Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T54


The women's 100 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 4 September 2024.

Women's 100 metres T54
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates4 September 2024
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Winning time15.50
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Léa Bayekula  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Amanda Kotaja  Finland
2020
100 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men · T11 · T12 · T13 · T34 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T44 · T47 · T51 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T63 · T64
Women · T11 · T12 · T13 · T34 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T53 · T54 · T63 · T64

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

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1][2]

World Record   Tatyana McFadden (USA) 15.35 Indianapolis, United States 5 June 2016
Paralympic Record   Zhou Zhaoqian (CHN) 15.80 Tokyo, Japan 1 September 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 15.84   Noemi Alphonse   Nottwil 8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
America 15.35 WR   Tatyana McFadden   Indianapolis 5 June 2016 (2016-06-05)
Asia 15.80   Zhou Zhaoqian   Tokyo 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
Europe 15.36   Amanda Kotaja   Nottwil 27 May 2023 (2023-05-27)
Oceania 16.21   Eliza Ault-Connell   Arbon 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

Results

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Round 1

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Tatyana McFadden   United States 15.55 Q, PR, SB
2 3 Amanda Kotaja   Finland 16.00 Q
3 5 Marie Perrine   Mauritius 16.46 Q
4 2 Zhou Zhaoqian   China 16.57 q
5 8 Licia Mussinelli   Switzerland 16.95
6 4 Hannah Bablola   Nigeria 17.39
7 7 Katrin Kohl   Luxembourg 20.39
Source:[3] Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Léa Bayekula   Belgium 15.87 Q
2 4 Noemi Alphonse   Mauritius 16.07 Q
3 5 Hannah Dederick   United States 16.64 Q
4 3 Alexandra Hiebling   Switzerland 16.90 q
5 6 Shauna Bocquet   Ireland 17.00
6 9 Jessia Soares Giacomelli   Brazil 17.04 PB
- 7 Fatou Sanneh   The Gambia DNS
Source:[4] Wind: -0.7 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
  7 Léa Bayekula   Belgium 15.50 PR, PB
  4 Tatyana McFadden   United States 15.67
  6 Amanda Kotaja   Finland 15.77
4 5 Noemi Alphonse   Mauritius 16.11
5 2 Zhou Zhaoqian   China 16.44
6 8 Hannah Dederick   United States 16.50
7 9 Alexandra Hiebling   Switzerland 16.91
8 3 Marie Perrine   Mauritius 16.98
Source:[5] Wind: -0.1 m/s


References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m – T54 – Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 100m – T54 – Round 1 - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's 100m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.