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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T54

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Women's marathon T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors16 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison de Rozario  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikita den Boer  Netherlands
2016

The women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 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

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

World Record  Manuela Schär (SUI) 1:35:42 Ōita, Japan 17 November 2019
Paralympic Record  Tatyana McFadden (USA)
 Zou Lihong (CHN)
1:38:44 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:57:19 Masouda Siffi  Tunisia
America 1:36:26 Susannah Scaroni  United States
Asia 1:35:50 Tsubasa Kina  Japan
Europe 1:35:42 WR Manuela Schär   Switzerland
Oceania 1:42:59 Christie Dawes  Australia

Results

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The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:40:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Madison de Rozario  Australia T53 1:38:11 GR (T53)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland T54 1:38:12 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikita den Boer  Netherlands T54 1:38:16 PB
4 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan T54 1:38:32 SB
5 Tatyana McFadden  United States T54 1:40:14 SB
6 Susannah Scaroni  United States T54 1:41:04 SB
7 Tsubasa Kina  Japan T54 1:42:33 SB
8 Christie Dawes  Australia T54 1:46:44 SB
9 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland T54 1:47:06 PB
10 Zou Lihong  China T54 1:49:02 SB
11 Jenna Fesemyer  United States T54 1:50:06 SB
12 Vanessa Cristina de Souza  Brazil T54 1:51:12 SB
13 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia T54 1:52:26 SB
14 Zhou Zhaoqian  China T54 1:55:46 SB
15 Amanda McGrory  United States T54 1:57:11 SB
16 Gao Fang  China T53 2:14:34 SB

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.