Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T53
| Women's 100 metres T53 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16.29 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 100 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Huang Lisha (CHN) |
16.19 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
| Paralympic Record |  Huang Lisha (CHN) |
16.19 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 18.51 | Olajumoke Annah Olajide |  Nigeria
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| America | 16.23 | Leann Shannon |  United States
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| Asia | 16.19 WR | Huang Lisha | China
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| Europe | 16.21 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain
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| Oceania | 16.46 | Angie Ballard |  Australia
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Results
[edit]The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 20:37:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Gao Fang | China |
16.29 | SB |
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5 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China |
16.48 | SB |
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4 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain |
16.53 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jessica Cooper Lewis |  Bermuda |
16.90 | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Hamide Doğangün |  Turkey |
16.94 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland |
17.18 | |
| 7 | 6 | Angie Ballard |  Australia |
17.43 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kelsey Lefevour |  United States |
17.56 | |
| 9 | 2 | Yen Hoang | United States |
18.01 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.