The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 29 to September 4, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.[1]
Schedule
edit| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date[2] | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| T34 800m | F | |||||||||||||
| T53 800m | R | F | ||||||||||||
| T54 800m | R | F | ||||||||||||
Medal summary
editThe following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.
| Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T34 |
Hannah Cockroft Great Britain |
1:48.99 GR | Kare Adenegan Great Britain |
1:59.85 | Alexa Halko United States |
2:02.22 |
| T53 |
Madison de Rozario Australia |
1:45.99 GR | Zhou Hongzhuan China |
1:47.66 | Catherine Debrunner Switzerland |
1:47.90 |
| T54 |
Manuela Schär Switzerland |
1:42.81 GR | Tatyana McFadden United States |
1:43.16 | Susannah Scaroni United States |
1:44.43 |
Results
editThe following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 800 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.
T34
editThe 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.
The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
5 | Hannah Cockroft |  Great Britain |
1:48.99 | GR |
 |
3 | Kare Adenegan | Great Britain |
1:59.85 | PB |
 |
6 | Alexa Halko |  United States |
2:02.22 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Fabienne André | Great Britain |
2:09.09 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Veronika Doronina |  RPC |
2:19.64 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Eva Houston | United States |
2:21.21 | |
| 7 | 8 | Joyce Lefevre |  Belgium |
2:24.96 |
T53
editThe T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:04:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
5 | Madison de Rozario |  Australia |
1:45.99 | GR |
| |
7 | Zhou Hongzhuan |  China |
1:47.66 | SB |
| |
8 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland |
1:47.90 | |
| 4 | 4 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain |
1:47.94 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Hamide Doğangün |  Turkey |
1:48.94 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Chelsea McClammer | United States |
1:51.19 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Angie Ballard | Australia |
1:52.22 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Yen Hoang | United States |
1:52.40 |
T54
editThe 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 29 August 2021, at 19:17:[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
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- ^ "Athletics schedule". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "T34 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "T53 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.