Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T34
| Women's 100 metres T34 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16.39 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 100 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo took place on 29 August 2021.
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.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) |
16.57 | Arbon, Switzerland | 22 May 2019 |
| Paralympic Record |  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) |
17.42 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 20.52 | Yousra Ben Jemaa |  Tunisia
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| America | 18.43 | Alexa Halko |  United States
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| Asia | 19.08 | Noriko Arai |  Japan
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| Europe | 16.57 WR | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain
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| Oceania | 18.59 | Rosemary Little |  Australia
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Results
[edit]The final took place on 29 August 2021, at 10:25:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain |
16.39 | WR |
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5 | Kare Adenegan | Great Britain |
17.03 | SB |
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3 | Robyn Lambird |  Australia |
18.68 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Veronika Doronina |  RPC |
19.06 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Fabienne André | Great Britain |
19.14 | |
| 6 | 8 | Alexa Halko |  United States |
19.57 | |
| 7 | 6 | Joyce Lefevre |  Belgium |
19.63 | |
| 8 | 1 | Eva Houston | United States |
19.82 | PB |
| 9 | 9 | Amy Siemons |  Netherlands |
20.29 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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