Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres

The Women's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 September to 17 September 2016. A total of 12 events were contested over this distance for 15 different classifications.

Schedule edit

R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T11 400 metres R F
T12 400 metres R F
T13 400 metres F
T20 400 metres R F
T34 400 metres F
T37 400 metres R F
T38 400 metres F
T44 400 metres F
T47 400 metres R F
T52 400 metres F
T53 400 metres R F
T54 400 metres F

Medal summary edit

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11[1]
details
Liu Cuiqing
guide: Xu Donglin

  China
56.71 Sol Rojas
guide: Edicson Medina

  Venezuela
57.64 Terezinha Guilhermina
guide: Rodrigo Chieregatto Arcanjo

  Brazil
57.97
T12[2]
details
Omara Durand
guide: Yuniol Kindelan

  Cuba
51.77 Oksana Boturchuk
guide: Volodymyr Burakov

  Ukraine
53.14 Edmilsa Governo
guide: Filipe Chaimite

  Mozambique
53.89
T13[3]
details
Nantenin Keita
  France
55.78 Ilse Hayes
  South Africa
56.49 Leilia Adzhametova
  Ukraine
56.60
T20[4]
details
Breanna Clark
  United States
57.79 Natalia Iezlovetska
  Ukraine
58.48 Barbara Niewiedzial
  Poland
58.51
T34[5]
details
Hannah Cockroft
  Great Britain
58.78 Alexa Halko
  United States
1:00.79 Kare Adenegan
  Great Britain
1:01.67
T37[6]
details
Georgina Hermitage
  Great Britain
1:00.53 Wen Xiaoyan
  China
1:03.28 Neda Bahi
  Tunisia
1:03.71
T38[7]
details
Kadeena Cox
  Great Britain
1:00.71 Chen Junfei
  China
1:01.34 Verônica Hipólito
  Brazil
1:03.14
T44[8]
details
Marie-Amelie le Fur
  France
59.27 Irmgard Bensusan
  Germany
59.62 Grace Norman
  United States
1:01.83
T47[9]
details
Li Lu
  China
58.09 Anrune Liebenberg
  South Africa
58.88 Sae Tsuji
  Japan
1:00.62
T52[10]
details
Michelle Stilwell
  Canada
1:05.43 Marieke Vervoort
  Belgium
1:07.62 Kerri Morgan
  United States
1:08.31
T53[11]
details
Zhou Hongzhuan
  China
54.43 Chelsea McClammer
  United States
55.13 Angie Ballard
  Australia
55.28
T54[12]
details
Tatyana McFadden
  United States
53.30 Cheri Madsen
  United States
54.40 Zou Lihong
  China
54.70

Results edit

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Women's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

T11 edit

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.

17:30 16 September 2016:[13]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 169 Cuiqing Liu   China 0.159 56.71
  1 936 Sol Rojas   Venezuela 0.154 57.64
  5 105 Terezinha Guilhermina   Brazil 0.218 57.97
7 119 Thalita Vitória Simplício da Silva   Brazil 0.261 DSQ

T12 edit

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.

18:25 17 September 2016:[14]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 242 Omara Durand   Cuba 0.178 51.77
  5 872 Oksana Boturchuk   Ukraine 0.271 53.14
  1 586 Edmilsa Governo   Mozambique 0.173 53.89
4 7 273 Melani Berges Gamez   Spain 0.155 57.66

T13 edit

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.

10:44 17 September 2016:[15]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 306 Nantenin Keita   France 0.159 55.78
  5 736 Ilse Hayes   South Africa 0.371 56.49
  2 871 Leilia Adzhametova   Ukraine 0.394 56.60
4 7 895 Kym Crosby   United States 0.170 57.26
5 8 874 Olena Gliebova   Ukraine 0.275 57.59
6 4 519 Sanaa Benhama   Morocco 0.145 58.40
7 6 704 Carolina Duarte   Portugal 0.202 58.52
8 1 832 Somaya Bousaid   Tunisia 0.242 1:03.98

T20 edit

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

17:46 13 September 2016:[16]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 893 Breanna Clark   United States 0.154 57.79
  4 875 Natalia Iezlovetska   Ukraine 0.207 58.48
  8 694 Barbara Niewiedzial   Poland 58.51
4 6 529 Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin   Malaysia 0.215 58.55
5 5 697 Sabina Stenka   Poland 0.196 59.27
6 1 407 Piroska Csontos   Hungary 0.188 59.41
7 2 409 Erika Keresztesi   Hungary 0.244 1:00.47
8 7 406 Ilona Biacsi   Hungary 0.141 1:01.13

T34 edit

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.

17:40 14 September 2016:[17]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 326 Hannah Cockroft   Great Britain 58.78
  1 897 Alexa Halko   United States 1:00.79
  5 321 Kare Adenegan   Great Britain 1:01.67
4 6 45 Rosemary Little   Australia 1:01.91
5 7 619 Desiree Vranken   Netherlands 1:04.11
6 8 465 Haruka Kitaura   Japan 1:13.82
4 70 Joyce Lefevre   Belgium DSQ
2 341 Melissa Nicholls   Great Britain DSQ

T37 edit

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

10:14 13 September 2016:[18]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 332 Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain 1:00.53
  5 177 Xiaoyan Wen   China 1:03.28
  6 828 Neda Bahi   Tunisia 1:03.71
4 7 165 Fenfen Jiang   China 1:05.66
5 4 305 Mandy Francois-Elie   France 1:06.09
6 1 168 Yingli Li   China 1:07.45
7 8 735 Liezel Gouws   South Africa 1:09.08
8 2 598 Johanna Benson   Namibia 1:12.35

T38 edit

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

11:17 14 September 2016:[19]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  7 327 Kadeena Cox   Great Britain 1:00.71
  5 160 Junfei Chen   China 1:01.34
  3 106 Verônica Hipólito   Brazil 1:03.14
4 8 43 Torita Isaac   Australia 1:04.47
5 2 836 Sonia Mansour   Tunisia 1:04.91
6 6 706 Maria Fernandes   Portugal 1:08.62
7 4 477 Yuka Takamatsu   Japan 1:11.64

T44 edit

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

18:12 12 September 2016:[20]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  6 308 Marie-Amelie le Fur   France 59.27
  3 359 Irmgard Bensusan   Germany 59.62
  1 912 Grace Norman   United States 1:01.83
4 2 452 Federica Maspero   Italy 1:03.83
5 5 271 Sara Andres Barrio   Spain 1:05.64
6 7 918 Liz Willis   United States 1:07.62
7 4 898 Jessica Heims   United States 1:09.17
8 453 Giuseppina Versace   Italy DSQ

T47 edit

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

18:26 14 September 2016:[21]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  6 166 Lu Li   China 58.09
  4 737 Anrune Liebenberg   South Africa 58.88
  3 479 Sae Tsuji   Japan 1:00.62
4 8 152 Amanda Cerna   Chile 1:01.48
5 7 771 Amara Indumathi Karunathi Lallwala Palliya G.   Sri Lanka 1:01.74
6 1 916 Amy Watt   United States 1:04.21
7 2 676 Yeny Vargas   Peru 1:09.63
5 100 Teresinha de Jesus Correia Santos   Brazil DSQ

T52 edit

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

11:04 10 September 2016:[22]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 146 Michelle Stilwell   Canada 1:05.43
  3 71 Marieke Vervoort   Belgium 1:07.62
  7 909 Kerry Morgan   United States 1:08.31
4 5 466 Yuka Kiyama   Japan 1:21.87
5 6 758 Norsilawati Binte Sa'at   Singapore 1:49.56

T53 edit

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

17:30 11 September 2016:[23]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 188 Hongzhuan Zhou   China 54.43
  6 904 Chelsea McClammer   United States 55.13
  5 30 Angela Ballard   Australia 55.28
4 8 162 Lisha Huang   China 55.52
5 4 913 Shirley Reilly   United States 56.10
6 7 849 Hamide Kurt   Turkey 57.61
7 1 777 Catherine Debrunner   Switzerland 58.29
2 337 Samantha Kinghorn   Great Britain DSQ

T54 edit

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.

17:37 11 September 2016:[24]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  6 906 Tatyana McFadden   United States 53.30
  4 903 Cheri Madsen   United States 54.50
  3 190 Lihong Zou   China 54.70
4 5 170 Wenjun Liu   China 54.72
5 7 780 Manuela Schaer   Switzerland 55.27
6 8 171 Jing Ma   China 55.83
7 2 905 Hannah McFadden   United States 56.20
8 1 615 Margriet van den Broek   Netherlands 57.37

References edit

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