Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T12

The women's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.

Women's marathon T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Misato Michishita  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elena Pautova  RPC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louzanne Coetzee  South Africa
2016

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records

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

World Record   Misato Michishita (JPN) 2:54:13 Hōfu, Japan 20 December 2020
Paralympic Record Vacant
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 3:18:11 Record Mark
America 3:05:03 Record Mark
Asia 2:54:13 WR Misato Michishita   Japan
Europe 2:58:23 Elena Pautova   Russia
Oceania Vacant

Results

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The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
  Misato Michishita   Japan T12 3:00:50 GR
  Elena Pautova
Grigoriy Andreev (guide)
  RPC T12 3:04:16 SB
  Louzanne Coetzee   South Africa T11 3:11:13 WR (T11)
4 Edneusa de Jesus Santos
Vilmar Roberto Dias (guide)
  Brazil T12 3:15:32 SB
5 Yumiko Fujii   Japan T12 3:17:44 SB
6 Maria Fiuza   Portugal T11 3:20:45 SB
7 Edilene Teixeira Boaventura   Brazil T11 3:26:32 AR (T11)
8 Mihoko Nishijima   Japan T12 3:29:12 SB
9 María del Carmen Paredes Rodríguez
Lorenzo Snachez Martin (guide)
  Spain T12 3:37:44 SB
Meryem En-Nourhi   Morocco T12

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.