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

Athletics – Women's 1500 metres at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	30 August – 6 September 2024
No. of events	4

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France from 30 August to 6 September, 2024. A total of 4 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

R

Round 1

F

Final

Date	Fri 30		Sat 31		Sun 1		Mon 2		Tue 3		Wed 4		Thu 5		Fri 6
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
T11 1500m					R		F
T13 1500m				F
T20 1500m															F
T54 1500m							R		F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 1500 metres events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T11	Yayesh Gate Tesfaw  Ethiopia Guide: Kindu Girma	4:27.68	He Shanshan  China Guide: You Junjie	4:32.82	Louzanne Coetzee  South Africa Guide: Erasmus Badenhorst	4:35.49
T13	Tigist Mengistu  Ethiopia	4:22.39	Fatima Ezzahra  Morocco	4:22.98	Liza Corso  United States	4:23.45
T20	Barbara Bieganowska-Zając  Poland	4:26.06 SB	Liudmyla Danylina  Ukraine	4:28.40 PB	Antônia Keyla  Brazil	4:29.40 AR
T54	Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland	3:13.10 PR	Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain	3:16.01	Susannah Scaroni  United States	3:16.68

T11

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T11

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.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2024, at 10:11:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Yayesh Gate Tesfaw Guide: Kindu Girma	Ethiopia	4:27.68	WR
	He Shanshan Guide: You Junjie	China	4:32.82	AR
	Louzanne Coetzee Guide: Erasmus Badenhorst	South Africa	4:35.49	PB
4	Mary Njoroge Guide: James Boit	Kenya	4:41.48	PB
5	Nancy Chelangat Koech Guide: Geoffrey Rotich	Kenya	4:45.10	SB
6	Joanna Mazur Guide: Michal Stawicki	Poland	4:59.71

T13

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T13

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.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2024, at 19:13:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Tigist Mengistu	Ethiopia	4:22.39
	8	Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi	Morocco	4:22.98	SB
	10	Liza Corso	United States	4:23.45	SB
4	5	Greta Streimikyte	Ireland	4:32.28	AR
5	6	Somaya Bousaid	Tunisia	4:34.87
6	2	Peace Oroma	Uganda	4:38.60	PB
7	11	Francy Osorio	Colombia	4:40.70	SB
8	9	Elena Pautova	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	4:49.57	SB
9	1	Keegan Gaunt	Canada	4:51.43
10	3	Edneusa de Jesus Santos	Brazil	5:16.28	SB
—	4	Daniela Velasco	Mexico	DQ	R7.9.5

T20

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T20

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

The final in this classification took place on 6 September 2024, at 10:56:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Barbara Bieganowska-Zając	Poland	4:26.06	SB
	1	Liudmyla Danylina	Ukraine	4:28.40	PB
	4	Antônia Keyla da Silva	Brazil	4:29.40	AR
4	7	Annabelle Colman	Australia	4:31.54	AR
5	9	Hannah Taunton	Great Britain	4:38.98	SB
6	3	Kaitlin Bounds	United States	4:40.30	PB
7	5	Ilona Biacsi	Hungary	4:54.41
8	2	Bernadett Biacsi	Hungary	5:00.12
9	6	Moeko Yamamoto	Japan	5:16.70

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 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 3 September 2024, at 12:25:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	3:13.10	PR
	Samantha Kinghorn	Great Britain	3:16.01
	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 Schaer	Switzerland	DQ	R18.4