Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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Women's 800 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States
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The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.

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[]

Prior 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  Mauritius
America 1:42.72 Tatyana McFadden  United States
Asia 1:42.38 Zou Lihong  China
Europe 1:41.47 WR Manuela Schär   Switzerland
Oceania 1:42.35 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 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  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  Mauritius 1:52.27 q, AR

Final[]

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 1:42.81 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:43.16 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[]

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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