Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres

The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 16 to September 17, 2016. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.

Schedule

R

Round 1

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11	Mon 12	Tue 13	Wed 14	Thu 15	Fri 16	Sat 17
T34 800m									F
T53 800m										F
T54 800m										F

Medal summary

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T34	Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain	2:00.62	Alexa Halko  United States	2:02.08	Kare Adenegan  Great Britain	2:02.47
T53	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	1:47.45	Madison de Rozario  Australia	1:47.64	Shirley Reilly  United States	1:47.77
T54	Tatyana McFadden  United States	1:44.73	Liu Wenjun  China	1:45.02	Li Yingjie  China	1:45.23

Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Women's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34

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.

18:11 16 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	326	Hannah Cockroft	Great Britain		2:00.62
	6	897	Alexa Halko	United States		2:02.08
	3	321	Kare Adenegan	Great Britain		2:02.47
4	8	45	Rosemary Little	Australia		2:04.10
5	7	341	Melissa Nicholls	Great Britain		2:13.59
	4	619	Desiree Vranken	Netherlands			DSQ

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

17:46 17 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	188	Hongzhuan Zhou	China		1:47.45
	2	36	Madison de Rozario	Australia		1:47.64
	5	913	Shirley Reilly	United States		1:47.77
4	4	30	Angela Ballard	Australia		1:47.97
5	7	904	Chelsea McClammer	United States		1:48.32
6	6	337	Samantha Kinghorn	Great Britain		1:49.51
7	1	162	Lisha Huang	China		1:52.15
8	8	849	Hamide Kurt	Turkey		1:52.78

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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.

17:53 17 September 2016:

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	906	Tatyana McFadden	United States		1:44.73
	4	170	Wenjun Liu	China		1:45.02
	8	167	Yingjie Li	China		1:45.23
4	5	907	Amanda McGrory	United States		1:45.24
5	6	780	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland		1:46.00
6	7	190	Lihong Zou	China		1:46.18
7	1	145	Diane Roy	Canada		1:51.51
8	2	615	Margriet van den Broek	Netherlands		1:52.01