Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54
Appearance
Women's 800 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 29 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.
The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | ![]() |
1:41.47 | Nottwil, Switzerland | 18 August 2019 |
Paralympic Record | ![]() |
1:44.73 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 17 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 1:54.60 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
America | 1:42.72 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
Asia | 1:42.38 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
Europe | 1:41.47 WR | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
Oceania | 1:42.35 | Eliza Ault-Connell | ![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:57:[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 8 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
1:52.91 | Q |
2 | 6 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
1:53.06 | Q |
3 | 7 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | ![]() |
1:54.11 | Q, PB |
4 | 5 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
1:54.18 | SB |
5 | 4 | Patricia Eachus | ![]() |
1:58.64 | |
3 | Marie Perrine | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:07:[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
1:51.09 | Q |
2 | 6 | Susannah Scaroni | ![]() |
1:51.42 | Q |
3 | 4 | Amanda McGrory | ![]() |
1:51.67 | Q |
4 | 3 | Mel Woods | ![]() |
1:52.05 | q, PB |
5 | 5 | Marie Alphonse | ![]() |
1:52.27 | q, AR |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17:[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
1:42.81 | GR |
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4 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
1:43.16 | SB |
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6 | Susannah Scaroni | ![]() |
1:44.43 | SB |
4 | 7 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
1:46.43 | |
5 | 3 | Mel Woods | ![]() |
1:50.40 | PB |
6 | 8 | Amanda McGrory | ![]() |
1:52.59 | |
7 | 2 | Marie Alphonse | ![]() |
1:53.30 | |
8 | 9 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | ![]() |
1:54.87 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.