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The ”’women’s K-1 500 metres”’ event was an individual [[kayak]]ing event conducted as part of the [[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics]] program.

==Medalists==
{| class=wikitable
|align=center bgcolor=gold| [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] ”’Gold”’
|align=center bgcolor=silver| [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] ”’Silver”’
|align=center bgcolor=cc9966| [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] ”’Bronze”’
|-
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Birgit Fishcer]]|GDR|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova]]|BUL|1980 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCmedalist|[[Antonina Melnikova]]|URS|1980 Summer}}
|}

==Results==
===Heats===
Thirteen competitors entered in two heats on [[July 30]], but two withdrew. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final while the rest competed in the semifinal.

{| style=’text-align:center’
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Heat 1”’
|-
|width=30|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Birgit Fischer]]|GDR|1980 Summer}} ||width=80| 1:56.92 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova|Vanja Gesheva]]|BUL|1980 Summer}} || 1:58.40 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Antonina Melnikova]]|URS|1980 Summer}} || 1:58.74 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Katalin Povázsán]]|HUN|1980 Summer}} || 2:01.21 || QS
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lucy Perret]]|GBR|1980 Summer}} || 2:03.09 || QS
|-
| -||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Elisabetta Introini]]|ITA|1980 Summer}} || Did not start ||
|-
| -||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ineke Bakker]]|NED|1980 Summer}} || Did not start ||
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Heat 2”’
|-
|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ewa Kamińska-Eichler|Ewa Eichler]]|POL|1980 Summer}} || 1:59.75 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu|Maria Ştefan]]|ROU|1980 Summer}} || 1:59.94 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Béatrice Knopf-Basson|Béatrice Knopf]]|FRA|1980 Summer}} || 2:00.59 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Agneta Andersson]]|SWE|1980 Summer}} || 2:01.00 || QS
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marleen Kuppens]]|BEL|1980 Summer}} || 2:05.61 || QS
|-
|6.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jana Polakovičová]]|TCH|1980 Summer}} || 2:07.68 || QS
|}

===Semifinal===
The top three finishers in the semifinal (raced on [[August 1]]) advanced to the final.

{| style=’text-align:center’
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|”’Semifinal”’
|-
|width=30|1.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Katalin Povázsán]]|HUN|1980 Summer}} ||width=60| 2:02.66 || ”’QF”’
|-
|2.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lucy Perret]]|GBR|1980 Summer}} || 2:03.73 || ”’QF”’
|-
|3.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Agneta Andersson]]|SWE|1980 Summer}} || 2:04.39 || ”’QF”’
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marleen Kuppens]]|BEL|1980 Summer}} || 2:04.86 ||
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jana Polakovičová]]|TCH|1980 Summer}} || 2:08.99 ||
|}

===Final===
The final was held on [[August 1]].

{| style=’text-align:center’
|width=30 bgcolor=gold|[[Image:Med 1.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Birgit Fischer]]|GDR|1980 Summer}} ||width=60| 1:57.96
|-
|bgcolor=silver|[[Image:Med 2.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova|Vanja Gesheva]]|BUL|1980 Summer}} || 1:59.48
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|[[Image:Med 3.png]]||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Antonina Melnikova]]|URS|1980 Summer}} || 1:59.66
|-
|4.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu|Maria Ştefan]]|ROU|1980 Summer}} || 2:00.90
|-
|5.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ewa Kamińska-Eichler|Ewa Eichler]]|POL|1980 Summer}} || 2:01.23
|-
|6.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Agneta Andersson]]|SWE|1980 Summer}} || 2:01.33
|-
|7.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Katalin Povázsán]]|HUN|1980 Summer}} || 2:01.52
|-
|8.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Béatrice Knopf-Basson|Béatrice Knopf]]|FRA|1980 Summer}} || 2:02.91
|-
|9.||align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lucy Perret]]|GBR|1980 Summer}} || 2:04.89
|}

==References==
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/or1980v3.pdf 1980 Summer Olympics official report Volume 3.] p. 195. {{en icon}} }
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/CAN/womens-kayak-singles-500-metres.html Sports-reference.com 1980 women’s K-1 500 m results.]

[[Category:Canoeing events at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Women’s K-1 500]]