| Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Slalom | ||
| C-1 | men | |
| C-2 | men | |
| K-1 | men | women |
Sprint | ||
| C-1 1000 m | men | |
| C-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-1 500 m | women | |
| K-1 1000 m | men | |
| K-2 500 m | women | |
| K-2 1000 m | men | |
| K-4 1000 m | men | |
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
 Lyudmila Pinayeva and Yekaterina Kuryshko (URS) |  Ilse Kaschube and Petra Grabowski (GDR) |  Maria Nichiforov and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) |
The 12 crews first raced in two heats on September 5. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining six teams were relegated to the semifinal.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Lyudmila Pinayeva and Yekaterina Kuryshko (URS) | 2:00.31 | QF |
| 2. | Ilse Kaschube and Petra Grabowski (GDR) | 2:00.96 | QF |
| 3. |  Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Hollósy (HUN) | 2:01.87 | QF |
| 4. |  Izabella Antonowicz and Ewa Grajkowska (POL) | 2:04.30 | QS |
| 5. |  Natasha Petrova and Petrana Koleva (BUL) | 2:05.16 | QS |
| 6. |  Majorie Horner-Dixon and Claudia Hunt (CAN) | 2:11.24 | QS |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Maria Nichiforov and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) | 1:59.59 | QF |
| 2. |  Roswitha Esser and Renate Breuer (FRG) | 2:00.32 | QF |
| 3. |  Mieke Jaapies and Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens (NED) | 2:03.33 | QF |
| 4. |  Anastászie Fridrichová and Oldřiška Kaplanová (TCH) | 2:06.73 | QS |
| 5. |  Helen Woodhouse and Pamela Renshaw (GBR) | 2:10.22 | QS |
| 6. |  Nancy Purves and Linda Murray (USA) | 2:11.50 | QS |
The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on September 8) advanced to the final.
| Semifinal | |||
| 1. | Izabella Antonowicz and Ewa Grajkowska (POL) | 1:55.50 | QF |
| 2. | Natasha Petrova and Petrana Koleva (BUL) | 1:57.31 | QF |
| 3. | Anastászie Fridrichová and Oldřiška Kaplanová (TCH) | 1:58.25 | QF |
| 4. | Nancy Purves and Linda Murray (USA) | 2:01.27 | |
| 5. | Majorie Horner-Dixon and Claudia Hunt (CAN) | 2:03.60 | |
| 6. | Helen Woodhouse and Pamela Renshaw (GBR) | 2:04.44 | |
The final was held on September 9.
| | Lyudmila Pinayeva and Yekaterina Kuryshko (URS) | 1:53.50 |
| | Ilse Kaschube and Petra Grabowski (GDR) | 1:54.30 |
| | Maria Nichiforov and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) | 1:55.01 |
| 4. | Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Hollósy (HUN) | 1:55.12 |
| 5. | Roswitha Esser and Renate Breuer (FRG) | 1:55.64 |
| 6. | Izabella Antonowicz and Ewa Grajkowska (POL) | 1:57.45 |
| 7. | Mieke Jaapies and Maria van der Holst-Blijlevens (NED) | 1:58.11 |
| 8. | Natasha Petrova and Petrana Koleva (BUL) | 1:59.40 |
| 9. | Anastászie Fridrichová and Oldřiška Kaplanová (TCH) | 1:59.84 |
These are the results of the women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-person canoe sprint kayaks.
These are the results of the women's K-4 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The K-4 event is raced by four-person canoe sprint kayaks.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan. This event debuted at these games and is only one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan.
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.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heats were shown timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were timed in hundredths of a second (0.01).
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program. In the official report, heat times were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinal and final times were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).
The men's K-2 1000 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program.
The men's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The women's K-4 500 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics program.
The Women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics program.
