Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres T54
| Women's 5000 metres T54 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10:52.57 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 28 August 2021.
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.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Manuela Schär (SUI) |
10:51.17 | Arbon, Switzerland | 5 August 2018 |
| Paralympic Record |  Tatyana McFadden (USA) |
11:47.37 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 11:56.13 | Hannah Babalola |  Nigeria
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| America | 10:57.80 | Tatyana McFadden |  United States
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| Asia | 11:19.78 | Kazumi Nakayama |  Japan
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| Europe | 10:51.17 WR | Manuela Schär | Switzerland
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| Oceania | 10:59.05 | Madison de Rozario |  Australia
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Results
[edit]Final
[edit]The final took place on 28 August 2021, at 10:06:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Susannah Scaroni | United States |
T54 | 10:52.57 | PR |
 |
Manuela Schär |  Switzerland |
T54 | 11:00.50 | SB |
 |
Tatyana McFadden | United States |
T54 | 11:15.13 | SB |
| 4 | Nikita den Boer |  Netherlands |
T54 | 11:15.37 | PB |
| 5 | Madison de Rozario |  Australia |
T53 | 11:15.86 | |
| 6 | Merle Menje |  Germany |
T54 | 11:16.38 | PB |
| 7 | Jenna Fesemyer | United States |
T54 | 11:17.24 | PB |
| 8 | Vanessa Cristina de Souza |  Brazil |
T54 | 11:18.02 | PB |
| 9 | Zou Lihong |  China |
T54 | 11:18.06 | AR |
| 10 | Patricia Eachus | Switzerland |
T54 | 11:42.76 | SB |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.