Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T12

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Women's marathon T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Misato Michishita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Elena Pautova Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC
Bronze medal icon.svg Louzanne Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2016

The women's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.

Contents

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records

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

World RecordFlag of Japan.svg  Misato Michishita  (JPN)2:54:13 Hōfu, Japan 20 December 2020
Paralympic RecordVacant
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa3:18:11Record Mark
America3:05:03Record Mark
Asia2:54:13WR Misato Michishita Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Europe2:58:23 Elena Pautova Flag of Russia.svg Russia
OceaniaVacant

Results

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50: [2]

RankNameNationalityClassTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Misato Michishita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan T123:00:50 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Elena Pautova
Grigoriy Andreev (guide)
Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC T123:04:16 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Louzanne Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa T113:11:13 WR (T11)
4 Edneusa de Jesus Santos
Vilmar Roberto Dias (guide)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil T123:15:32 SB
5 Yumiko Fujii Flag of Japan.svg  Japan T123:17:44 SB
6 Maria Fiuza Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal T113:20:45 SB
7 Edilene Teixeira Boaventura Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil T113:26:32 AR (T11)
8 Mihoko Nishijima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan T123:29:12 SB
9 María del Carmen Paredes Rodríguez
Lorenzo Snachez Martin (guide)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain T123:37:44 SB
Meryem En-Nourhi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco T12

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.