Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T54 explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metres T54
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	30–31 August 2021
Competitors:	13
Nations:	9
Gold:	Zhou Zhaoqian
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Manuela Schär
Silvernpc:	SUI
Bronze:	Madison de Rozario
Bronzenpc:	AUS
Prev:	2016

The women's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	3:30.51
America	3:13.27
Asia	3:24.88
Europe	3:12.35
Oceania	3:13.27

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 21:26:^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Class	Time	Notes
1			T54	3:36.24
2			T54	3:36.40	,
3			T54	3:36.46
4			T53	3:36.49
5			T54	3:37.43
6			T54	3:37.56

Heat 2 will take place on 30 August 2021, at 21:34:^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Class	Time	Notes
1			T54	3:23.42
2			T54	3:28.32
3			T54	3:28.68	,
4			T54	3:28.87
5			T54	3:29.66	,
6			T54	3:30.06	,
7			T53	3:52.23

Final

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 20:56:^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Class	Time	Notes
			T54	3:27.63
			T54	3:28.01
			T53	3:28.24
4			T54	3:28.64
5			T54	3:28.85
6			T54	3:29.07
7			T54	3:29.11
8			T54	3:30.55
9			T54	3:35.53
10			T54	3:39.83

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 26 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 29 August 2021. 30 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830124534/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M---54020-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 29 August 2021. 30 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830124534/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M---54020-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131719/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW1500M---54020-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.