Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T34

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Women's 100 metres T34
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates29 August 2021 (final)
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time16.39
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Kare Adenegan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Robyn Lambird Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
2016
2024

The women's 100 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 29 August 2021.

Contents

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.

Records

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

World RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Cockroft  (GBR)16.57 Arbon, Switzerland 22 May 2019
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Cockroft  (GBR)17.42 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa20.52 Yousra Ben Jemaa Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
America18.43 Alexa Halko Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia19.08 Noriko Arai Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Europe16.57WR Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Oceania18.59 Rosemary Little Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:25: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16.39 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Kare Adenegan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17.03 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Robyn Lambird Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18.68 SB
42 Veronika Doronina Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 19.06 PB
57 Fabienne André Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19.14
68 Alexa Halko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.57
76 Joyce Lefevre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 19.63
81 Eva Houston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.82 PB
99 Amy Siemons Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.29

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.