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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T34

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Women's 100 metres T34
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021 (final)
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time16.39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robyn Lambird  Australia
2016
2024

The women's 100 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 29 August 2021.

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.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 16.57 Arbon, Switzerland 22 May 2019
Paralympic Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 17.42 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 20.52 Yousra Ben Jemaa  Tunisia
America 18.43 Alexa Halko  United States
Asia 19.08 Noriko Arai  Japan
Europe 16.57 WR Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
Oceania 18.59 Rosemary Little  Australia

Results

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The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:25:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 16.39 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kare Adenegan  Great Britain 17.03 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Robyn Lambird  Australia 18.68 SB
4 2 Veronika Doronina  RPC 19.06 PB
5 7 Fabienne André  Great Britain 19.14
6 8 Alexa Halko  United States 19.57
7 6 Joyce Lefevre  Belgium 19.63
8 1 Eva Houston  United States 19.82 PB
9 9 Amy Siemons  Netherlands 20.29

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.