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 1960 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested at Lake Albano. Four changes were done to the program. First, the 10000 metre events that were raced from 1936 to 1956 were permanently dropped from the Olympic program, leaving all races at the 500 metre and...

 program on Lake Albano. This event debutted at these Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 though it is one of two events that has been at every ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (The other is the men's K-4 1000 m event which debuted at the 1964 Games

Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres

The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme on Lake Sagami, Japan...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

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.		1:55.93	QF
2.		1:59.01	QF
3.		2:01.86	QF
4.		2:05.40	QR
5.		2:06.30	QR
6.		2:12.20	QR
Heat 2
1.		2:01.03	QF
2.		2:03.98	QF
3.		2:04.22	QF
4.		2:04.32	QR
5.		2:15.51	QR

Repechage

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

Repechage
1.		2:08.85	QF
2.		2:10.00	QF
3.		2:10.17	QF
4.		2:14.11
5.		2:21.13

Final

The final was held on August 29.

		1:54.76
		1:56.66
		1:58.22
4.		1:59.03
5.		2:01.36
6.		2:01.68
7.		2:02.47
8.		2:02.76
9.		2:02.85