The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayak

Kayak

A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

ing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...

 program on Lake Albano.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

15 competitors entered, but only 13 competed. They first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinal on the 27th while the rest competed in the repechages the 26th.

Heat 1
1.		2:15.34	QS
2.		2:17.14	QS
3.		2:17.39	QS
4.		2:21.06	QR
5.		2:22.05	QR
6.		2:22.33	QR
-		Did not start
Heat 2
1.		2:08.82	QS
2.		2:09.73	QS
3.		2:13.37	QS
4.		2:14.04	QR
5.		2:16.35	QR
6.		2:19.75	QR
7.		2:23.00	QR
-		Did not start

Repechages

The seven competitors raced in two repechages on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinal on the following day.

Repechage 1
1.		2:17.87	QS
2.		2:18.54	QS
3.		2:21.04	QS
4.		2:21.20	QR
Repechage 2
1.		2:13.76	QS
2.		2:15.27	QS
3.		2:19.28	QS

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on August 27) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		2:11.07	QF
2.		2:13.19	QF
3.		2:17.87	QF
4.		2:18.96
Semifinal 2
1.		2:07.20	QF
2.		2:15.51	QF
3.		2:17.28	QF
4.		2:18.42
Semifinal 3
1.		2:08.51	QF
2.		2:15.58	QF
3.		2:16.90	QF
4.		2:22.51

Final

The final was held on August 29.

		2:08.08
		2:08.22
		2:15.68
4.		2:13.88
5.		2:14.02
6.		2:14.17
7.		2:14.31
8.		2:15.30
9.		2:17.28