Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54
| Women's 800 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 September 2024 (round 1 & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:42.36 PR, SB | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Men's · T34 · T53 · T54 · Women's · T34 · T53 · T54 |
The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2024.
The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Manuela Schär (SUI) |
1:41.47 | Nottwil |
18 August 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Manuela Schär (SUI) |
1:42.81 |  Tokyo |
29 August 2021 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:45.29 |  Noemi Alphonse
|
Nottwil
|
25 May 2023 | |
| America | 1:42.72 |  Tatyana McFadden
|
Arbon
|
4 June 2015 | |
| Asia | 1:42.38 |  Zou Lihong
|
Arbon
|
2 June 2019 | |
| Europe | 1:41.47 | WR | Manuela Schär
|
Nottwil
|
18 August 2019 |
| Oceania | 1:42.35 |  Eliza Ault-Connell
|
Arbon
|
2 June 2019 | |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lea Bayekula |  Belgium
|
1:45.42 | Q |
| 2 | Manuela Schär | Switzerland
|
1:45.62 | Q |
| 3 | Melanie Woods |  Great Britain
|
1:45.81 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Hannah Dederick |  United States
|
1:46.30 | q, PB |
| 5 | Tian Yajuan |  China
|
1:47.48 | q, SB |
| 6 | Merle Menje |  Germany
|
1:52.83 | |
| 7 | Aline Rocha |  Brazil
|
1:53.04 | |
| Source:[2] | ||||
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana McFadden | United States
|
1:47.22 | Q |
| 2 | Susannah Scaroni | United States
|
1:47.37 | Q |
| 3 | Zhou Zhaoqian | China
|
1:47.47 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Patricia Eachus | Switzerland
|
1:47.60 | |
| 5 | Vanessa Cristina de Souza | Brazil
|
1:50.29 | |
| 6 | Noemi Alphonse |  Mauritius
|
1:51.04 | |
| 7 | Jéssica Gabrieli Soares Giacomelli | Brazil
|
1:59.55 | |
| Source:[3] | ||||
Final
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Manuela Schär | Switzerland
|
1:42.36 | PR, SB |
|
Zhou Zhaoqian | China
|
1:43.24 | PB |
|
Susannah Scaroni | United States
|
1:43.42 | |
| 4 | Tatyana McFadden | United States
|
1:43.58 | SB |
| 5 | Lea Bayekula | Belgium
|
1:43.63 | PB |
| 6 | Melanie Woods | Great Britain
|
1:43.85 | PB |
| 7 | Hannah Dederick | United States
|
1:48.20 | |
| 8 | Tian Yajuan | China
|
1:48.49 | |
| Source:[4] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 800m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.