Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T13
| Women's 1500 metres T13 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27–28 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
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The women's 1500 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 27–28 August 2021.
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.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Marla Runyan (USA) |
4:05.27 | Seville, Spain | 1 January 1999 |
| Paralympic Record |  Somaya Bousaid (TUN) |
4:21.45 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4:14.00 | Somaya Bousaid |  Tunisia
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| America | 4:05.27 WR | Marla Runyan | United States
|
| Asia | 5:16.59 |  Iran
| |
| Europe | 4:39.27 | Greta Streimikyte |  Ireland
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| Oceania | 4:53.18 |  Australia
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Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1 took place on 27 August 2021, at 21:53:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morocco |
T12 | 4:51.99 | Q, SB | |
| 2 | Somaya Bousaid | Tunisia |
T13 | 4:52.04 | Q |
| 3 |  RPC |
T13 | 4:52.18 | Q | |
| 4 | Liza Corso |  United States |
T13 | 4:52.42 | Q |
| 5 | (guide) |
 Colombia |
T12 | 4:55.31 | q, SB |
| 6 | Edneusa Dorta Cleiton Abrão (guide) |
 Brazil |
T12 | 5:12.12 | q, SB |
| 7 | (guide) |
 Spain |
T12 | 5:56.71 |
Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 22:03:[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu |  Ethiopia |
T13 | 4:44.40 | Q |
| 2 | Greta Streimikyte |  Ireland |
T13 | 4:45.98 | Q |
| 3 | Izaskun Osés Ayúcar | Spain |
T12 | 4:46.70 | Q |
| 4 | Daniela Velasco (guide) |
 Mexico |
T12 | 4:47.16 | Q, SB |
| 5 | Morocco |
T12 | 5:03.78 | q, SB | |
| 6 | Elena Pautova Grigoriy Andreev (guide) |
RPC |
T12 | 5:33.39 | q |
| 7 |  Malawi |
T13 | 5:52.14 | SB | |
(guide) |
 Kenya |
T12 | DQ |
Final[]
The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 19:10:[4]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu | Ethiopia |
T13 | 4:23.24 | PB |
 |
Liza Corso | United States |
T13 | 4:30.67 | PB |
 |
Somaya Bousaid | Tunisia |
T13 | 4:31.78 | |
| 4 | RPC |
T13 | 4:33.96 | AR | |
| 5 | Greta Streimikyte | Ireland |
T13 | 4:34.82 | |
| 6 | Izaskun Osés Ayúcar | Spain |
T12 | 4:39.92 | PB |
| 7 | Daniela Velasco (guide) |
Mexico |
T12 | 4:40.25 | SB |
| 8 | Elena Pautova Grigoriy Andreev (guide) |
RPC |
T12 | 5:00.76 | |
| 9 | Edneusa Dorta Cleiton Abrão (guide) |
Brazil |
T12 | 5:02.84 | SB |
| 10 | (guide) |
Colombia |
T12 | 5:05.08 | |
| 11 | Morocco |
T12 | 5:34.20 | ||
| Morocco |
T12 | DNF |
References[]
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Categories:
- Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 2021 in women's athletics