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.
Medalists
edit Gold
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 Silver
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 Bronze
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 Lyudmila Pinayeva and Yekaterina Kuryshko (URS) |
 Ilse Kaschube and Petra Grabowski (GDR) |
 Maria Nichiforov and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) |
Results
editHeats
editThe 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 |
Semifinal
editThe 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 | |
Final
editThe final was held on September 9.
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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 |
References
edit- 1972 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3. p. 496. (in English, French, and German)
- Sports-reference.com 1972 women's K-2 500 m results.