The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs 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, heat times were shown in tenths of a second (0.1) while semifinal and final times were shown in hundredths of a second (0.01).

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Rosznyói is shown by her married name Sági in the official report.

Heats

The 11 crews first raced in two heats on 20 October. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining five teams were relegated to the semifinal.

Heat 1
1.		1:59.5	QF
2.		1:59.6	QF
3.		1:59.9	QF
4.		2:08.9	QS
5.		2:12.1	QS
6.		2:15.3	QS
Heat 2
1.		2:01.0	QF
2.		2:02.8	QF
3.		2:03.4	QF
4.		2:06.5	QS
5.		2:06.8	QS

Semifinal

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

Semifinal
1.		2:03.48	QF
2.		2:04.54	QF
3.		2:06.31	QF
4.		2:07.88
5.		2:10.11

Final

The final was held on October 25.

		1:59.44
		1:58.60
		1:58.61
4.		1:59.17
5.		2:00.18
6.		2:02.02
7.		2:02.97
8.		2:03.70
9.		2:04.20