| Women's 100 metres T53 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16.29 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| ←20162024→ | |||||||||||||
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The women's 100 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 1 September 2021.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World Record |  Huang Lisha (CHN) |
16.19 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
| Paralympic Record |  Huang Lisha (CHN) |
16.19 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 18.51 | Olajumoke Annah Olajide |  Nigeria
|
| America | 16.23 | Leann Shannon |  United States
|
| Asia | 16.19 WR | Huang Lisha | China
|
| Europe | 16.21 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain
|
| Oceania | 16.46 | Angie Ballard |  Australia
|
Results
The final took place on 1 September 2021, at 20:37:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | Gao Fang | China |
16.29 | SB |
 |
5 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China |
16.48 | SB |
 |
4 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain |
16.53 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jessica Cooper Lewis |  Bermuda |
16.90 | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Hamide Doğangün |  Turkey |
16.94 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland |
17.18 | |
| 7 | 6 | Angie Ballard |  Australia |
17.43 | |
| 8 | 1 | Kelsey Lefevour |  United States |
17.56 | |
| 9 | 2 | Yen Hoang | United States |
18.01 |
References
- "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.