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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres

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Athletics – Women's 800 metres
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates1 – 7 September 2024
No. of events3
2020
800 metres
Men's · T34 · T53 · T54 · Women's · T34 · T53 · T54

The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France from 1 to 7 September, 2024. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

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R Round 1 F Final
Date[1] Sun 1 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
T34 800m F
T53 800m F
T54 800m R F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T34
details
Hannah Cockroft
 Great Britain
1:55.44 Kare Adenegan
 Great Britain
2:03.12 Eva Houston
 United States
2:05.94
T53
details
Catherine Debrunner
 Switzerland
1:41.04 PR Samantha Kinghorn
 Great Britain
1:42.96 Zhou Hongzhuan
 China
1:46.83 AR
T54
details
Manuela Schär
 Switzerland
1:42.36 PR, SB Zhou Zhaoqian
 China
1:43.24 PB Susannah Scaroni
 United States
1:43.42

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

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The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

The final in this classification took place on 7 September 2024, at 20:20:[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 1:55.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain 2:03.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Houston  United States 2:05.94
4 Fabienne André  Great Britain 2:06.86
5 Lan Hanyu  China 2:11.97
6 Moe Onodera  Japan 2:15.85 SB
7 Liu Panpan  China 2:18.82
8 Lauren Fields  United States 2:33.51

T53

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The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2024, at 19:04:[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 1:41.04 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 1:42.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan  China 1:46.86 AR
4 Hamide Dogangun  Turkey 1:51.70 SB
5 Gao Fang  China 1:51.81 PB
6 Angela Ballard  Australia 1:56.86
7 Chelsea Stein  United States 2:11.91

T54

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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.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2024, at 19:17:[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 1:42.36 PR, SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China 1:43.24 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States 1:43.42
4 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:43.58 SB
5 Lea Bayekula  Belgium 1:43.63 PB
6 Melanie Woods  Great Britain 1:43.85 PB
7 Hannah Dederick  United States 1:48.20
8 Tian Yajuan  China 1:48.49

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 800m – T34 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 7 September 2024. p. 300. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 800m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. p. 301. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 800m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. p. 302. Retrieved 3 September 2024.