Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres
# Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | Gertrude Liebhart (AUT) | Nina Savina (URS) |

## Heats

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

| | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | 2:18.4 |
| - | - | - |
| | Gertrude Liebhart (AUT) | 2:18.8 |
| | 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 |
