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

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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

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Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T34[1]
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Hannah Cockroft
  Great Britain
2:00.62 Alexa Halko
  United States
2:02.08 Kare Adenegan
  Great Britain
2:02.47
T53[2]
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Zhou Hongzhuan
  China
1:47.45 Madison de Rozario
  Australia
1:47.64 Shirley Reilly
  United States
1:47.77
T54[3]
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Tatyana McFadden
  United States
1:44.73 Liu Wenjun
  China
1:45.02 Li Yingjie
  China
1:45.23

Results

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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.

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:[4]

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

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:[5]

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

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:[6]

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

References

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  1. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T34". paralympic.org. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T53". paralympic.org. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T54". paralympic.org. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's 800m - T34 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Women's 800m - T53 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's 800m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.