WOMEN'S SENIOR
K-1
500m
  Kayak Singles
 
Ruth DeForrest Trophy - Introduced 1963
 
Recordi500m
2024
1:51.376
ARGENTINA
Brenda Rojas
 
  Year   Time First Place Second Place Third Place
 
 
Introduction of the Ruth DeForrest Trophy
  1963   2:22 Marcia Jones Francine Fox Glorianne Perrier
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1964   2:09.2 Marcia Jones Francine Fox Karen Jamieson
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1965   2:40 Marcia Jones-Smoke Sperry Jones Francine Fox
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1966   2:14.3 Marcia Jones-Smoke Sperry Jones-Rademaker Francine Fox
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1967   2:22.14 Marcia Jones-Smoke Sperry Jones-Rademaker Francine Fox
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1968   2:18.4 Marcia Jones-Smoke Sperry Jones-Rademaker Claudia Hunt
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1969   2:23.2 Marcia Jones-Smoke Francine Fox Marjorie Homer-Dixon
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1970   1:56.0 Marcia Jones-Smoke Claudia Hunt Sperry Jones-Rademaker
        UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES
  1971   2:18.7 Marcia Jones-Smoke N. Purves L. Flood
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1972   2:16.3 Francine Fox Danielle Duquet L. Flood
        UNITED STATES CANADA UNITED STATES
  1973   2:10.2 Marcia Jones-Smoke L. Murray Sue Holloway
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1974   2:05.0 Sue Holloway L. Murray C. Clark
        CANADA UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
                   
  1975   Championships suspended for Canoe Canada 75
  1976   Championships suspended for Olympic Games, Montreal, Canada
                   
  1977   No Time Sue Holloway Ann Dodge J. Leach
        CANADA CANADA UNITED STATES
 
Retirement of the Ruth DeForrest Trophy
                   
  North American Championships dissolved. Pan American Championships begin.
                   
  1978   2:14.0 Sue Holloway L. Klein L. Chih Yieng
        CANADA UNITED STATES CHINA
  1979   2:05.8 Sue Holloway K. Radnai L. Dragon
        CANADA HUNGARY UNITED STATES
  1980   2:01.8 L. Klein A. Turner V. Gecheva
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES BULGARIA
  1981   2:09.21 L. Klein A. Turner T. Di Marino
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
  1982   2:10.4 Lauren Hoyle E. Saldivar Alison Brown
        CANADA CUBA CANADA
  1983   2:09.11 Lucie Guay Alexandra Barré Nancy Olmsted
        CANADA CANADA CANADA
  1984   Championships suspended for Olympic Games, Los Angeles, USA
                   
  1985   2:08.06 Sheila Conover Shirley Batlik Erika Revesz
        UNITED STATES UNITED STATES CANADA
  1986   2:09.68 Sheila Conover Heather Hollingsworth Tessa DeSouza
        UNITED STATES CANADA CANADA
  1987   Pan American Games in Indianapolis, USA
                   
  1988   1:59.145 Caroline Brunet Nancy Olmsted Klari MacAskill
        CANADA CANADA HUNGARY
                   
  1989-1999 Canada did not attend 1989/1999. Championships not held 1990-1998
                   
  2000   1:59.00      
        UNITED STATES MEXICO ARGENTINA
  2001       Sara Hopkins  
            CANADA MEXICO
  2002   2:02.796 Fernanda Lauro Kamini Jain Anaysi Carrillo
        ARGENTINA CANADA CUBA
  2003   Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
                   
  2004   2:00.745 Fernanda Lauro Denisse Olivella Fabiola Zamorano
        ARGENTINA MEXICO CHILE
  2005   1:55.390 Carrie Johnson Fernanda Lauro Denisse Olivella
        UNITED STATES ARGENTINA MEXICO
  2006   1:59.60 Émilie Fournel Yulitza Meneses Maggie Hogan
        CANADA CUBA UNITED STATES
  2007   Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
                   
  2008   1:54.910 Karen Furneaux Estafania Fontanini Zulmarys Mendoza
        CANADA ARGENTINA VENEZUELA
  2009   2:10.54 Fernanda Lauro Tiera McLeod Ana Paula Vergutz
        ARGENTINA CANADA BRAZIL
  2010   1:57.35 Carrie Johnson Émilie Fournel Dayexi Gandarella
        UNITED STATES CANADA CUBA
  2011   Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico
                   
  2012   2:10.539 Alexandra Keresztesi Ana Paula Vergutz Zulmarys Mendoza
        ARGENTINA BRAZIL VENEZUELA
  2013     Tamlyn Bohm    
        CANADA        
  2014   1:58.44 Yusmari Mengana Maggie Hogan Ana Paula Vergutz
        CUBA UNITED STATES BRAZIL
  2015   Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada
                   
  2016   1:53.65 Lissa Bissonnette Maggie Hogan Beatriz Fragoza
        CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO
  2017   1:57.41 Magdalena Garro Brenda Rodriguez Ruth Nino
        ARGENTINA MEXICO COLOMBIA
  2018   1:56.783 Michelle Russell Yurieni Herrera Ana Paula Vergutz
        CANADA CUBA BRAZIL
  2019   Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
                   
  2020-2021 No Championships
                   
  2022   1:57.9 Michelle Russell Brenda Rojas Beatriz Briones
        CANADA ARGENTINA MEXICO
  2023   Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile
                   
  2024   1:51.376 Brenda Rojas Ana Paula Vergutz Daylen Perez
        ARGENTINA BRAZIL CUBA