Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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Women's 800 metres T54
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueEstádio Olímpico João Havelange
Datesheats_date–17 September 2016
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wenjun Liu  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yingjie Li  China

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.

The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on heats_date–17 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

Heats

Heat 1

10:00 17 September 2016: [1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 2 906 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:45.17 Q
2 7 190 Lihong Zou  China 1:49.62 Q
3 6 145 Diane Roy  Canada 1:53.51 Q
4 8 335 Jade Jones  Great Britain 1:53.61
5 4 47 Jemima Moore  Australia 1:54.37
6 3 787 Gunilla Wallengren  Sweden 1:54.51
7 5 625 Hannah Babalola  Nigeria 1:56.17

Heat 2

10:08 17 September 2016: [1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1 3 907 Amanda McGrory  United States 1:47.68 Q
2 2 170 Wenjun Liu  China 1:48.27 Q
3 8 780 Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 1:48.47 Q
4 7 167 Yingjie Li  China 1:48.66 q
5 4 615 Margriet van den Broek  Netherlands 1:49.69 q
6 5 914 Susannah Scaroni  United States 1:56.42
7 6 850 Zubeyde Supurgeci  Turkey 2:07.63

Final

17:53 17 September 2016: [2]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 906 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:44.73
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 170 Wenjun Liu  China 1:45.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 167 Yingjie Li  China 1:45.23
4 5 907 Amanda McGrory  United States 1:45.24
5 6 780 Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 1:46.00
6 7 190 Lihong Zou  China 1:46.18
7 1 145 Diane Roy  Canada 1:51.51
8 2 615 Margriet van den Broek  Netherlands 1:52.01

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Women's 800m - T54 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's 800m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.