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Women's 800 metres T34
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates7 September 2024
Competitors8 from 4 nations
Winning time1:55.44
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Houston  United States
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The women's 800 metres T34 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 7 September 2024.

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

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

World Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 1:44.43 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 20 February 2023
Paralympic Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 1:48.99 Japan Tokyo 4 September 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa Vacant
America 2:01.35 United States Alexa Halko United Arab Emirates Dubai 14 November 2019 (2019-11-14)
Asia 2:09.33 China Lan Hanyu China Hangzhou 24 October 2023 (2023-10-24)
Europe 1:44.43 WR United Kingdom Hannah Cockroft United Arab Emirates Sharjah 20 February 2023 (2023-02-20)
Oceania 2:04.10 Australia Rosemary Little Brazil Rio de Janeiro 16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)

Results

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 1:55.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain 2:03.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Houston  United States 2:05.94
4 Fabienne Andre  Great Britain 2:06.86
5 Lan Hanyu  China 2:11.97
6 Moe Onodera  Japan 2:15.85 SB
7 Liu Panpan  China 2:18.82
8 Lauren Fields  United States 2:33.51
Source:

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Women's 800m – T34 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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