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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54

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Women's 400 metres T54
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates2 September 2021 (final)
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time53.59
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cheri Madsen  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China
2016
2024

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

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

World Record  Tatyana McFadden (USA) 51.90 Arbon, Switzerland 4 June 2015
Paralympic Record  Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) 51.91 Athens, Greece 25 September 2004
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 57.52 Marie Desirella Brandy Perrine  Mauritius
America 51.90 WR Tatyana McFadden  United States
Asia 53.12 Zou Lihong  China
Europe 52.56 Manuela Schär   Switzerland
Oceania 53.24 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:42:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 54.29 Q
2 7 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 55.46 Q, SB
3 5 Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse  Mauritius 55.99 Q, AR
4 6 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia 56.89 q
5 2 Amanda Kotaja  Finland 57.70
6 3 Hannah Dederick  United States 57.77
7 8 Zübeyde Süpürgeci  Turkey 59.39

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:49:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Cheri Madsen  United States 53.16 Q, SB
2 5 Tatyana McFadden  United States 53.81 Q
3 3 Zou Lihong  China 55.00 Q, SB
4 4 Merle Menje  Germany 55.24 q, PB
5 7 Marie Desirella Brandy Perrine  Mauritius 58.72
6 6 Mel Woods  Great Britain 59.11

Final

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The final took place on 2 September, at 19:40:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 53.59
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Cheri Madsen  United States 53.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 54.10 PB
4 5 Tatyana McFadden  United States 54.35
5 8 Zou Lihong  China 54.82 SB
6 7 Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse  Mauritius 56.15
7 2 Eliza Ault-Connell  Australia 56.54
8 1 Merle Menje  Germany 56.69

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.