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Kayak Doubles, 500 metres, Women

Date20 – 22 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationSagami-ko, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Participants20 from 10 countries

One of the defending Olympic champions from the Soviet Union, Antonina Seredina, returned to the Games in 1964 to defend her crown and brought with her a new partner, Nina Gruzintseva, who had helped her win the World Championships in 1958. With various crews, the Soviet Union had also taken the first two podium spots at the 1961 European Championships, and the last two at the 1963 European and World Championships. Germany’s Roswitha Esser and Annemarie Zimmermann, meanwhile, were the reigning European and World Champions. In the opening round, the Soviet Union and Germany were placed in the same heat, with the latter emerging victorious and separated from the former in the rankings by the Romanian duo of Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri. Birthe Lindskov Hansen and Anni Werner-Hansen of Denmark took the other heat. The Germans were dominant in the final, winning gold with ease, but it was the American crew of Francine Fox and Gloria Perrier who surprised the spectators by nabbing the silver medal. The battle for the final podium spot came down to a three-way drive between the Soviet Union, Denmark, and Romania, with the latter coming out on top by a mere 0.44 seconds ahead of the Soviets. Lauer also earned bronze in the K-1 500 at the same Olympics.

PosNumberPairNOCR1RepFinal
154/63Roswitha Esser / Annemarie ZimmermannGER1:56.66 (1 h2)1:56.95 (1)Gold
2139/144Francine Fox / Glo PerrierUSA1:59.69 (2 h1)1:59.16 (2)Silver
3119/124Hilde Lauer / Cornelia SideriROU1:57.69 (2 h2)2:00.25 (3)Bronze
4151/161Nina Gruzintseva / Antonina SeredinaURS1:58.81 (3 h2)2:00.69 (4)
539/45Birthe Lindskov Hansen / Anni Werner-HansenDEN1:58.99 (1 h1)2:00.88 (5)
6130/134Else-Marie Ljungdahl / Eva SisthSWE2:00.16 (3 h1)2:02.24 (6)
764/75Katalin Benkő / Mária RókaHUN2:02.19 (4 h2)2:06.90 (1)2:03.67 (7)
8103/104Izabella Antonowicz / Daniela PileckaPOL2:05.86 (5 h2)2:11.02 (2)2:04.31 (8)
91/10Margaret Buck / Lynette WaggAUS2:08.43 (4 h1)2:14.61 (3)2:10.70 (9)
4 h1 r2/392/91Hiroko Oshima / Keiko OkamotoJPN2:14.53 (5 h1)2:18.39 (4)

Round One

Date20 October 1964
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final. All others advanced to the Repêchage.

Heat #1

Time11:50
PosLanePairNOCTime
1Birthe Lindskov Hansen / Anni Werner-HansenDEN1:58.99Q
2Francine Fox / Glo PerrierUSA1:59.69Q
3Else-Marie Ljungdahl / Eva SisthSWE2:00.16Q
4Margaret Buck / Lynette WaggAUS2:08.43
5Hiroko Oshima / Keiko OkamotoJPN2:14.53

Heat #2

Time12:00
PosLanePairNOCTime
1Roswitha Esser / Annemarie ZimmermannGER1:56.66Q
2Hilde Lauer / Cornelia SideriROU1:57.69Q
3Nina Gruzintseva / Antonina SeredinaURS1:58.81Q
4Katalin Benkő / Mária RókaHUN2:02.19
5Izabella Antonowicz / Daniela PileckaPOL2:05.86

Repêchage

Date21 October 1964 — 15:10
FormatTop three in each heat advanced to the final.
PosLanePairNOCTime
1Katalin Benkő / Mária RókaHUN2:06.90Q
2Izabella Antonowicz / Daniela PileckaPOL2:11.02Q
3Margaret Buck / Lynette WaggAUS2:14.61Q
4Hiroko Oshima / Keiko OkamotoJPN2:18.39

Final Round

Date22 October 1964 — 15:48
PosLanePairNOCTime
19Roswitha Esser / Annemarie ZimmermannGER1:56.95
23Francine Fox / Glo PerrierUSA1:59.16
34Hilde Lauer / Cornelia SideriROU2:00.25
42Nina Gruzintseva / Antonina SeredinaURS2:00.69
55Birthe Lindskov Hansen / Anni Werner-HansenDEN2:00.88
66Else-Marie Ljungdahl / Eva SisthSWE2:02.24
77Katalin Benkő / Mária RókaHUN2:03.67
81Izabella Antonowicz / Daniela PileckaPOL2:04.31
98Margaret Buck / Lynette WaggAUS2:10.70