Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34

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Women's 800 metres T34
at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue Stade de France
Dates7 September 2024
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning time1:55.44
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 Eva Houston Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2020
2028
800 metres
Men's · T34 · T53 · T54 · Women's · T34 · T53 · T54

The women's 800 metres T34 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 7 September 2024.

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)1:44.43 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah 20 February 2023
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hannah Cockroft  (GBR)1:48.99 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 4 September 2021
AreaTimeAthleteLocationDate
AfricaVacant
America2:01.35 Flag of the United States.svg Alexa Halko Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai 14 November 2019
Asia2:09.33 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lan Hanyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hangzhou 24 October 2023
Europe1:44.43 WR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sharjah 20 February 2023
Oceania2:04.10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rosemary Little Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 16 September 2016

Results

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Hannah Cockroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:55.44
Silver medal icon.svg Kare Adenegan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:03.12
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Houston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.94
4 Fabienne Andre Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:06.86
5 Lan Hanyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:11.97
6 Moe Onodera Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:15.85 SB
7 Liu Panpan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:18.82
8 Lauren Fields Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:33.51
Source: [2]

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Women's 800m – T34 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.