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

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.

Left-right: Gertrude Liebhart, Sylvi Saimo and Nina Savina

Medalists

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  Gold   Silver   Bronze
  Sylvi Saimo (FIN)   Gertrude Liebhart (AUT)   Nina Savina (URS)

Heats

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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

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    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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