| Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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| Sprint |
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| C-1 1000 m | men | |||
| C-1 10000 m | men | |||
| C-2 1000 m | men | |||
| C-2 10000 m | men | |||
| K-1 500 m | women | |||
| K-1 1000 m | men | |||
| K-1 10000 m | men | |||
| K-2 1000 m | men | |||
| K-2 10000 m | men | |||
These are the results of the women's K-1 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-1 event is raced by single-person canoe sprint kayaks. Heat and finals took place on December 1.
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| Gold | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Therese Zenz Germany (EUA) |
| Bronze | Tove Søby Denmark (DEN) |
The ten competitors first raced in three heats. The top four finishers in each heat moved directly to the final.
| Heat 1 | |||
| 1. | Therese Zenz (EUA) | 2:17.6 | QF |
| 2. | Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS) | 2:20.9 | QF |
| 3. | Edith Cochrane (AUS) | 2:24.0 | QF |
| 4. | Patricia Moody (GBR) | 2:26.7 | QF |
| 5. | Helga Hellebrand (AUT) | 2:27.5 | |
| Heat 2 | |||
| 1. | Tove Søby (DEN) | 2:23.7 | QF |
| 2. | Cecilia Berkes (HUN) | 2:25.3 | QF |
| 3. | Daniela Walkowiak (POL) | 2:25.8 | QF |
| 4. | Eva Marion (FRA) | 2:29.4 | QF |
| 5. | Eila Eskola (FIN) | 2:31.4 | |
| Yelizaveta Dementyeva (URS) | 2:18.9 | |
| Therese Zenz (EUA) | 2:19.6 | |
| Tove Søby (DEN) | 2:22.3 | |
| 4. | Cecilia Berkes (HUN) | 2:23.5 |
| 5. | Edith Cochrane (AUS) | 2:23.8 |
| 6. | Daniela Walkowiak (POL) | 2:24.1 |
| 7. | Patricia Moody (GBR) | 2:25.3 |
| 8. | Eva Marion (FRA) | 2:27.9 |
Dementyeva false-started once, then won the event by two meters after spurting to the lead after the start. Fifth-place finisher Cochrane never trained with or competed against women prior to the Olympics.