Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of four events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.[1]

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T11 1500m F
T13 1500m R F
T20 1500m F
T54 1500m R F
Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11[2]
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Jin Zheng
guide: Jin Yubo

  China
4:38.92 Nancy Chelangat Koech
guide: Geoffrey Kiplangat Rotich

  Kenya
4:42.12 Maritza Arango Buitrago
guide: Jonathan Sanchez Gonzalez

  Colombia
4:45.33
T13[3]
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Somaya Bousaid
  Tunisia
4:21.45 Najah Chouaya
  Tunisia
4:30.52 Izaskun Oses Ayucar
  Spain
4:39.99
T20[4]
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Barbara Niewiedzial
  Poland
4:24.37 Ilona Biacsi
  Hungary
4:27.88 Liudmyla Danylina
  Ukraine
4:28.78
T54[5]
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Tatyana McFadden
  United States
3:22.50 Amanda McGrory
  United States
3:22.61 Chelsea McClammer
  United States
3:22.67

Results

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The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

17:38 17 September 2016:[6]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  5 186 Jin Zheng   China 4:38.92
  4 486 Nancy Chelangat Koech   Kenya 4:42.12
  3 210 Maritza Arango Buitrago   Colombia 4:45.33
4 2 96 Renata Bazone Teixeira   Brazil 5:01.75
5 1 555 Monica Olivia Rodriguez Saavedra   Mexico 5:03.14
6 6 911 Ivonne Mosquera-Schmidt   United States 5:08.97

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

11:13 10 September 2016:[7]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 832 Somaya Bousaid   Tunisia 4:21.45
  2 834 Najah Chouaya   Tunisia 4:30.52
  5 277 Izaskun Oses Ayucar   Spain 4:39.99
4 1 435 Greta Streimikyte   Ireland 4:45.06
5 6 212 Marcela Gonzalez   Colombia 4:49.37
4 560 Daniela Eugenia Velasco Maldonado   Mexico DSQ

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

11:09 16 September 2016:[8]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 694 Barbara Niewiedzial   Poland 4:24.37
  8 406 Ilona Biacsi   Hungary 4:27.88
  3 873 Liudmyla Danylina   Ukraine 4:28.78
4 6 693 Arleta Meloch   Poland 4:33.19
5 2 405 Bernadett Biacsi   Hungary 4:43.10
6 7 469 Sayaka Makita   Japan 4:51.90
7 5 480 Moeko Yamamoto   Japan 5:01.99
1 697 Sabina Stenka   Poland DSQ

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.

18:14 13 September 2016:[9]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  8 906 Tatyana McFadden   United States 3:22.50
  6 907 Amanda McGrory   United States 3:22.61
  2 904 Chelsea McClammer   United States 3:22.67
4 1 780 Manuela Schaer   Switzerland 3:23.41
5 4 36 Madison de Rozario   Australia 3:24.33
6 3 145 Diane Roy   Canada 3:24.57
7 10 171 Jing Ma   China 3:24.88
8 7 35 Christie Dawes   Australia 3:26.00
9 9 111 Aline Rocha   Brazil 3:27.61
10 5 787 Gunilla Wallengren   Sweden 3:30.14

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T13". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T20". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T54". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's 1500m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Women's 1500m - T13 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Women's 1500m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's 1500m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.