Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres

Athletics – Women's 800 metres at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	1 – 7 September 2024
No. of events	3

The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France from 1 to 7 September, 2024. A total of 3 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

R

Round 1

F

Final

Date	Sun 1		Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6		Sat 7
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
T34 800m														F
T53 800m		F
T54 800m	R	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 800 metres events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T34	Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain	1:55.44	Kare Adenegan  Great Britain	2:03.12	Eva Houston  United States	2:05.94
T53	Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland	1:41.04 PR	Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain	1:42.96	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	1:46.83 AR
T54	Manuela Schär  Switzerland	1:42.36 PR, SB	Zhou Zhaoqian  China	1:43.24 PB	Susannah Scaroni  United States	1:43.42

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 800 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.

T34

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T34

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

The final in this classification took place on 7 September 2024, at 20:20:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hannah Cockroft	Great Britain	1:55.44
	Kare Adenegan	Great Britain	2:03.12
	Eva Houston	United States	2:05.94
4	Fabienne André	Great Britain	2:06.86
5	Lan Hanyu	China	2:11.97
6	Moe Onodera	Japan	2:15.85	SB
7	Liu Panpan	China	2:18.82
8	Lauren Fields	United States	2:33.51

T53

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2024, at 19:04:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:41.04	PR
	Samantha Kinghorn	Great Britain	1:42.96
	Zhou Hongzhuan	China	1:46.86	AR
4	Hamide Dogangun	Turkey	1:51.70	SB
5	Gao Fang	China	1:51.81	PB
6	Angela Ballard	Australia	1:56.86
7	Chelsea Stein	United States	2:11.91

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

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 1 September 2024, at 19:17:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	1:42.36	PR, SB
	Zhou Zhaoqian	China	1:43.24	PB
	Susannah Scaroni	United States	1:43.42
4	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:43.58	SB
5	Lea Bayekula	Belgium	1:43.63	PB
6	Melanie Woods	Great Britain	1:43.85	PB
7	Hannah Dederick	United States	1:48.20
8	Tian Yajuan	China	1:48.49