Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T54

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Women's marathon T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors16 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison de Rozario  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikita den Boer  Netherlands
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2020 Summer Paralympics
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The women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 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) 1:35:42 Ōita, Japan 17 November 2019
Paralympic Record  Tatyana McFadden (USA)
 Zou Lihong (CHN)		 1:38:44 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:57:19  Tunisia
America 1:36:26 Susannah Scaroni  United States
Asia 1:35:50 Tsubasa Kina  Japan
Europe 1:35:42 WR Manuela Schär   Switzerland
Oceania 1:42:59 Christie Dawes  Australia

Results[]

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:40:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison de Rozario  Australia T53 1:38:11 GR (T53)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland T54 1:38:12 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikita den Boer  Netherlands T54 1:38:16 PB
4 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan T54 1:38:32 SB
5 Tatyana McFadden  United States T54 1:40:14 SB
6 Susannah Scaroni  United States T54 1:41:04 SB
7 Tsubasa Kina  Japan T54 1:42:33 SB
8 Christie Dawes  Australia T54 1:46:44 SB
9 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland T54 1:47:06 PB
10 Zou Lihong  China T54 1:49:02 SB
11 Jenna Fesemyer  United States T54 1:50:06 SB
12 Vanessa Cristina de Souza  Brazil T54 1:51:12 SB
13 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia T54 1:52:26 SB
14 Zhou Zhaoqian  China T54 1:55:46 SB
15 Amanda McGrory  United States T54 1:57:11 SB
16 Gao Fang  China T53 2:14:34 SB

References[]

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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