1956 Summer Olympics / Canoe - single kayak 500 m (women)

sport	canoe
competition	Single kayak 500 m
gender	Women
place	Lake Wendouree , Ballarat
Attendees	10 athletes from 10 nations
date	1st December 1956
Medals	Jelisaweta Dementjewa ( URS ) Therese Zenz ( EUA ) Tove Søby ( DEN )

In the 1956 Olympics was on 1 December on the Lake Wendouree in the Australian city of Ballarat the one kayak contest over 500m fought for women.

The Soviet Russian Jelisaweta Dementjewa won the race ahead of the German Therese Zenz and the Danish Tove Søby .

Prelims

There were two preliminary runs. The four fastest of each heat qualified for the final.

Forward 1

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Therese Zenz	Germany	2: 17.6 min
2	Yelisaveta Dementeva	Soviet Union	2: 20.9 min
3	Edith Cochrane	Australia	2: 24.0 min
4th	Patricia Moody	United Kingdom	2: 26.7 min
5	Helga Hellebrand	Austria	2: 27.5 min

Forward 2

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Tove Søby	Denmark	2: 23.7 min
2	Cecilia Hartmann	Hungary	2: 25.3 min
3	Daniela Walkowiak	Poland	2: 25.8 min
4th	Eva Marion	France	2: 29.4 min
5	Eila Eskola	Finland	2: 31.4 min

final

rank	Surname	nation	time
	Yelisaveta Dementeva	Soviet Union	2: 18.9 min
	Therese Zenz	Germany	2: 19.6 min
	Tove Søby	Denmark	2: 22.3 min
4th	Cecilia Hartmann	Hungary	2: 23.5 min
5	Edith Cochrane	Australia	2: 23.8 min
6th	Daniela Walkowiak	Poland	2: 24.1 min
7th	Patricia Moody	United Kingdom	2: 25.3 min
8th	Eva Marion	France	2: 27.9 min

Web links

• Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
• Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)