Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T37

The women's 100 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 1 and 2 September 2021.

Women's 100 metres T37
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates1–2 September 2021
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wen Xiaoyan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaleen Roberts  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Fenfen  China
2016

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record   Mandy François-Elie (FRA) 13.10 Nottwil, Switzerland 24 May 2019
Paralympic Record   Georgina Hermitage (GBR) 13.13 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 13.67 Sheryl James   South Africa
America 13.49 Jaleen Roberts   United States
Asia 13.20 Wen Xiaoyan   China
Europe 13.10 WR Mandy François-Elie   France
Oceania 13.88 Lisa McIntosh   Australia

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 took place on 1 September 2021, at 21:46:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Jiang Fenfen   China 13.34 Q, SB
2 4 Mandy François-Elie   France 13.48 Q
3 3 Sheryl James   South Africa 13.58 Q, AR
4 7 Nataliia Kobzar   Ukraine 13.85 q
5 5 Anna Sapozhnikova   RPC 14.50
6 6 Norma Salinas   El Salvador 16.70 SB

Heat 2 took place on 1 September 2021, at 21:52:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Wen Xiaoyan   China 13.26 Q, SB
2 5 Jaleen Roberts   United States 13.41 Q, AR
3 6 Viktoriia Slanova   RPC 13.88 Q
4 3 Sabina Sukhanova   Uzbekistan 13.91 q, SB
5 4 Alina Terekh   Ukraine 14.58
6 8 Anais Anne Lise Angeline   Mauritius 15.35 SB

Final edit

The final took place on 2 September 2021, at 10:37:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Wen Xiaoyan   China 13.00 WR
  5 Jaleen Roberts   United States 13.16 AR
  4 Jiang Fenfen   China 13.17 PB
4 7 Mandy François-Elie   France 13.51
5 9 Sheryl James   South Africa 13.67
6 3 Nataliia Kobzar   Ukraine 13.78
7 2 Sabina Sukhanova   Uzbekistan 14.20
8 8 Viktoriia Slanova   RPC 14.26

References edit

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.