The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2024.
| 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 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
editPrior 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
editRound 1
editFirst 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.