Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

File:Therese Zenz, Antonina Seredina, Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka 1960.jpg

Left-right: Therese Zenz, Antonina Seredina, Daniela Walkowiak

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano.

Medalists

Gold Gold	Silver Silver	Bronze Bronze
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Antonina Seredina (URS)	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Therese Zenz (EUA)	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Daniela Walkowiak (POL)

Results

Heats

15 competitors entered, but only 13 competed. They first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinal on the 27th while the rest competed in the repechages the 26th.

Heat 1
1.	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Daniela Walkowiak (POL)	2:15.34	QS
2.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Alberta Zanardi (ITA)	2:17.14	QS
3.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN)	2:17.39	QS
4.	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Marianne Tucker (GBR)	2:21.06	QR
5.	File:Flag of France.svg Gabrielle Lutz (FRA)	2:22.05	QR
6.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Eila Kyröläinen (FIN)	2:22.33	QR
-	File:Flag of Austria.svg Helga Wiedermann (AUT)	Did not start
Heat 2
1.	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Antonina Seredina (URS)	2:08.82	QS
2.	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Therese Zenz (EUA)	2:09.73	QS
3.	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Else-Marie Lindmark (SWE)	2:13.37	QS
4.	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Annemarie Werner-Hansen (DEN)	2:14.04	QR
5.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Eva Kutová (TCH)	2:16.35	QR
6.	File:Flag of Australia.svg Heidi Sager (AUS)	2:19.75	QR
7.	File:Flag of the United States.svg Glorianne Perrier (USA)	2:23.00	QR
-	File:Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg E. Dumitrasku (ROU)	Did not start

Repechages

The seven competitors raced in two repechages on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinal on the following day.

Repechage 1
1.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Eva Kutová (TCH)	2:17.87	QS
2.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Eila Kyröläinen (FIN)	2:18.54	QS
3.	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Marianne Tucker (GBR)	2:21.04	QS
4.	File:Flag of the United States.svg Glorianne Perrier (USA)	2:21.20
Repechage 2
1.	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Annemarie Werner-Hansen (DEN)	2:13.76	QS
2.	File:Flag of Australia.svg Heidi Sager (AUS)	2:15.27	QS
3.	File:Flag of France.svg Gabrielle Lutz (FRA)	2:19.28	QS

Semifinal

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

Semifinal 1
1.	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Daniela Walkowiak (POL)	2:11.07	QF
2.	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Else-Marie Lindmark (SWE)	2:13.19	QF
3.	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Annemarie Werner-Hansen (DEN)	2:17.87	QF
4.	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Marianne Tucker (GBR)	2:18.96
Semifinal 2
1.	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Antonina Seredina (URS)	2:07.20	QF
2.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN)	2:15.51	QF
3.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Eila Kyröläinen (FIN)	2:17.28	QF
4.	File:Flag of Australia.svg Heidi Sager (AUS)	2:18.42
Semifinal 3
1.	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Therese Zenz (EUA)	2:08.51	QF
2.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Alberta Zanardi (ITA)	2:15.58	QF
3.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Eva Kutová (TCH)	2:16.90	QF
4.	File:Flag of France.svg Gabrielle Lutz (FRA)	2:22.51

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Gold	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Antonina Seredina (URS)	2:08.08
Silver	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg Therese Zenz (EUA)	2:08.22
Bronze	File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Daniela Walkowiak (POL)	2:10.46
4.	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Annemarie Werner-Hansen (DEN)	2:13.88
5.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN)	2:14.02
6.	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Else-Marie Lindmark (SWE)	2:14.17
7.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Alberta Zanardi (ITA)	2:14.31
8.	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Eva Kutová (TCH)	2:15.30
9.	File:Flag of Finland.svg Eila Kyröläinen (FIN)	2:17.28

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2, Part 1. pp. 266–8.
• Sports-reference.com 1960 women's K-1 500 m results.