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

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
By Event
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women
By Classification
Classification Key
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40-41: Les Autres
T/F42–47: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
T11-13
T11/F11		men		women
T12/F12		men		women
T13/F13		men		women
T20
T20/F20		men		women
T32-38
T32/F32		men		women
T33/F33		men		women
T34/F34		men		women
T35/F35		men		women
T36/F36		men		women
T37/F37		men		women
T38/F38		men		women
T40-41
T40/F40		men		women
T41/F41		men		women
T42-47
T42/F42		men		women
T43/F43		men		women
T44/F44		men		women
T45/F45		men		women
T46/F46		men		women
T47/F47		men		women
T51-57
T51/F51		men		women
T52/F52		men		women
T53/F53		men		women
T54/F54		men		women
T55/F55		men		women
T56/F56		men		women
T57/F57		men		women

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

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

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
T11[1]	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]	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]	Nantenin Keita  France	55.78	Ilse Hayes  South Africa	56.49	Leilia Adzhametova  Ukraine	56.60
T20[4]	Breanna Clark  United States	57.79	Natalia Iezlovetska  Ukraine	58.48	Barbara Niewiedzial  Poland	58.51
T34[5]	Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain	58.78	Alexa Halko  United States	1:00.79	Kare Adenegan  Great Britain	1:01.67
T37[6]	Georgina Hermitage  Great Britain	1:00.53	Wen Xiaoyan  China	1:03.28	Neda Bahi  Tunisia	1:03.71
T38[7]	Kadeena Cox  Great Britain	1:00.71	Chen Junfei  China	1:01.34	Veronica Hipolito  Brazil	1:03.14
T44[8]	Marie-Amelie le Fur  France	59.27	Irmgard Bensusan  Germany	59.62	Grace Norman  United States	1:01.83
T47[9]	Li Lu  China	58.09	Anrune Liebenberg  South Africa	58.88	Sae Tsuji  Japan	1:00.62
T52[10]	Michelle Stilwell  Canada	1:05.43	Marieke Vervoot  Belgium	1:07.62	Kerri Morgan  United States	1:08.31
T53[11]	Zhou Hongzhuan  China	54.43	Chelsea McClammer  United States	55.13	Angie Ballard  Australia	55.28
T54[12]	Tatyana McFadden  United States	53.30	Cheri Madsen  United States	54.40	Zou Lihong  China	54.70

Results

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

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	Liu, CuiqingCuiqing Liu	China	0.159	56.71
	1	936	Rojas, SolSol Rojas	Venezuela	0.154	57.64
	5	105	Guilhermina, TerezinhaTerezinha Guilhermina	Brazil	0.218	57.97
	7	119	Simplicio da Silva, Thalita VitoriaThalita Vitoria Simplicio da Silva	Brazil	0.261		DSQ

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.

18:25 17 September 2016: ^[14]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	242	Durand, OmaraOmara Durand	Cuba	0.178	51.77
	5	872	Boturchuk, OksanaOksana Boturchuk	Ukraine	0.271	53.14
	1	586	Governo, EdmilsaEdmilsa Governo	Mozambique	0.173	53.89
4	7	273	Berges Gamez, MelaniMelani Berges Gamez	Spain	0.155	57.66

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.

10:44 17 September 2016: ^[15]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	306	Keita, NanteninNantenin Keita	France	0.159	55.78
	5	736	Hayes, IlseIlse Hayes	South Africa	0.371	56.49
	2	871	Adzhametova, LeiliaLeilia Adzhametova	Ukraine	0.394	56.60
4	7	895	Crosby, KymKym Crosby	United States	0.170	57.26
5	8	874	Gliebova, OlenaOlena Gliebova	Ukraine	0.275	57.59
6	4	519	Benhama, SanaaSanaa Benhama	Morocco	0.145	58.40
7	6	704	Duarte, CarolinaCarolina Duarte	Portugal	0.202	58.52
8	1	832	Bousaid, SomayaSomaya Bousaid	Tunisia	0.242	1:03.98

T20

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	Clark, BreannaBreanna Clark	United States	0.154	57.79
	4	875	Iezlovetska, NataliaNatalia Iezlovetska	Ukraine	0.207	58.48
	8	694	Niewiedzial, BarbaraBarbara Niewiedzial	Poland		58.51
4	6	529	Mohamad Ariffin, Siti Noor IasahSiti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin	Malaysia	0.215	58.55
5	5	697	Stenka, SabinaSabina Stenka	Poland	0.196	59.27
6	1	407	Csontos, PiroskaPiroska Csontos	Hungary	0.188	59.41
7	2	409	Keresztesi, ErikaErika Keresztesi	Hungary	0.244	1:00.47
8	7	406	Biacsi, IlonaIlona Biacsi	Hungary	0.141	1:01.13

T34

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	Cockroft, HannahHannah Cockroft	Great Britain		58.78
	1	897	Halko, AlexaAlexa Halko	United States		1:00.79
	5	321	Adenegan, KareKare Adenegan	Great Britain		1:01.67
4	6	45	Little, RosemaryRosemary Little	Australia		1:01.91
5	7	619	Vranken, DesireeDesiree Vranken	Netherlands		1:04.11
6	8	465	Kitaura, HarukaHaruka Kitaura	Japan		1:13.82
	4	70	Lefevre, JoyceJoyce Lefevre	Belgium			DSQ
	2	341	Nicholls, MelissaMelissa Nicholls	Great Britain			DSQ

T37

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	Hermitage, GeorginaGeorgina Hermitage	Great Britain		1:00.53
	5	177	Wen, XiaoyanXiaoyan Wen	China		1:03.28
	6	828	Bahi, NedaNeda Bahi	Tunisia		1:03.71
4	7	165	Jiang, FenfenFenfen Jiang	China		1:05.66
5	4	305	Francois-Elie, MandyMandy Francois-Elie	France		1:06.09
6	1	168	Li, YingliYingli Li	China		1:07.45
7	8	735	Gouws, LiezelLiezel Gouws	South Africa		1:09.08
8	2	598	Benson, JohannaJohanna Benson	Namibia		1:12.35

T38

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	Cox, KadeenaKadeena Cox	Great Britain		1:00.71
	5	160	Chen, JunfeiJunfei Chen	China		1:01.34
	3	106	Hipolito, VeronicaVeronica Hipolito	Brazil		1:03.14
4	8	43	Isaac, ToritaTorita Isaac	Australia		1:04.47
5	2	836	Mansour, SoniaSonia Mansour	Tunisia		1:04.91
6	6	706	Fernandes, MariaMaria Fernandes	Portugal		1:08.62
7	4	477	Takamatsu, YukaYuka Takamatsu	Japan		1:11.64

T44

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	le Fur, Marie-AmelieMarie-Amelie le Fur	France		59.27
	3	359	Bensusan, IrmgardIrmgard Bensusan	Germany		59.62
	1	912	Norman, GraceGrace Norman	United States		1:01.83
4	2	452	Maspero, FedericaFederica Maspero	Italy		1:03.83
5	5	271	Andres Barrio, SaraSara Andres Barrio	Spain		1:05.64
6	7	918	Willis, LizLiz Willis	United States		1:07.62
7	4	898	Heims, JessicaJessica Heims	United States		1:09.17
	8	453	Versace, GiuseppinaGiuseppina Versace	Italy			DSQ

T47

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	Li, LuLu Li	China		58.09
	4	737	Liebenberg, AnruneAnrune Liebenberg	South Africa		58.88
	3	479	Tsuji, SaeSae Tsuji	Japan		1:00.62
4	8	152	Cerna, AmandaAmanda Cerna	Chile		1:01.48
5	7	771	Lallwala Palliya G., Amara Indumathi KarunathiAmara Indumathi Karunathi Lallwala Palliya G.	Sri Lanka		1:01.74
6	1	916	Watt, AmyAmy Watt	United States		1:04.21
7	2	676	Vargas, YenyYeny Vargas	Peru		1:09.63
	5	100	de Jesus Correia Santos, TeresinhaTeresinha de Jesus Correia Santos	Brazil			DSQ

T52

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	Stilwell, MichelleMichelle Stilwell	Canada		1:05.43
	3	71	Vervoort, MariekeMarieke Vervoort	Belgium		1:07.62
	7	909	Morgan, KerryKerry Morgan	United States		1:08.31
4	5	466	Kiyama, YukaYuka Kiyama	Japan		1:21.87
5	6	758	Binte Sa'at, NorsilawatiNorsilawati Binte Sa'at	Singapore		1:49.56

T53

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	Zhou, HongzhuanHongzhuan Zhou	China		54.43
	6	904	McClammer, ChelseaChelsea McClammer	United States		55.13
	5	30	Ballard, AngelaAngela Ballard	Australia		55.28
4	8	162	Huang, LishaLisha Huang	China		55.52
5	4	913	Reilly, ShirleyShirley Reilly	United States		56.10
6	7	849	Kurt, HamideHamide Kurt	Turkey		57.61
7	1	777	Debrunner, CatherineCatherine Debrunner	Switzerland		58.29
	2	337	Kinghorn, SamanthaSamantha Kinghorn	Great Britain			DSQ

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.

17:37 11 September 2016: ^[24]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Time	Notes
	6	906	McFadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden	United States		53.30
	4	903	Madsen, CheriCheri Madsen	United States		54.50
	3	190	Zou, LihongLihong Zou	China		54.70
4	5	170	Liu, WenjunWenjun Liu	China		54.72
5	7	780	Schaer, ManuelaManuela Schaer	Switzerland		55.27
6	8	171	Ma, JingJing Ma	China		55.83
7	2	905	McFadden, HannahHannah McFadden	United States		56.20
8	1	615	van den Broek, MargrietMargriet van den Broek	Netherlands		57.37

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