The women's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.
Women's 5000 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10:52.57 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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
editPrior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | Manuela Schär (SUI) | 10:51.17 | Arbon, Switzerland | 5 August 2018 |
Paralympic Record | Tatyana McFadden (USA) | 11:47.37 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 11:56.13 | Hannah Babalola | Nigeria |
America | 10:57.80 | Tatyana McFadden | United States |
Asia | 11:19.78 | Kazumi Nakayama | Japan |
Europe | 10:51.17 WR | Manuela Schär | Switzerland |
Oceania | 10:59.05 | Madison de Rozario | Australia |
Results
editFinal
editThe final took place on 28 August 2021, at 10:06:[2]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
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Susannah Scaroni | United States | T54 | 10:52.57 | PR | |
Manuela Schär | Switzerland | T54 | 11:00.50 | SB | |
Tatyana McFadden | United States | T54 | 11:15.13 | SB | |
4 | Nikita den Boer | Netherlands | T54 | 11:15.37 | PB |
5 | Madison de Rozario | Australia | T53 | 11:15.86 | |
6 | Merle Menje | Germany | T54 | 11:16.38 | PB |
7 | Jenna Fesemyer | United States | T54 | 11:17.24 | PB |
8 | Vanessa Cristina de Souza | Brazil | T54 | 11:18.02 | PB |
9 | Zou Lihong | China | T54 | 11:18.06 | AR |
10 | Patricia Eachus | Switzerland | T54 | 11:42.76 | SB |
References
edit- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.