Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T20
Appearance
Women's 1500 metres T20 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 4:27.84 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 1500 metres T20 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 3 September 2021.
The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac (POL) | 4:23.37 | Stadskanaal, Netherlands | 28 June 2012 |
Paralympic Record | Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac (POL) | 4:24.37 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 4:50.47 | Aida Naili | Tunisia |
America | 4:54.58 | Kaitlin Bounds | United States |
Asia | 4:36.56 | Anju Furuya | Japan |
Europe | 4:23.37 WR | Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac | Poland |
Oceania | 5:26.86 | Eliesha Byrt | Australia |
Results
[edit]The final took place on 3 September 2021, at 10:26:[2]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac | Poland | 4:27.84 | SB | |
Liudmyla Danylina | Ukraine | 4:32.82 | SB | |
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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.