Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T13

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Women's 1500 metres T13
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates
  • 27 August 2021 (heats)
  • 28 August 2021 (final)
Competitors15 from 13 nations
Winning time4:23.24
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Liza Corso Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Somaya Bousaid Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2016
2024

The women's 1500 metres T13 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 27 and 28 August 2021.

Contents

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

Records

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

World RecordFlag of the United States.svg  Marla Runyan  (USA)4:05.27 Seville, Spain 1 January 1999
Paralympic RecordFlag of Tunisia.svg  Somaya Bousaid  (TUN)4:21.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa4:14.00 Somaya Bousaid Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
America4:05.27WR Marla Runyan Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia5:16.59 Ozra Mahdavikiya Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Europe4:39.27 Greta Streimikyte Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Oceania4:53.18 Nellie Mitchell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 27 August 2021, at 21:53: [2]

RankNameNationalityClassTimeNotes
1 Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco T124:51.99 Q, SB
2 Somaya Bousaid Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia T134:52.04 Q
3 Veronika Zotova Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC T134:52.18 Q
4 Liza Corso Flag of the United States.svg  United States T134:52.42 Q
5 Francy Osorio
Camilo Lancheros (guide)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia T124:55.31 q, SB
6 Edneusa Dorta
Cleiton Abrão (guide)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil T125:12.12 q, SB
7 Maria del Carmen Paredes Rodriguez
Lorenzo Sancheaz Martin (guide)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain T125:56.71

Heat 2 took place on 27 August 2021, at 22:03: [3]

RankNameNationalityClassTimeNotes
1 Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia T134:44.40 Q
2 Greta Streimikyte Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland T134:45.98 Q
3 Izaskun Osés Ayúcar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain T124:46.70 Q
4 Daniela Velasco
César Daniel Ortiz (guide)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico T124:47.16 Q, SB
5 Meryem En-Nourhi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco T125:03.78 q, SB
6 Elena Pautova
Grigoriy Andreev (guide)
Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC T125:33.39 q
7 Taonele Banda Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi T135:52.14 SB
Nelly Nasimiyu Munialo
Erick Kirui (guide)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya T12DQ

Final

The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 19:10: [4]

RankNameNationalityClassTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia T134:23.24 PB
Silver medal icon.svg Liza Corso Flag of the United States.svg  United States T134:30.67 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Somaya Bousaid Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia T134:31.78
4 Veronika Zotova Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC T134:33.96 AR
5 Greta Streimikyte Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland T134:34.82
6 Izaskun Osés Ayúcar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain T124:39.92 PB
7 Daniela Velasco
César Daniel Ortiz (guide)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico T124:40.25 SB
8 Elena Pautova
Grigoriy Andreev (guide)
Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC T125:00.76
9 Edneusa Dorta
Cleiton Abrão (guide)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil T125:02.84 SB
10 Francy Osorio
Camilo Lancheros (guide)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia T125:05.08
11 Meryem En-Nourhi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco T125:34.20
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco T12DNF

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.