Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T54

Women's 1500 metres T54
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates
  • 2 September 2024 (round 1)
  • 3 September 2024 (final)
Competitors15 from 9 nations
Winning time3:13.10 PR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States
2020
2028
1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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The women's 1500 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2 and 3 September 2024.

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

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

World Record  Catherine Debrunner (SUI) 3:05.41 Switzerland Nottwil 8 June 2024
Paralympic Record  Tatyana McFadden (USA) 3:22.50 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 13 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 3:21.13 Mauritius Noemi Alphonse United Arab Emirates Dubai 13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)
America 3:11.92 United States Susannah Scaroni Switzerland Nottwil 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)
Asia 3:19.96 China Zhou Zhaoqian United Arab Emirates Dubai 27 February 2023 (2023-02-27)
Europe 3:05.41 WR Switzerland Catherine Debrunner Switzerland Nottwil 8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
Oceania 3:13.27 Australia Madison de Rozario Switzerland Nottwil 26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)

Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Susannah Scaroni  United States 3:19.84 Q, PR
2 Madison de Rozario  Australia 3:20.09 Q
3 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 3:20.20 Q
4 Tian Yajuan  China 3:20.42 Q, PB
5 Melanie Woods  Great Britain 3:20.70 Q
6 Merle Menje  Germany 3:21.86
7 Eden Rainbow-Cooper  Great Britain 3:29.44 qR
8 Vanessa Cristina de Souza  Brazil 3:30.86
Source:[2]

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 3:34.74 Q
2 Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 3:34.83 Q
3 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 3:34.98 Q
4 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland 3:35.12 Q
5 Aline dos Santos Rocha  Brazil 3:35.18 Q
6 Shauna Bocquet  Ireland 3:35.26
7 Jenna Fesemyer  United States 3:38.10
Source:[3]

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 3:13.10 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 3:16.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susannah Scaroni  United States 3:16.68
4 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland 3:18.38
5 Madison de Rozario  Australia 3:20.32
6 Tian Yajuan  China 3:20.54
7 Eden Rainbow-Cooper  Great Britain 3:22.09
8 Melanie Woods  Great Britain 3:23.37
9 Aline dos Santos Rocha  Brazil 3:23.43
10 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 3:53.20
Manuela Schär  Switzerland DQ R18.4
Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 1500m - T54 - Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 1500m - T54 - Round 1 - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 1500m - T54 - Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.