title: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres
text: # Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres
  
  These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and semifinals took place on August 12.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Karen Hoff (DEN) | Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) |
  
  ## Heats
  
  The ten competitors first raced in two heats. The top four finishers in both heats moved directly to the final.
  
  Heat 1 :
  
  | 1. | Růžena Košťálová (TCH) | 2:39.6 | QF |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2. | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | 2:41.7 | QF |
  | 3. | Anna Van Marcke (BEL) | 2:44.7 | QF |
  | 4. | Claire Vautrin (FRA) | 2:45.2 | QF |
  | 5. | Joyce Richards (GBR) | 3:00.1 | |
  | Heat 2 ||||
  | 1. | Karen Hoff (DEN) | 2:32.2 | QF |
  | 2. | Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) | 2:35.4 | QF |
  | 3. | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) | 2:35.7 | QF |
  | 4. | Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN) | 2:37.5 | QF |
  | 5. | Ingrid Wallgren (SWE) | 2:38.5 | |
  
  ## Final
  
  | | Karen Hoff (DEN) | 2:31.9 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Alida van der Anker-Doedens (NED) | 2:32.8 |
  | | Fritzi Schwingl (AUT) | 2:32.9 |
  | 4. | Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (HUN) | 2:33.8 |
  | 5. | Růžena Košťálová (TCH) | 2:38.2 |
  | 6. | Sylvi Saimo (FIN) | 2:38.4 |
  | 7. | Anna Van Marcke (BEL) | 2:43.4 |
  | 8. | Claire Vautrin (FRA) | 2:44.4 |
  