Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 28 to September 3, 2021. A total of 4 events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

R

Round 1

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Date[2]	Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3
Event	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	Mexico Mónica Olivia Rodríguez Guide: Kevin Aguilar	4:37.40 WR	South Africa Louzanne Coetzee Guide: Erasmus Badenhorst	4:40.96 AR	Kenya Nancy Chelangat Koech Guide: Geoffrey Rotich	4:45.58
T13 details	Tigist Mengistu  Ethiopia	4:23.24	Liza Corso  United States	4:30.67	Somaya Bousaid  Tunisia	4:31.78
T20 details	Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac  Poland	4:27.84	Liudmyla Danylina  Ukraine	4:32.82	Hannah Taunton  Great Britain	4:35.34
T54 details	Zhou Zhaoqian  China	3:27.63	Manuela Schär  Switzerland	3:28.01	Madison de Rozario  Australia	3:28.24

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 1500 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

T11

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 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 30 August, at 9:38:[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mónica Olivia Rodríguez	Mexico	4:37.40	WR
	Louzanne Coetzee	South Africa	4:40.96	AR
	Nancy Chelangat Koech	Kenya	4:45.58	SB
4	Joanna Mazur	Poland	4:48.74	AR
5	Susana Rodríguez	Spain	4:52.67
6	He Shanshan	China	4:52.72

T13

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 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 28 August 2021, at 19:10:[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu	Ethiopia	4:23.24	PB
	Liza Corso	United States	4:30.67	PB
	Somaya Bousaid	Tunisia	4:31.78
4	Veronika Zotova	RPC	4:33.96	AR
5	Greta Streimikyte	Ireland	4:34.82
6	Izaskun Osés Ayúcar	Spain	4:39.92	PB
7	Daniela Velasco	Mexico	4:40.25	SB
8	Elena Pautova	RPC	5:00.76
9	Edneusa Dorta	Brazil	5:02.84	SB
10	Francy Osorio	Colombia	5:05.08
11	Meryem En-Nourhi	Morocco	5:34.20
	Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi	Morocco	DNF

T20

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 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 3 September 2021, at 10:26:[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac	Poland	4:27.84	SB
	Liudmyla Danylina	Ukraine	4:32.82	SB
	Hannah Taunton	Great Britain	4:35.34	PB
4	Anju Furuya	Japan	4:38.58	SB
5	Ilona Biacsi	Hungary	4:53.36
6	Sayaka Makita	Japan	4:54.60
7	Moeko Yamamoto	Japan	4:55.03
8	Bernadett Biacsi	Hungary	4:58.41

T54

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 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 31 August 2021, at 20:56:[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Zhou Zhaoqian	China	3:27.63	PB
	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	3:28.01
	Madison de Rozario	Australia	3:28.24
4	Merle Menje	Germany	3:28.64
5	Tatyana McFadden	United States	3:28.85
6	Zou Lihong	China	3:29.07
7	Nikita den Boer	Netherlands	3:29.11
8	Vanessa Cristina de Sousa	Brazil	3:30.55
9	Susannah Scaroni	United States	3:35.53
10	Marie Emmanuelle Anais Alphonse	Mauritius	3:39.83

References

1. "Athletics schedule". Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. "Athletics Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
3. "T11 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
4. "T13 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
5. "T20 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
6. "T54 final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.