Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina (URS)	Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann (EUA)	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi (HUN)

Results

Heats

The 11 crews first raced in two heats on August 26. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final; the remaining five teams were relegated to the repechage.

Heat 1
1.	Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina (URS)	1:55.93	QF
2.	Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann (EUA)	1:59.01	QF
3.	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi (HUN)	2:01.86	QF
4.	Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani (ITA)	2:05.40	QR
5.	Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler (AUT)	2:06.30	QR
6.	Heidi Sager and Cynthia Nicholas (AUS)	2:12.20	QR
Heat 2
1.	Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka and Janina Mendalska (POL)	2:01.03	QF
2.	Annemarie Werner-Hansen and Birgit Jensen (DEN)	2:03.98	QF
3.	Eva Kolinská (TCH )	2:04.22	QF
4.	Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit (ROU)	2:04.32	QR
5.	Mary Ann DuChai and Diane Jerome (USA)	2:15.51	QR

Repechage

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

Repechage
1.	Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani (ITA)	2:08.85	QF
2.	Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler (AUT)	2:10.00	QF
3.	Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit (ROU)	2:10.17	QF
4.	Heidi Sager and Cynthia Nicholas (AUS)	2:14.11
5.	Mary Ann DuChai and Diane Jerome (USA)	2:21.13

Final

The final was held on August 29.

	Mariya Shubina and Antonina Seredina (URS)	1:54.76
	Therese Zenz and Ingrid Hartmann (EUA)	1:56.66
	Klára Fried-Bánfalvi and Vilma Egresi (HUN)	1:58.22
4.	Daniela Walkowiak-Pilecka and Janina Mendalska (POL)	1:59.03
5.	Annemarie Werner-Hansen and Birgit Jensen (DEN)	2:01.36
6.	Maria Szkeli and Elena Lipalit (ROU)	2:01.68
7.	Gabriella Cotta Ramusino and Luciana Guindani (ITA)	2:02.47
8.	Eva Kolinská (TCH )	2:02.76
9.	Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann and Lisa Schindler (AUT)	2:02.85

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