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

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Women's 800 metres T34
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates4 September 2021 (final)
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Winning time1:48.99
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 Alexa Halko Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2016
2024

The women's 800 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 4 September 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)1:48.87 Arbon, Switzerland 24 May 2021
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Cockroft  (GBR)2:00.62 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
AfricaVacant
America2:01.35 Alexa Halko Flag of the United States.svg United States
Asia2:18.98 Liu Panpan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe1:48.87WR Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Oceania2:04.10 Rosemary Little Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.99 GR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Kare Adenegan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.85 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Alexa Halko Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.22 SB
47 Fabienne André Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.09 PB
54 Veronika Doronina Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 2:19.64 SB
62 Eva Houston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:21.21
78 Joyce Lefevre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:24.96

References

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