Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T12

The women's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.

Women's marathon T12
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates5 September 2021
Competitors10 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Misato Michishita  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elena Pautova  RPC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louzanne Coetzee  South Africa

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records

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

World Record Misato Michishita (JPN)2:54:13Hōfu, Japan20 December 2020
Paralympic RecordVacant
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa3:18:11Record Mark
America3:05:03Record Mark
Asia2:54:13 WRMisato Michishita Japan
Europe2:58:23Elena Pautova Russia
OceaniaVacant

Results

The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Class Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Misato Michishita JapanT123:00:50GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Elena Pautova
Grigoriy Andreev (guide)
 RPCT123:04:16SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Louzanne Coetzee South AfricaT113:11:13WR (T11)
4Edneusa de Jesus Santos
Vilmar Roberto Dias (guide)
 BrazilT123:15:32SB
5Yumiko Fujii JapanT123:17:44SB
6Maria Fiuza PortugalT113:20:45SB
7Edilene Teixeira Boaventura BrazilT113:26:32AR (T11)
8Mihoko Nishijima JapanT123:29:12SB
9María del Carmen Paredes Rodríguez
Lorenzo Snachez Martin (guide)
 SpainT123:37:44SB
Meryem En-Nourhi MoroccoT12

References

  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.
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