Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres T54

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Women's 5000 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates28 August 2021 (final)
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Winning time10:52.57
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Susannah Scaroni Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Manuela Schär Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.

Contents

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 RecordFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Manuela Schär  (SUI)10:51.17 Arbon, Switzerland 5 August 2018
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Tatyana McFadden  (USA)11:47.37 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa11:56.13 Hannah Babalola Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
America10:57.80 Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia11:19.78 Kazumi Nakayama Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Europe10:51.17WR Manuela Schär Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Oceania10:59.05 Madison de Rozario Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

Final

The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 10:06: [2]

RankNameNationalityClassTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Susannah Scaroni Flag of the United States.svg  United States T5410:52.57 PR
Silver medal icon.svg Manuela Schär Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland T5411:00.50 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg  United States T5411:15.13 SB
4 Nikita den Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands T5411:15.37 PB
5 Madison de Rozario Flag of Australia.svg  Australia T5311:15.86
6 Merle Menje Flag of Germany.svg  Germany T5411:16.38 PB
7 Jenna Fesemyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States T5411:17.24 PB
8 Vanessa Cristina de Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil T5411:18.02 PB
9 Zou Lihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China T5411:18.06 AR
10 Patricia Eachus Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland T5411:42.76 SB

References

  1. ↑ "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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