Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34
| Women's 800 metres T34 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 4 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:48.99 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 800 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 4 September 2021.
The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) |
1:48.87 | Arbon, Switzerland | 24 May 2021 |
| Paralympic Record |  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) |
2:00.62 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Vacant | ||
| America | 2:01.35 | Alexa Halko |  United States
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| Asia | 2:18.98 | Liu Panpan |  China
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| Europe | 1:48.87 WR | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain
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| Oceania | 2:04.10 | Rosemary Little |  Australia
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Results
[edit]The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain |
1:48.99 | GR |
 |
3 | Kare Adenegan | Great Britain |
1:59.85 | PB |
 |
6 | Alexa Halko |  United States |
2:02.22 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Fabienne André | Great Britain |
2:09.09 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Veronika Doronina |  RPC |
2:19.64 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Eva Houston | United States |
2:21.21 | |
| 7 | 8 | Joyce Lefevre |  Belgium |
2:24.96 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.