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.
Medalists edit
 Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Sylvi Saimo (FIN)
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 Gertrude Liebhart (AUT)
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 Nina Savina (URS)
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Heats edit
The 13 competitors first raced in three heats. The top three finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) |
2:20.1 | QF |
| 2. | Gertrude Liebhart (AUT) |
2:20.6 | QF |
| 3. |  Cecilia Hartmann (HUN) |
2:23.8 | QF |
| 4. |  Eva Marion (FRA) |
2:24.8 | |
| 5. |  Anna-Lisa Ohlsson (SWE) |
2:28.3 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Nina Savina (URS) |
2:22.1 | QF |
| 2. |  Bodil Svendsen (DEN) |
2:24.9 | QF |
| 3. |  Marta Kroutilová (TCH) |
2:27.1 | QF |
| 4. |  Shirley Ascott (GBR) |
2:34.4 | |
| Heat 3 | |||
| 1. |  Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) |
2:24.4 | QF |
| 2. |  Josefa Köster (GER) |
2:26.2 | QF |
| 3. |  Therese Zenz (SAA) |
2:26.9 | QF |
| 4. |  Elisa Sidler (SUI) |
2:43.1 | |
Final edit
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Sylvi Saimo (FIN) |
2:18.4 |
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Gertrude Liebhart (AUT) |
2:18.8 |
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Nina Savina (URS) |
2:21.6 |
| 4. | Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) |
2:22.3 |
| 5. | Bodil Svendsen (DEN) |
2:22.7 |
| 6. | Cecilia Hartmann (HUN) |
2:23.0 |
| 7. | Marta Kroutilová (TCH) |
2:23.8 |
| 8. | Josefa Köster (GER) |
2:25.9 |
| 9. | Therese Zenz (SAA) |
2:27.9 |
References edit
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