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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:42.81 | ||||||||||||
| 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) |
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
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| America | 1:42.72 | Tatyana McFadden |  United States
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| Asia | 1:42.38 | Zou Lihong |  China
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| Europe | 1:41.47 WR | Manuela Schär | Switzerland
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| Oceania | 1:42.35 | Eliza Ault-Connell |  Australia
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Results
editHeats
editHeat 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
editThe 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- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.