| Women's marathon T12 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's marathon T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 5 September 2021.
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.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Misato Michishita (JPN) | 2:54:13 | Hōfu, Japan | 20 December 2020 |
| Paralympic Record | Vacant | – |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 3:18:11 | Record Mark | |
| America | 3:05:03 | Record Mark | |
| Asia | 2:54:13 WR | Misato Michishita | Japan |
| Europe | 2:58:23 | Elena Pautova |  Russia |
| Oceania | Vacant | ||
Results
The race took place on 5 September 2021, at 6:50:[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Misato Michishita | Japan | T12 | 3:00:50 | GR |
 | Elena Pautova Grigoriy Andreev (guide) |  RPC | T12 | 3:04:16 | SB |
 | Louzanne Coetzee |  South Africa | T11 | 3:11:13 | WR (T11) |
| 4 | Edneusa de Jesus Santos Vilmar Roberto Dias (guide) |  Brazil | T12 | 3:15:32 | SB |
| 5 | Yumiko Fujii | Japan | T12 | 3:17:44 | SB |
| 6 | Maria Fiuza |  Portugal | T11 | 3:20:45 | SB |
| 7 | Edilene Teixeira Boaventura | Brazil | T11 | 3:26:32 | AR (T11) |
| 8 | Mihoko Nishijima | Japan | T12 | 3:29:12 | SB |
| 9 | María del Carmen Paredes Rodríguez Lorenzo Snachez Martin (guide) |  Spain | T12 | 3:37:44 | SB |
| Meryem En-Nourhi |  Morocco | T12 |
References
- ↑ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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