Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon

Athletics – Women's marathon
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates8 September 2024
No. of events2
2020
Marathon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men's · T12 · T54 · Women's · T12 · T54


The women's marathon athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place in Paris on 8 September 2024. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

Date[1] Sun 8
Event M M
T12 Marathon F
T54 Marathon F

Medal summary

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

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T12
details
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi
 Morocco
2:48.36 WR Meryem En-Nourhi
Guide: Abdelhadi El Harti
 Morocco
2:58.15 Misato Michishita
 Japan
3:04:24
T54
details
Catherine Debrunner
 Switzerland
1:41:50 Madison de Rozario
 Australia
1:46:13 Susannah Scaroni
 United States
1:46:29

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

The event in this classification took place on 8 September 2024.

Rank Class Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) T12 Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi  Morocco 2:48:36 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) T12 Meryem En-Nourhi
Guide: Abdelhadi El Harti
 Morocco 2:58:18 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) T12 Misato Michishita  Japan 3:04:23 SB
4 T12 Rosario Gangloff  France 3:13:50
5 T12 Edneusa de Jesus Santos
Guide: Allesandro Souza
 Brazil 3:17:40
6 T12 Ausra Garunksnyte
Guide: Linas Mikalainis
 Lithuania 3:18:41 SB
7 T11 Louzanne Coetzee
Guide: Claus Kempen
 South Africa 3:25:53 SB
8 T12 Maria del Carmen Paredes Rodriguez
Guide: Lorenzo Sanchez Martin
 Spain 3:36:29
T12 Elena Congost
Guide: Mia Carol Bruguera
 Spain DQ R7.9.5
T11 He Shanshan  China DQ R49.6(b)
Source:[2]

Notes: He Shansan-R49.6(b) - Athlete must cross the finish line in front of the guide runner

Elena Congost-R7.9.5 - Failure of athlete/guide runner to comply with Rule 7.9 (i.e. releasing tether before finish, shortening tether)

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 8 September 2024:

Rank Class Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) T53 Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 1:41:50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) T53 Madison de Rozario  Australia 1:46:13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) T53 Susannah Scaroni  United States 1:46:29
4 T54 Manuela Schaer  Switzerland 1:49:22
5 T54 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 1:52:09 SB
6 T54 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:52:39
7 T53 Tatyana McFadden  United States 1:53:52
8 T54 Aline dos Santos Rocha  Brazil 1:53:54
9 T54 Merle Menje  Germany 1:55:54
10 T54 Vanessa Cristina de Souza  Brazil 1:56:33
11 T54 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland 2:01:39
12 T54 Tsubasa Kina  Japan 2:04:53
13 T54 Jenna Fesemyer  United States 2:05:42
14 T54 Noemi Alphonse  Mauritius 2:07:59
15 T54 Tian Yajuan  China 2:12:51 SB
T54 Eden Rainbow-Cooper  Great Britain DNF
Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Athletics Competition Schedule". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's Marathon – T12 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 8 September 2024. p. 321. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's Marathon – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 8 September 2024. p. 324. Retrieved 8 September 2024.