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

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.

Heats

The 13 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.

Heat 1
width=30	1.		width=60	2:20.1	QF
2.		2:20.6	QF
3.		2:23.8	QF
4.		2:24.8
5.		2:28.3
Heat 2
1.		2:22.1	QF
2.		2:24.9	QF
3.		2:27.1	QF
4.		2:34.4
Heat 3
1.		2:24.4	QF
2.		2:26.2	QF
3.		2:26.9	QF
4.		2:43.1

Final

width=30 bgcolor=gold			2:18.4
bgcolor=silver			2:18.8
		2:21.6
4.		2:22.3
5.		2:22.7
6.		2:23.0
7.		2:23.8
8.		2:25.9
9.		2:27.9

References

• 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 636.
• Sports-reference.com women's 1952 K-1 500 m results.