| Women's PT5 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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 Katie Kelly running in the event | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Fort Copacabana | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| PT1 | men | |
| PT2 | men | women |
| PT4 | men | women |
| PT5 | women | |
The Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's PT5 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place at 11:35 on 11 September 2016 at Fort Copacabana.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Class | Swim | 1st Transition | Bike Lap 1 | Bike Lap 2 | Bike Lap 3 | Bike Lap 4 | 2nd Transition | Run Lap 1 | Run Lap 2 | Time |
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 | 507 | Katie Kelly Michellie Jones |  Australia | TRPT5W-B3 | 12:21 | 1:24 | 8:10 | 8:17 | 8:18 | 8:30 | 0:53 | 9:51 | 10:46 | 1:12:18 |
 | 503 | Alison Patrick Hazel Smith |  Great Britain | TRPT5W-B3 | 12:01 | 1:29 | 8:17 | 8:24 | 8:31 | 8:49 | 0:54 | 9:52 | 11:15 | 1:13:20 |
 | 504 | Melissa Reid Nicole Walters | Great Britain | TRPT5W-B3 | 12:05 | 1:31 | 8:06 | 8:24 | 8:26 | 8:38 | 0:51 | 10:32 | 11:46 | 1:14:07 |
| 4 | 508 | Elizabeth Baker Jillian Petersen |  United States | TRPT5W-B3 | 12:40 | 1:33 | 8:14 | 8:26 | 8:27 | 8:34 | 0:56 | 10:12 | 11:44 | 1:14:34 |
| 5 | 501 | Susana Rodriguez Gacio aria Isabel Gallardo Garcia |  Spain | TRPT5W-B2 | 12:32 | 1:21 | 8:32 | 8:39 | 8:50 | 8:58 | 0:53 | 10:17 | 11:39 | 1:15:29 |
| 6 | 505 | Joleen Hakker Linda Van Vliet |  Netherlands | TRPT5W-B1 | 15:16 | 1:52 | 8:25 | 8:41 | 8:56 | 8:56 | 1:02 | 10:59 | 12:11 | 1:16:18 |
| 7 | 509 | Patricia Walsh Jessica Jones Meyers | United States | TRPT5W-B1 | 16:29 | 1:57 | 8:43 | 8:49 | 8:55 | 9:08 | 1:13 | 10:59 | 11:42 | 1:17:55 |
| 8 | 510 | Catherine Walsh Francine Meehan |  Ireland | TRPT5W-B3 | 17:23 | 1:35 | 8:20 | 8:30 | 8:38 | 8:44 | 1:03 | 11:35 | 12:49 | 1:22:25 |
| 9 | 506 | Atsuko Yamada Yuu Nishyama |  Japan | TRPT5W-B2 | 13:48 | 1:44 | 9:08 | 9:17 | 9:11 | 9:13 | 0:58 | 12:01 | 13:38 | 1:22:46 |
| 10 | 502 | Christine Robbins Sacha Boulton |  Canada | TRPT5W-B3 | 16:34 | 1:39 | 8:56 | 9:03 | 9:09 | 9:11 | 0:57 | 11:13 | 12:29 | 1:22:59 |
Source: "Women's - PT5 Schedute and Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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