 500 m results.
