Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States
2016

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
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
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
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
  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

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