Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

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Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina at the Olympics Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina Rome 1960.jpg
Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina at the Olympics

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program on Lake Albano. This event debuted at these Olympics though it is one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (the other is the men's K-4 1000 m event which debuted at the 1964 Games in Tokyo and ran until the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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Medalists

Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Silver medal with cup.svg Silver Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Shubina
and Antonina Seredina  (URS)
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Therese Zenz
and Ingrid Hartmann  (EUA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Klára Fried-Bánfalvi
and Vilma Egresi  (HUN)

Results

Heats

The 11 crews first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining five teams were relegated to the repechage.

Heat 1
1.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina  (URS)1:55.93QF
2.Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann  (EUA)1:59.01QF
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi  (HUN)2:01.86QF
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani  (ITA)2:05.40QR
5.Flag of Austria.svg  Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler  (AUT)2:06.30QR
6.Flag of Australia.svg  Heidi Sager and Cynthia Nicholas  (AUS)2:12.20QR
Heat 2
1.Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka and Janina Mendalska  (POL)2:01.03QF
2.Flag of Denmark.svg  Annemarie Werner-Hansen and Birgit Jensen  (DEN)2:03.98QF
3.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Eva Kutová and Eva Kolinská  (TCH)2:04.22QF
4.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit  (ROU)2:04.32QR
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Mary Ann DuChai and Diane Jerome  (USA)2:15.51QR

Repechage

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

Repechage
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani  (ITA)2:08.85QF
2.Flag of Austria.svg  Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler  (AUT)2:10.00QF
3.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit  (ROU)2:10.17QF
4.Flag of Australia.svg  Heidi Sager and Cynthia Nicholas  (AUS)2:14.11
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Mary Ann DuChai and Diane Jerome  (USA)2:21.13

Final

The final was held on August 29.

Gold medal with cup.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina  (URS)1:54.76
Silver medal with cup.svg Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann  (EUA)1:56.66
Bronze medal with cup.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi  (HUN)1:58.22
4.Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka and Janina Mendalska  (POL)1:59.03
5.Flag of Denmark.svg  Annemarie Werner-Hansen and Birgit Jensen  (DEN)2:01.36
6.Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit  (ROU)2:01.68
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani  (ITA)2:02.47
8.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Eva Kutová and Eva Kolinská  (TCH)2:02.76
9.Flag of Austria.svg  Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler  (AUT)2:02.85

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