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Women's 800 metres T54
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates1 September 2024 (round 1 & final)
Competitors14 from 8 nations
Winning time1:42.36 PR, SB
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States
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The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2024.

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

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

World Record  Manuela Schär (SUI) 1:41.47 Switzerland Nottwil 18 August 2019
Paralympic Record  Manuela Schär (SUI) 1:42.81 Japan Tokyo 29 August 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 1:45.29 Mauritius Noemi Alphonse Switzerland Nottwil 25 May 2023 (2023-05-25)
America 1:42.72 United States Tatyana McFadden Switzerland Arbon 4 June 2015 (2015-06-04)
Asia 1:42.38 China Zou Lihong Switzerland Arbon 2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)
Europe 1:41.47 WR Switzerland Manuela Schär Switzerland Nottwil 18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)
Oceania 1:42.35 Australia Eliza Ault-Connell Switzerland Arbon 2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

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:

Heat 2

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
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Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland 1:42.36 PR, SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China 1:43.24 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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:

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Women's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. "Women's 800m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. "Women's 800m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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