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 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

The 14 crews first raced in two heats on July 28. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the semifinals while the remaining eight teams were relegated to the repechages.

Heat 1
1.		1:54.49	QS
2.		1:59.33	QS
3.		2:01.45	QS
4.		2:03.50	QR
5.		2:06.12	QR
6.		2:10.48	QR
7.		2:10.62	QR
Heat 2
1.		1:52.67	QS
2.		1:54.25	QS
3.		1:55.59	QS
4.		1:59.32	QR
5.		1:59.45	QR
6.		2:00.34	QR
7.		2:00.52	QR

Repechages

The eight crews first raced in two repechages on July 28. The top three finishers from each of the repechages advanced directly to the semifinals.

Repechage 1
1.		1:55.63	QS
2.		1:56.60	QS
3.		1:58.97	QS
4.		2:00.44
Repechage 2
1.		1:59.15	QS
2.		2:00.70	QS
3.		2:01.68	QS
4.		2:03.87

Semifinals

The top three finishers in each of the semifinals (raced on July 30) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1
1.		1:54.70	QF
2.		1:55.31	QF
3.		1:56.45	QF
4.		1:57.10
Semifinal 2
1.		1:50.56	QF
2.		1:53.29	QF
3.		1:53.50	QF
4.		1:55.75
Semifinal 3
1.		1:52.51	QF
2.		1:53.38	QF
3.		1:56.83	QF
4.		1:59.53

Final

The final was held on July 30.

		1:51.15
		1:51.69
		1:51.81
4.		1:53.77
5.		1:53.86
6.		1:55.05
7.		1:55.95
8.		1:56.75
9.		1:59.65