The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze
Results
Heats 20 crews entered in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat advanced to the semifinals while the rest advanced to the repechages.
Heat 11. 1:45.504 QS2. 1:45.764 QS3. 1:47.200 QS4. 1:48.436 QR5. 1:48.652 QR6. 1:50.544 QR7. 1:51.252 QRHeat 21. 1:43.022 QS2. 1:44.038 QS3. 1:44.906 QS4. 1:47.186 QR5. 1:47.914 QR6. 1:51.346 QR7. 1:51.386 QRHeat 31. 1:43.313 QS2. 1:43.633 QS3. 1:44.685 QS4. 1:46.989 QR5. 1:50.721 QR6. 1:52.109 QR
Repechages The top four finishers in each repechage and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the semifinals.
Repechage 11. 1:51.417 QS2. 1:52.669 QS3. 1:54.373 QS4. 1:55.377 QS5. 1:55.801 QSRepechage 21. 1:52.520 QS2. 1:53.544 QS3. 1:53.644 QS4. 1:55.088 QS5. 1:56.896 6. 1:57.944
Semifinals The top four finishers in each semifinal and the fastest fifth-place finisher advanced to the final.
Semifinal 11. 1:42.789 QF2. 1:43.069 QF3. 1:44.433 QF4. 1:44.461 QF5. 1:46.589 QF6. 1:47.061 7. 1:48.857 8. 1:49.189 9. 1:49.849 Semifinal 21. 1:43.521 QF2. 1:43.729 QF3. 1:45.190 QF4. 1:45.505 QF5. 1:46.629 6. 1:48.313 7. 1:49.125 8. 1:49.465 9. 1:52.053
Final The final was held on August 4.
1:39.329 1:39.689 1:40.6414. 1:40.8935. 1:41.3136. 1:42.6217. 1:42.7538. 1:43.2379. 1:43.449
Andersson's Olympic medal total was brought to seven with three gold, two silver, and two bronze. Fischer's silver matched the total of Sweden's Gert Fredriksson with eight. Australia's bronze medal crew was foreign-born with Wood (formerly Annemarie Cox) from the Netherlands and Borchert from Germany.
References 1996 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 168. Sports-reference.com 1996 women's K-2 500 m results. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Pairs 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 493.