Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54
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The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.
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 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) | 1:41.47 | Nottwil, Switzerland | 18 August 2019 |
Paralympic Record | Tatyana McFadden (USA) | 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 | Mauritius |
America | 1:42.72 | Tatyana McFadden | United States |
Asia | 1:42.38 | Zou Lihong | China |
Europe | 1:41.47 WR | Manuela Schär | Switzerland |
Oceania | 1:42.35 | Eliza Ault-Connell | Australia |
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 | United States | 1:52.91 | Q |
2 | 6 | Merle Menje | Germany | 1:53.06 | Q |
3 | 7 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | Turkey | 1:54.11 | Q, PB |
4 | 5 | Zou Lihong | China | 1:54.18 | SB |
5 | 4 | Patricia Eachus | Switzerland | 1:58.64 | |
3 | Marie Perrine | Mauritius | 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 | Switzerland | 1:51.09 | Q |
2 | 6 | Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:51.42 | Q |
3 | 4 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:51.67 | Q |
4 | 3 | Mel Woods | Great Britain | 1:52.05 | q, PB |
5 | 5 | Marie Alphonse | Mauritius | 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 | Switzerland | 1:42.81 | GR | |
4 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:43.16 | SB | |
6 | Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:44.43 | SB | |
4 | 7 | Merle Menje | Germany | 1:46.43 | |
5 | 3 | Mel Woods | Great Britain | 1:50.40 | PB |
6 | 8 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:52.59 | |
7 | 2 | Marie Alphonse | Mauritius | 1:53.30 | |
8 | 9 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | Turkey | 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.