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

Women's 800 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	29 August 2021 (final)
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:42.81
Medalists
Manuela Schär   Switzerland Tatyana McFadden   United States Susannah Scaroni   United States
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The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 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

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

World Record	Manuela Schär  (SUI)	1:41.47	Nottwil, Switzerland	18 August 2019
Paralympic Record	Tatyana McFadden  (USA)	1:44.73	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17 September 2016

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	1:54.60	Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse	Mauritius
America	1:42.72	Tatyana McFadden	United States
Asia	1:42.38	Zou Lihong	China
Europe	1:41.47WR	Manuela Schär	Switzerland
Oceania	1:42.35	Eliza Ault-Connell	Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:57: ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:52.91	Q
2	6	Merle Menje	Germany	1:53.06	Q
3	7	Zübeyde Süpürgeci	Turkey	1:54.11	Q, PB
4	5	Zou Lihong	China	1:54.18	SB
5	4	Patricia Eachus	Switzerland	1:58.64
	3	Marie Perrine	Mauritius	DNF

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:07: ^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:51.09	Q
2	6	Susannah Scaroni	United States	1:51.42	Q
3	4	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:51.67	Q
4	3	Mel Woods	Great Britain	1:52.05	q, PB
5	5	Marie Alphonse	Mauritius	1:52.27	q, AR

Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17: ^[4]

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