Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T54
Appearance
Women's 1500 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
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Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:27.63 | ||||||||||||
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The women's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 30 and 31 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
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | ![]() |
3:12.35 | Nottwil, Switzerland | 9 August 2020 |
Paralympic Record | ![]() |
3:22.50 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 3:30.51 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
America | 3:13.27 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
Asia | 3:24.88 | Ma Jing | ![]() |
Europe | 3:12.35 WR | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
Oceania | 3:13.27 | Madison de Rozario | ![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 21:26:[2]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
T54 | 3:36.24 | Q |
2 | Zhou Zhaoqian | ![]() |
T54 | 3:36.40 | Q, SB |
3 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
T54 | 3:36.46 | Q |
4 | Madison de Rozario | ![]() |
T53 | 3:36.49 | q |
5 | Patricia Eachus | ![]() |
T54 | 3:37.43 | |
6 | Jenna Fesemyer | ![]() |
T54 | 3:37.56 |
Heat 2 will take place on 30 August 2021, at 21:34:[3]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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1 | Susannah Scaroni | ![]() |
T54 | 3:23.42 | Q |
2 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.32 | Q |
3 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.68 | Q, SB |
4 | Nikita den Boer | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.87 | q |
5 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
T54 | 3:29.66 | q, AR |
6 | Vanessa Cristina | ![]() |
T54 | 3:30.06 | q, SB |
7 | Jessica Frotten | ![]() |
T53 | 3:52.23 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 20:56:[4]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Class | Time | Notes |
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Zhou Zhaoqian | ![]() |
T54 | 3:27.63 | PB |
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Manuela Schär | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.01 | |
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Madison de Rozario | ![]() |
T53 | 3:28.24 | |
4 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.64 | |
5 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
T54 | 3:28.85 | |
6 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
T54 | 3:29.07 | |
7 | Nikita den Boer | ![]() |
T54 | 3:29.11 | |
8 | Vanessa Cristina | ![]() |
T54 | 3:30.55 | |
9 | Susannah Scaroni | ![]() |
T54 | 3:35.53 | |
10 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
T54 | 3:39.83 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.