Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano. This event debuted at these Olympics though it is one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (the other is the men's K-4 1000 m event which debuted at the 1964 Games in Tokyo and ran until the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Medalists Gold Silver Bronze

Results

Heats The 11 crews first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining five teams were relegated to the repechage.

Heat 11. 1:55.93 QF2. 1:59.01 QF3. 2:01.86 QF4. 2:05.40 QR5. 2:06.30 QR6. 2:12.20 QRHeat 21. 2:01.03 QF2. 2:03.98 QF3. 2:04.22 QF4. 2:04.32 QR5. 2:15.51 QR

Repechage The top three finishers in the repechage (raced on August 27) advanced to the final.

Repechage1. 2:08.85 QF2. 2:10.00 QF3. 2:10.17 QF4. 2:14.11 5. 2:21.13

Final The final was held on August 29.

1:54.76 1:56.66 1:58.224. 1:59.035. 2:01.366. 2:01.687. 2:02.478. 2:02.769. 2:02.85

References 1960 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 269–70. International Canoe Federation historical results to 2006 (Olympic and world for all disciplines). Sports-reference.com 1960 women's K-2 500 m results.