Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres

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The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 16 to September 17, 2016. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.

Schedule

R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T34 800m F
T53 800m F
T54 800m F

Medal summary

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T34[1]
details 		Hannah Cockroft
 Great Britain		 2:00.62 Alexa Halko
 United States		 2:02.08 Kare Adenegan
 Great Britain		 2:02.47
T53[2]
details 		Zhou Hongzhuan
 China		 1:47.45 Madison de Rozario
 Australia		 1:47.64 Shirley Reilly
 United States		 1:47.77
T54[3]
details 		Tatyana McFadden
 United States		 1:44.73 Liu Wenjun
 China		 1:45.02 Li Yingjie
 China		 1:45.23

Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Women's 800 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

T34

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34

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.

18:11 16 September 2016:[4]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 326 Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 2:00.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 897 Alexa Halko  United States 2:02.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 321 Kare Adenegan  Great Britain 2:02.47
4 8 45 Rosemary Little  Australia 2:04.10
5 7 341 Melissa Nicholls  Great Britain 2:13.59
4 619 Desiree Vranken  Netherlands DSQ

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T53

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

17:46 17 September 2016:[5]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 188 Hongzhuan Zhou  China 1:47.45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 36 Madison de Rozario  Australia 1:47.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 913 Shirley Reilly  United States 1:47.77
4 4 30 Angela Ballard  Australia 1:47.97
5 7 904 Chelsea McClammer  United States 1:48.32
6 6 337 Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 1:49.51
7 1 162 Lisha Huang  China 1:52.15
8 8 849 Hamide Kurt  Turkey 1:52.78

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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.

17:53 17 September 2016:[6]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 906 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:44.73
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 170 Wenjun Liu  China 1:45.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 167 Yingjie Li  China 1:45.23
4 5 907 Amanda McGrory  United States 1:45.24
5 6 780 Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 1:46.00
6 7 190 Lihong Zou  China 1:46.18
7 1 145 Diane Roy  Canada 1:51.51
8 2 615 Margriet van den Broek  Netherlands 1:52.01

References

  1. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T34". paralympic.org. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T53". paralympic.org. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 800m - T54". paralympic.org. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's 800m - T34 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Women's 800m - T53 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's 800m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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