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

The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 29 to September 4, 2021. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance. ^[1]

Schedule

R	Round 1	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date [2]	Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3		Sat 4
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
T34 800m													F
T53 800m	R	F
T54 800m	R	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T34 details	Hannah Cockroft   Great Britain	1:48.99 GR	Kare Adenegan   Great Britain	1:59.85	Alexa Halko   United States	2:02.22
T53 details	Madison de Rozario   Australia	1:45.99 GR	Zhou Hongzhuan   China	1:47.66	Catherine Debrunner   Switzerland	1:47.90
T54 details	Manuela Schär   Switzerland	1:42.81 GR	Tatyana McFadden   United States	1:43.16	Susannah Scaroni   United States	1:44.43

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34

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.

The final in this classification took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46: ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Hannah Cockroft	Great Britain	1:48.99	GR
	3	Kare Adenegan	Great Britain	1:59.85	PB
	6	Alexa Halko	United States	2:02.22	SB
4	7	Fabienne André	Great Britain	2:09.09	PB
5	4	Veronika Doronina	RPC	2:19.64	SB
6	2	Eva Houston	United States	2:21.21
7	8	Joyce Lefevre	Belgium	2:24.96

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:04: ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Madison de Rozario	Australia	1:45.99	GR
	7	Zhou Hongzhuan	China	1:47.66	SB
	8	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:47.90
4	4	Samantha Kinghorn	Great Britain	1:47.94	SB
5	6	Hamide Doğangün	Turkey	1:48.94	PB
6	3	Chelsea McClammer	United States	1:51.19	SB
7	2	Angie Ballard	Australia	1:52.22	SB
8	9	Yen Hoang	United States	1:52.40

T54

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

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.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17: ^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:42.81	GR
	4	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:43.16	SB
	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	Marie Alphonse	Mauritius	1:53.30
8	9	Zübeyde Süpürgeci	Turkey	1:54.87

References

1. "Athletics schedule". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
3. "T34 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
4. "T53 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
5. "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.