This is your guide to the historical results for the Olympic Canoe / Kayak 500m women's K-2 Flatwater race. See how the women did over the years and learn who the gold, silver, and bronze medalists were along with their countries.
1960 Rome Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Mariya Shubina & Antonina Seredina (URS)
- Silver: Therese Zenz & Ingrid Hartman (EUA)
- Bronze: Klara Fried-Banfalvi & Vilma Egresi (HUN)
1964 Tokyo Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Roswitha Esser & Annemarie Zimmermann (EUA)
- Silver: Francine Fox & Glorianne Perrier (USA)
- Bronze: Hilde Lauer & Cornelia Sideri (ROU)
1968 Mexico City Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Roswitha Esser & Annemarie Zimmermann (FRG)
- Silver: Anna Pfeffer & Katalin Rozsnoyio (HUN)
- Bronze: Lyudmila Pinayeva & Antonina Seredina (URS)
1972 Munich Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Lyudmila Pinayeva & Ekaterina Kuryshko (URS)
- Silver: Ilse Kaschube & Petra Grabowsky (GDR)
- Bronze: Maria Mihoreanu & Viorica Dumitru (ROU)
1976 Montreal Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Nina Gopova & Galina Kreft (URS)
- Silver: Anna Pfeffer & Klara Rajnaj (HUN)
- Bronze: Barbel Koster & Carola Zirzow (GDR)
1980 Moscow Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Carsta Genauss & Martina Bischof (GDR)
- Silver: Galina Alexeyeva & Nina Trofimova (URS)
- Bronze: Eva Rakusz & Maria Zakarias (HUN)
1984 Los Angeles Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Agneta Andersson & Anna Olsson (SWE)
- Silver: Alexandra BArre & Sue Holloway (CAN)
- Bronze: Josefa Idem & Barbara Schuttpelz (FRG)
1988 Seoul Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Birgit Fischer & Anke Nothnagel (GDR)
- Silver: Vanja Gesheva & Diana Paliiska (BUL)
- Bronze: Annemiek Derckx & Annemarie Cox (NED)
1992 Barcelona Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Ramona Portwich & Anke von Seck (GER)
- Silver: Agneta Andersson & Susanne Wiberg (SWE)
- Bronze: Rita Koban & Eva Donusz (HUN)
1996 Atlanta Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Susanne Wiberg & Agneta Andersson (SWE)
- Silver: Birgit Fischer & Ramona Portwich (GER)
- Bronze: Anna Wood & KAtrin Borcher (AUS)
2000 Sydney Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Birgit Ficher & Katrin Wagner (GER)
- Silver: Katalin Kovacs & Szilvia Szabo (HUN)
- Bronze: Aneta Pastuszka & Beata Sokolowska (POL)
2004 Athens Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Katalin Kovacs & Natasa Janic (HUN)
- Silver: Birgit Fischer & Carolin Leonhardt (GER)
- Bronze: Aneta Pastuszka & Beata Sokolowska (POL)
2008 Beijing Olympics K-2 500m Women’s Medalists
- Gold: Katalin Kovacs & Natasa Janic (HUN)
- Silver: Beata Mikolajczyk & Aneta Konieczna (POL)
- Bronze: Marie Delattre & Anne-Laure Viard (FRA)
