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

Women's 800 metres T53
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates1 September 2024
Competitors7 from 6 nations
Winning time1:41.04 PR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan  China
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The women's 800 metres T53 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 1 September 2024.

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

Records

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

World Record  Catherine Debrunner (SUI) 1:37.96 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 4 February 2024
Paralympic Record  Madison de Rozario (AUS) 1:45.99 Japan Tokyo 29 August 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa [[]] [[]]  ()
America [[]] [[]]  ()
Asia [[]] [[]]  ()
Europe [[]] [[]]  ()
Oceania [[]] [[]]  ()

Results

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 1:41.04 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 1:42.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan  China 1:46.83 AR
4 Hamide Dogangun  Turkey 1:51.70 SB
5 Gao Fang  China 1:51.81 PB
6 Angela Ballard  Australia 1:56.83
7 Chelsea Stein  United States 2:11.91
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 800m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.