The women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.
| Women's marathon T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 |  Manuela Schär (SUI) |
1:35:42 | Ōita, Japan | 17 November 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Tatyana McFadden (USA)  Zou Lihong (CHN) |
1:38:44 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 18 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:57:19 | Masouda Siffi |  Tunisia
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| America | 1:36:26 | Susannah Scaroni |  United States
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| Asia | 1:35:50 | Tsubasa Kina |  Japan
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| Europe | 1:35:42 WR | Manuela Schär | Switzerland
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| Oceania | 1:42:59 | Christie Dawes |  Australia
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Results edit
The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:40:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Madison de Rozario |  Australia |
T53 | 1:38:11 | GR (T53) |
 |
Manuela Schär |  Switzerland |
T54 | 1:38:12 | SB |
 |
Nikita den Boer |  Netherlands |
T54 | 1:38:16 | PB |
| 4 | Wakako Tsuchida |  Japan |
T54 | 1:38:32 | SB |
| 5 | Tatyana McFadden | United States |
T54 | 1:40:14 | SB |
| 6 | Susannah Scaroni | United States |
T54 | 1:41:04 | SB |
| 7 | Tsubasa Kina | Japan |
T54 | 1:42:33 | SB |
| 8 | Christie Dawes | Australia |
T54 | 1:46:44 | SB |
| 9 | Patricia Eachus | Switzerland |
T54 | 1:47:06 | PB |
| 10 | Zou Lihong | China |
T54 | 1:49:02 | SB |
| 11 | Jenna Fesemyer | United States |
T54 | 1:50:06 | SB |
| 12 | Vanessa Cristina de Souza |  Brazil |
T54 | 1:51:12 | SB |
| 13 | Eliza Ault-Connell | Australia |
T54 | 1:52:26 | SB |
| 14 | Zhou Zhaoqian | China |
T54 | 1:55:46 | SB |
| 15 | Amanda McGrory | United States |
T54 | 1:57:11 | SB |
| 16 | Gao Fang | China |
T53 | 2:14:34 | SB |
References edit
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.