Canoe Sprint — Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women

Times held 20
Total participants 270
Total countries 68

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 10 10
1952 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 13 13
1956 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 10 10
1960 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 13 13
1964 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 13 13
1968 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 13 13
1972 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 15 15
1976 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 15 15
1980 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 11 11
1984 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 11 11
1988 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 15 15
1992 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 16 16
1996 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 23 23
2000 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 17 17
2004 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 23 23
2008 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 25 25
2012 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 25 25
2016 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 27 27
2020 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 41 27
2024 Kayak Singles, 500 metres, Women Olympic 40 30

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Karen HoffDEN Lida van der Anker-DoedensNED Fritzi SchwinglAUT
1952 Sylvi SaimoFIN Gertrude LiebhartAUT Nina SavinaURS
1956 Yelizaveta DementyevaURS Therese ZenzGER Tove SøbyDEN
1960 Antonina SeredinaURS Therese ZenzGER Daniela WalkowiakPOL
1964 Lyudmila KhvedosyukURS Hilde LauerROU Marcia JonesUSA
1968 Lyudmila PinayevaURS Renate BreuerFRG Viorica DumitruROU
1972 Yuliya RyabchinskayaURS Mieke JaapiesNED Anna PfefferHUN
1976 Carola ZirzowGDR Tatyana KorshunovaURS Klára RajnaiHUN
1980 Birgit FischerGDR Vanya GeshevaBUL Antonina MelnikovaURS
1984 Agneta AnderssonSWE Barbara SchüttpelzFRG Annemiek DerckxNED
1988 Vanya GeshevaBUL Birgit SchmidtGDR Izabela Dylewska-ŚwiatowiakPOL
1992 Birgit SchmidtGER Rita KőbánHUN Izabela Dylewska-ŚwiatowiakPOL
1996 Rita KőbánHUN Caroline BrunetCAN Josefa IdemITA
2000 Josefa Idem-GuerriniITA Caroline BrunetCAN Katrin BorchertAUS
2004 Natasa JanicsHUN Josefa IdemITA Caroline BrunetCAN
2008 Inna OsypenkoUKR Josefa IdemITA Katrin Wagner-AugustinGER
2012 Danuta KozákHUN Inna Osypenko-RadomskaUKR Bridgitte HartleyRSA
2016 Danuta KozákHUN Emma JørgensenDEN Lisa CarringtonNZL
2020 Lisa CarringtonNZL Tamara CsipesHUN Emma JørgensenDEN
2024 Lisa CarringtonNZL Tamara CsipesHUN Emma JørgensenDEN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 5 1 2 8
Hungary HUN 4 3 2 9
East Germany GDR 2 1 0 3
New Zealand NZL 2 0 1 3
Germany GER 1 2 1 4
Italy ITA 1 2 1 4
Denmark DEN 1 1 3 5
Bulgaria BUL 1 1 0 2
Ukraine UKR 1 1 0 2
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Sweden SWE 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 1 3
Netherlands NED 0 2 1 3
West Germany FRG 0 2 0 2
Austria AUT 0 1 1 2
Romania ROU 0 1 1 2
Poland POL 0 0 3 3
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt GDR
GER
2 1 0 3
Lisa Carrington NZL 2 0 1 3
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinayeva RUS
URS
2 0 0 2
Danuta Kozák HUN 2 0 0 2
Josefa Idem-Guerrini ITA
FRG
1 2 1 4

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2020 Summer Olympics Amira Kheris 41 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1996 Summer Olympics Heidi Lehrer 8 h2 r1/4 See all
Argentina ARG 1988 Summer Olympics María Miliauro 4 h3 r2/3 See all
Australia AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Katrin Borchert 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1952 Summer Olympics Gertrude Liebhart 2 Silver See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics İnna Osipenko-Radomska 8 See all
Belarus BLR 2016 Summer Olympics Maryna Litvinchuk 4 See all
Belgium BEL 2020 Summer Olympics Hermien Peters 6 See all
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Ana Paula Vergutz 23 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Vanya Gesheva 1 Gold See all
Canada CAN 1996 Summer Olympics Caroline Brunet 2 Silver See all
2000 Summer Olympics Caroline Brunet 2 Silver
Croatia CRO 2024 Summer Olympics Anamaria Govorčinović 26 See all
Cuba CUB 2012 Summer Olympics Darisleydis Amador 20 See all
Czechia CZE 2024 Summer Olympics Anežka Paloudová 15 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1948 Summer Olympics Růžena Košťálová 5 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Iva Vávrová 5
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Karen Hoff 1 Gold See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Carola Zirzow 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Birgit Fischer 1 Gold
Egypt EGY 2024 Summer Olympics Samaa Ahmed 39 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Sylvi Saimo 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1984 Summer Olympics Béatrice Basson 5 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Birgit Schmidt 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 2012 Summer Olympics Rachel Cawthorn 6 See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Athina-Theodora Alexopoulou 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Guam GUM 2024 Summer Olympics Raina Taitingfong 40 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1984 Summer Olympics Ho Kim Fai 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Hungary HUN 1996 Summer Olympics Rita Kőbán 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Natasa Janics 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Danuta Kozák 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Danuta Kozák 1 Gold
Indonesia INA 2004 Summer Olympics Sarce Aronggear 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Ireland IRL 1972 Summer Olympics Ann McQuaid 5 h1 r2/4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Arezoo Hakimi 25 See all
Israel ISR 2004 Summer Olympics Larisa Pesyakhovich 6 See all
Italy ITA 2000 Summer Olympics Josefa Idem-Guerrini 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1996 Summer Olympics Sayuri Maruyama 8 h2 r3/4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Nataliya Sergeyeva 13 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Ann Margarit Henningsen 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Lida van der Anker-Doedens 2 Silver See all
1972 Summer Olympics Mieke Jaapies 2 Silver
New Zealand NZL 2020 Summer Olympics Lisa Carrington 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Lisa Carrington 1 Gold
Norway NOR 1984 Summer Olympics Ingeborg Rasmussen 4 h1 r2/3 See all
Palau PLW 2016 Summer Olympics Marina Toribiong 27 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Zhong Hongyan 5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Wang Nan 5
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Daniela Walkowiak 3 Bronze See all
1988 Summer Olympics Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak 3 Bronze
1992 Summer Olympics Izabela Dylewska-Światowiak 3 Bronze
Portugal POR 2020 Summer Olympics Teresa Portela 7 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Svetlana Chernigovskaya 27 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Kim Mi-Ja 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Romania ROU 1964 Summer Olympics Hilde Lauer 2 Silver See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Yuliana Salakhova 9 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Yelena Anyushina 9
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Therese Zenz 9 See all
Samoa SAM 2016 Summer Olympics Anne Cairns 24 See all
Senegal SEN 2008 Summer Olympics Khathia Bâ 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Dalma Ružičić-Benedek 7 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Nataša Janić 4 See all
Singapore SGP 2012 Summer Olympics Geraldine Lee 22 See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Marcela Erbanová 5 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Špela Ponomarenko 6 See all
South Africa RSA 2012 Summer Olympics Bridgitte Hartley 3 Bronze See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Yelizaveta Dementyeva 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Antonina Seredina 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Khvedosyuk 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Pinayeva 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Yuliya Ryabchinskaya 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1996 Summer Olympics Belén Sánchez 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Sweden SWE 1984 Summer Olympics Agneta Andersson 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1996 Summer Olympics Ingrid Haralamow-Raimann 8 See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Afef Ben Ismail 23 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Lasma Liepa 21 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Inna Osypenko 1 Gold See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Irina Vaag 6 h1 r2/3 See all
United States USA 1964 Summer Olympics Marcia Jones 3 Bronze See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Yuliya Borzova 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics Zulmarys Sánchez 9 h1 r2/3 See all
Vietnam VIE 2004 Summer Olympics Đòàn Thị Cách 8 h2 r2/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Renate Breuer 2 Silver See all
1984 Summer Olympics Barbara Schüttpelz 2 Silver
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Saman Soltani 38 See all