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

Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates30 August – 6 September 2024
No. of events4
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1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men's · T11 · T13 · T20 · T38 · T46 · T54 · Women's · T11 · T13 · T20 · T54

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

Schedule

R Round 1 F Final
Date[1] 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
details
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
details
Tigist Mengistu
 Ethiopia
4:22.39 Fatima Ezzahra
 Morocco
4:22.98 Liza Corso
 United States
4:23.45
T20
details
Barbara Bieganowska-Zając
 Poland
4:26.06 SB Liudmyla Danylina
 Ukraine
4:28.40 PB Antônia Keyla
 Brazil
4:29.40 AR
T54
details
Catherine Debrunner
 Switzerland
3:13.10 PR Samantha Kinghorn
 Great Britain
3:16.01 Susannah Scaroni
 United States
3:16.68

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:[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yayesh Gate Tesfaw
Guide: Kindu Girma
 Ethiopia 4:27.68 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) He Shanshan
Guide: You Junjie
 China 4:32.82 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Tigist Mengistu  Ethiopia 4:22.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi  Morocco 4:22.98 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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

The final in this classification will take place on 6 September 2024, at 10:56:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Barbara Bieganowska-Zając  Poland 4:26.06 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Liudmyla Danylina  Ukraine 4:28.40 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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:[5]

Rank Name Nationality 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 Schaer  Switzerland DQ R18.4

References

  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 1500m – T11 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 1500m – T13 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 1500m – T20 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's 1500m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.