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

Left-right:Gertrude Liebhart, Sylvi Saimo and Nina Savina
Canoeing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
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

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.

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