Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 29 to September 4, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.[1]
Schedule[]
| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date[2] | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| T34 800m | F | |||||||||||||
| T53 800m | R | F | ||||||||||||
| T54 800m | R | F | ||||||||||||
Medal summary[]
The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.
| Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T34 |
Hannah Cockroft Great Britain |
1:48.99 GR | Kare Adenegan Great Britain |
1:59.85 | Alexa Halko United States |
2:02.22 |
| T53 |
Madison de Rozario Australia |
1:45.99 GR | Zhou Hongzhuan China |
1:47.66 | Catherine Debrunner Switzerland |
1:47.90 |
| T54 |
Manuela Schär Switzerland |
1:42.81 GR | Tatyana McFadden United States |
1:43.16 | Susannah Scaroni United States |
1:44.43 |
Results[]
The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.
T34[]
The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
5 | Hannah Cockroft |  Great Britain |
1:48.99 | GR |
 |
3 | Kare Adenegan | Great Britain |
1:59.85 | PB |
 |
6 | Alexa Halko |  United States |
2:02.22 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Fabienne André | Great Britain |
2:09.09 | PB |
| 5 | 4 |  RPC |
2:19.64 | SB | |
| 6 | 2 | United States |
2:21.21 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Joyce Lefevre |  Belgium |
2:24.96 |
T53[]
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:04:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 | Madison de Rozario |  Australia |
1:45.99 | GR |
|
7 | Zhou Hongzhuan |  China |
1:47.66 | SB |
|
8 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland |
1:47.90 | |
| 4 | 4 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain |
1:47.94 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Hamide Doğangün |  Turkey |
1:48.94 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Chelsea McClammer | United States |
1:51.19 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Angie Ballard | Australia |
1:52.22 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Yen Hoang | United States |
1:52.40 |
T54[]
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.
The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17:[5]
| 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 |  Mauritius |
1:53.30 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | Turkey |
1:54.87 |
References[]
- ^ "Athletics schedule". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "T34 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "T53 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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