Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54 explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres T54
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	29 August 2021
Competitors:	11
Nations:	7
Gold:	Manuela Schär
Goldnpc:	SUI
Silver:	Tatyana McFadden
Silvernpc:	USA
Bronze:	Susannah Scaroni
Bronzenpc:	USA
Prev:	2016

The women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 29 August 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	1:54.60
America	1:42.72
Asia	1:42.38
Europe	1:41.47
Oceania	1:42.35

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:57:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			1:52.91
2	6			1:53.06
3	7			1:54.11	,
4	5			1:54.18
5	4			1:58.64
	3

Heat 2 took place on 29 August 2021, at 11:07:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			1:51.09
2	6			1:51.42
3	4			1:51.67
4	3			1:52.05	,
5	5			1:52.27	,

Final

The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 19:17:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			1:42.81
	4			1:43.16
	6			1:44.43
4	7			1:46.43
5	3			1:50.40
6	8			1:52.59
7	2			1:53.30
8	9			1:54.87

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 28 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829021209/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW800M----54010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829021210/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW800M----54010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 28 August 2021. 29 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829102436/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW800M----54010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.