Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 28 to September 3, 2021. A total of 4 events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule edit

R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
T11 1500m R F
T13 1500m F
T20 1500m F
T54 1500m R F

Medal summary edit

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 1500 metres events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11
details
  Mexico
Mónica Olivia Rodríguez
Guide: Kevin Aguilar
4:37.40 WR   South Africa
Louzanne Coetzee
Guide: Erasmus Badenhorst
4:40.96 AR   Kenya
Nancy Chelangat Koech
Guide: Geoffrey Rotich
4:45.58
T13
details
Tigist Mengistu
  Ethiopia
4:23.24 Liza Corso
  United States
4:30.67 Somaya Bousaid
  Tunisia
4:31.78
T20
details
Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac
  Poland
4:27.84 Liudmyla Danylina
  Ukraine
4:32.82 Hannah Taunton
  Great Britain
4:35.34
T54
details
Zhou Zhaoqian
  China
3:27.63 Manuela Schär
  Switzerland
3:28.01 Madison de Rozario
  Australia
3:28.24

Results edit

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 1500 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T11 edit

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August, at 9:38:[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mónica Olivia Rodríguez   Mexico 4:37.40 WR
  Louzanne Coetzee   South Africa 4:40.96 AR
  Nancy Chelangat Koech   Kenya 4:45.58 SB
4 Joanna Mazur   Poland 4:48.74 AR
5 Susana Rodríguez   Spain 4:52.67
6 He Shanshan   China 4:52.72

T13 edit

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 19:10:[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu   Ethiopia 4:23.24 PB
  Liza Corso   United States 4:30.67 PB
  Somaya Bousaid   Tunisia 4:31.78
4 Veronika Zotova   RPC 4:33.96 AR
5 Greta Streimikyte   Ireland 4:34.82
6 Izaskun Osés Ayúcar   Spain 4:39.92 PB
7 Daniela Velasco   Mexico 4:40.25 SB
8 Elena Pautova   RPC 5:00.76
9 Edneusa Dorta   Brazil 5:02.84 SB
10 Francy Osorio   Colombia 5:05.08
11 Meryem En-Nourhi   Morocco 5:34.20
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi   Morocco DNF

T20 edit

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:26:[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac   Poland 4:27.84 SB
  Liudmyla Danylina   Ukraine 4:32.82 SB
  Hannah Taunton   Great Britain 4:35.34 PB
4 Anju Furuya   Japan 4:38.58 SB
5 Ilona Biacsi   Hungary 4:53.36
6 Sayaka Makita   Japan 4:54.60
7 Moeko Yamamoto   Japan 4:55.03
8 Bernadett Biacsi   Hungary 4:58.41

T54 edit

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 final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021, at 20:56:[6]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Zhou Zhaoqian   China 3:27.63 PB
  Manuela Schär   Switzerland 3:28.01
  Madison de Rozario   Australia 3:28.24
4 Merle Menje   Germany 3:28.64
5 Tatyana McFadden   United States 3:28.85
6 Zou Lihong   China 3:29.07
7 Nikita den Boer   Netherlands 3:29.11
8 Vanessa Cristina de Sousa   Brazil 3:30.55
9 Susannah Scaroni   United States 3:35.53
10 Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse   Mauritius 3:39.83

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics schedule". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "T13 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ "T20 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.