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Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres
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
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Lyudmila Pinayeva and Yekaterina Kuryshko (URS) | Ilse Kaschube and Petra Grabowski (GDR) | Maria Nichiforov and Viorica Dumitru (ROU) |
Results
Heats
The 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
The 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
The final was held on September 9.
| 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
- p. 496. (in English, French, and German)