- Medalists
- Heats
- Final
- References
{{CanoeingAt1956SummerOlympics}}These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and finals took place on December 1. MedalistsGold | Silver | Bronze | Yelizaveta Dementyeva|URS|1956 Summer}} | Therese Zenz|EUA|1956 Summer}} | Tove Søby|DEN|1956 Summer}} |
HeatsThe ten competitors first raced in three heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final. Heat 1 | 1. | {{flagIOCathlete|Therese Zenz|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 2:17.6 | QF | 2. | {{flagIOCathlete|Yelizaveta Dementyeva|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2:20.9 | QF | 3. | {{flagIOCathlete|Edith Cochrane|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 2:24.0 | QF | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Patricia Moody|GBR|1956 Summer}} | 2:26.7 | QF | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Helga Hellebrand|AUT|1956 Summer}} | 2:27.5 | Heat 2 | 1. | {{flagIOCathlete|Tove Søby|DEN|1956 Summer}} | 2:23.7 | QF | 2. | {{flagIOCathlete|Cecilia Berkes|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 2:25.3 | QF | 3. | {{flagIOCathlete|Daniela Walkowiak|POL|1956 Summer}} | 2:25.8 | QF | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Eva Marion|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 2:29.4 | QF | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Eila Eskola|FIN|1956 Summer}} | 2:31.4 |
Finalwidth=30 bgcolor=gold | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Yelizaveta Dementyeva|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2:18.9 | bgcolor=silver | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Therese Zenz|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 2:19.6 | bgcolor=cc9966 | align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Tove Søby|DEN|1956 Summer}} | 2:22.3 | 4. | {{flagIOCathlete|Cecilia Berkes|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 2:23.5 | 5. | {{flagIOCathlete|Edith Cochrane|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 2:23.8 | 6. | {{flagIOCathlete|Daniela Walkowiak|POL|1956 Summer}} | 2:24.1 | 7. | {{flagIOCathlete|Patricia Moody|GBR|1956 Summer}} | 2:25.3 | 8. | {{flagIOCathlete|Eva Marion|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 2:27.9 |
Dementyeva false-started once, then won the event by two meters after spurting to the lead after the start. Fifth-place finisher Cochrane never trained with or competed against women prior to the Olympics. References- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf 1956 Summer Olympics official report.] pp. 409–10.
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/CAN/womens-kayak-singles-500-metres.html Sports-reference.com women's 1956 K-1 500 m results.]
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Women's Kayak Singles 500 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 490–1.
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