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

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The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 28 to September 3, 2021. A total of 4 events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
T11 1500m R F
T13 1500m F
T20 1500m F
T54 1500m R F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 1500 metres events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11
details
 Mexico
Mónica Olivia Rodríguez
Guide: Kevin Aguilar
4:37.40 WR  South Africa
Louzanne Coetzee
Guide: Erasmus Badenhorst
4:40.96 AR  Kenya
Nancy Chelangat Koech
Guide: Geoffrey Rotich
4:45.58
T13
details
Tigist Mengistu
 Ethiopia
4:23.24 Liza Corso
 United States
4:30.67 Somaya Bousaid
 Tunisia
4:31.78
T20
details
Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac
 Poland
4:27.84 Liudmyla Danylina
 Ukraine
4:32.82 Hannah Taunton
 Great Britain
4:35.34
T54
details
Zhou Zhaoqian
 China
3:27.63 Manuela Schär
 Switzerland
3:28.01 Madison de Rozario
 Australia
3:28.24

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 1500 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.

T11

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The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August, at 9:38:[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mónica Olivia Rodríguez  Mexico 4:37.40 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Louzanne Coetzee  South Africa 4:40.96 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nancy Chelangat Koech  Kenya 4:45.58 SB
4 Joanna Mazur  Poland 4:48.74 AR
5 Susana Rodríguez  Spain 4:52.67
6 He Shanshan  China 4:52.72

T13

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The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021, at 19:10:[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu  Ethiopia 4:23.24 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liza Corso  United States 4:30.67 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Somaya Bousaid  Tunisia 4:31.78
4 Veronika Zotova  RPC 4:33.96 AR
5 Greta Streimikyte  Ireland 4:34.82
6 Izaskun Osés Ayúcar  Spain 4:39.92 PB
7 Daniela Velasco  Mexico 4:40.25 SB
8 Elena Pautova  RPC 5:00.76
9 Edneusa Dorta  Brazil 5:02.84 SB
10 Francy Osorio  Colombia 5:05.08
11 Meryem En-Nourhi  Morocco 5:34.20
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi  Morocco DNF

T20

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The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:26:[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac  Poland 4:27.84 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liudmyla Danylina  Ukraine 4:32.82 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hannah Taunton  Great Britain 4:35.34 PB
4 Anju Furuya  Japan 4:38.58 SB
5 Ilona Biacsi  Hungary 4:53.36
6 Sayaka Makita  Japan 4:54.60
7 Moeko Yamamoto  Japan 4:55.03
8 Bernadett Biacsi  Hungary 4:58.41

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 31 August 2021, at 20:56:[6]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China 3:27.63 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland 3:28.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Madison de Rozario  Australia 3:28.24
4 Merle Menje  Germany 3:28.64
5 Tatyana McFadden  United States 3:28.85
6 Zou Lihong  China 3:29.07
7 Nikita den Boer  Netherlands 3:29.11
8 Vanessa Cristina de Sousa  Brazil 3:30.55
9 Susannah Scaroni  United States 3:35.53
10 Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse  Mauritius 3:39.83

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics schedule". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "T13 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ "T20 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  6. ^ "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.