Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of four events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.[1]

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T11 1500m F
T13 1500m R F
T20 1500m F
T54 1500m R F
Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11[2]
details
Jin Zheng
guide: Jin Yubo

 China
4:38.92 Nancy Chelangat Koech
guide: Geoffrey Kiplangat Rotich

 Kenya
4:42.12 Maritza Arango Buitrago
guide: Jonathan Sanchez Gonzalez

 Colombia
4:45.33
T13[3]
details
Somaya Bousaid
 Tunisia
4:21.45 Najah Chouaya
 Tunisia
4:30.52 Izaskun Oses Ayucar
 Spain
4:39.99
T20[4]
details
Barbara Niewiedzial
 Poland
4:24.37 Ilona Biacsi
 Hungary
4:27.88 Liudmyla Danylina
 Ukraine
4:28.78
T54[5]
details
Tatyana McFadden
 United States
3:22.50 Amanda McGrory
 United States
3:22.61 Chelsea McClammer
 United States
3:22.67

Results

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T11

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The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

17:38 17 September 2016:[6]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 186 Jin Zheng  China 4:38.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 486 Nancy Chelangat Koech  Kenya 4:42.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 210 Maritza Arango Buitrago  Colombia 4:45.33
4 2 96 Renata Bazone Teixeira  Brazil 5:01.75
5 1 555 Monica Olivia Rodriguez Saavedra  Mexico 5:03.14
6 6 911 Ivonne Mosquera-Schmidt  United States 5:08.97

T13

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The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

11:13 10 September 2016:[7]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 832 Somaya Bousaid  Tunisia 4:21.45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 834 Najah Chouaya  Tunisia 4:30.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 277 Izaskun Oses Ayucar  Spain 4:39.99
4 1 435 Greta Streimikyte  Ireland 4:45.06
5 6 212 Marcela Gonzalez  Colombia 4:49.37
4 560 Daniela Eugenia Velasco Maldonado  Mexico DSQ

T20

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The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

11:09 16 September 2016:[8]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 694 Barbara Niewiedzial  Poland 4:24.37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 406 Ilona Biacsi  Hungary 4:27.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 873 Liudmyla Danylina  Ukraine 4:28.78
4 6 693 Arleta Meloch  Poland 4:33.19
5 2 405 Bernadett Biacsi  Hungary 4:43.10
6 7 469 Sayaka Makita  Japan 4:51.90
7 5 480 Moeko Yamamoto  Japan 5:01.99
1 697 Sabina Stenka  Poland DSQ

T54

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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.

18:14 13 September 2016:[9]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 906 Tatyana McFadden  United States 3:22.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 907 Amanda McGrory  United States 3:22.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 904 Chelsea McClammer  United States 3:22.67
4 1 780 Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 3:23.41
5 4 36 Madison de Rozario  Australia 3:24.33
6 3 145 Diane Roy  Canada 3:24.57
7 10 171 Jing Ma  China 3:24.88
8 7 35 Christie Dawes  Australia 3:26.00
9 9 111 Aline Rocha  Brazil 3:27.61
10 5 787 Gunilla Wallengren  Sweden 3:30.14

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T11". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T13". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T20". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Event Overview - Women's 1500m - T54". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's 1500m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Women's 1500m - T13 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Women's 1500m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Women's 1500m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.