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 1968 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964. Lake Xochimilco was where the events took place.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...

program. In the official report, heats were shown timed in tenths of a second (0.1) while the semifinal and final events were timed in hundredths of a second (0.01).

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

The 13 competitors first raced in two heats on October 22. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final while the rest competed in the semifinal two days later.

Heat 1
1.		2:07.1	QF
2.		2:08.6	QF
3.		2:09.1	QF
4.		2:09.6	QS
5.		2:12.1	QS
6.		2:13.6	QS
7.		2:18.2	QS
Heat 2
1.		2:10.0	QF
2.		2:10.3	QF
3.		2:10.9	QF
4.		2:12.2	QS
5.		2:17.0	QS
6.		2:18.5	QS

In the official report, Nüssner's surname is shown as Nübner and Svensson's first name is shown as Ing-Marie.

Semifinal

The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on October 24) advanced to the final.

Semifinal
1.		2:12.67	QF
2.		2:13.42	QF
3.		2:14.55	QF
4.		2:15.32
5.		2:17.98
6.		2:20.84
7.		2:21.39

Final

The final was held on October 25.

		2:11.09
		2:12.71
		2:13.22
4.		2:14.68
5.		2:14.78
6.		2:16.02
7.		2:16.04
8.		2:18.38
-		DNF

Pfeffer capsized in the water midway through the final and had to be rescued by watercraft following the canoers.