Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 1500 metres (T54)

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Women's 1500 metres (T54)
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates10 April
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time3:34.06
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2014
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The women's 1500 metres (T54) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 10 April 2018. [1] The event was open to para-sport athletes competing under the T53 / T54 classifications.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Tatyana McFadden  (USA)3:13.27 (T53/54) Arbon, Switzerland 4 June 2015
Games record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Diane Roy  (CAN)3:52.83 (T54) Glasgow, Scotland 29 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 10 April 201820:05Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With eight entrants, the event was held as a straight final. [2]

Final

RankOrderNameSport ClassResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6Flag of Australia.svg  Madison de Rozario  (AUS)T533:34.06
Silver medal icon.svg1Flag of Australia.svg  Angie Ballard  (AUS)T533:36.85
Bronze medal icon.svg3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Diane Roy  (CAN)T543:36.97 GR
47Flag of Scotland.svg  Samantha Kinghorn  (SCO)T533:37.91
54Flag of Australia.svg  Eliza Ault-Connell  (AUS)T543:38.88
62Flag of England.svg  Nicole Emerson  (ENG)T533:51.28 SB
75Flag of Mauritius.svg  Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse  (MRI)T543:51.99
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jessica Frotten  (CAN)T53

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's T54 1500m". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Women's T54 1500m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.