Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T34

The women's 100 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 29 August 2021.

Women's 100 metres T34
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021 (final)
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time16.39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robyn Lambird  Australia
2016
2024

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

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

World Record   Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 16.57 Arbon, Switzerland 22 May 2019
Paralympic Record   Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 17.42 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 20.52 Yousra Ben Jemaa   Tunisia
America 18.43 Alexa Halko   United States
Asia 19.08 Noriko Arai   Japan
Europe 16.57 WR Hannah Cockroft   Great Britain
Oceania 18.59 Rosemary Little   Australia

Results

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The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:25:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Hannah Cockroft   Great Britain 16.39 WR
  5 Kare Adenegan   Great Britain 17.03 SB
  3 Robyn Lambird   Australia 18.68 SB
4 2 Veronika Doronina   RPC 19.06 PB
5 7 Fabienne André   Great Britain 19.14
6 8 Alexa Halko   United States 19.57
7 6 Joyce Lefevre   Belgium 19.63
8 1 Eva Houston   United States 19.82 PB
9 9 Amy Siemons   Netherlands 20.29

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.