Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54
Appearance
Women's 400 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 2 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 400 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
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
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | ![]() |
51.90 | Arbon, Switzerland | 4 June 2015 |
Paralympic Record | ![]() |
51.91 | Athens, Greece | 25 September 2004 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 57.52 | Marie Desirella Brandy Perrine | ![]() |
America | 51.90 WR | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
Asia | 53.12 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
Europe | 52.56 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
Oceania | 53.24 | Eliza Ault-Connell | ![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:42:[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
54.29 | Q |
2 | 7 | Zhou Zhaoqian | ![]() |
55.46 | Q, SB |
3 | 5 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
55.99 | Q, AR |
4 | 6 | Eliza Ault-Connell | ![]() |
56.89 | q |
5 | 2 | Amanda Kotaja | ![]() |
57.70 | |
6 | 3 | Hannah Dederick | ![]() |
57.77 | |
7 | 8 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci | ![]() |
59.39 |
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:49:[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 8 | Cheri Madsen | ![]() |
53.16 | Q, SB |
2 | 5 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
53.81 | Q |
3 | 3 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
55.00 | Q, SB |
4 | 4 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
55.24 | q, PB |
5 | 7 | Marie Desirella Brandy Perrine | ![]() |
58.72 | |
6 | 6 | Mel Woods | ![]() |
59.11 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 2 September, at 19:40:[4]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Manuela Schär | ![]() |
53.59 | |
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3 | Cheri Madsen | ![]() |
53.91 | |
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6 | Zhou Zhaoqian | ![]() |
54.10 | PB |
4 | 5 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() |
54.35 | |
5 | 8 | Zou Lihong | ![]() |
54.82 | SB |
6 | 7 | Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse | ![]() |
56.15 | |
7 | 2 | Eliza Ault-Connell | ![]() |
56.54 | |
8 | 1 | Merle Menje | ![]() |
56.69 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.