Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon T54
The women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.
| Women's marathon T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
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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:[1]
| World Record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
Results
The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:40:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Madison de Rozario |  Australia | T53 | 1:38:11 | GR (T53) |
 | Manuela Schär |  Switzerland | T54 | 1:38:12 | SB |
 | 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
- "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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