Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53

Women's 400 metres T53
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates5 September 2024
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning time51.60 PR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan  China
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The women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 5 September 2024.

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

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Catherine Debrunner (SUI) 49.43 France Paris 14 June 2024
Paralympic Record  Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) 54.43 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 11 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 1:02.85 Kenya Anne Wafula Greece Athens 25 September 2004 (2004-09-25)
America 53.32 United States Chelsea McClammer Switzerland Arbon 25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
Asia 53.62 China Zhou Hongzhuan France Paris 15 July 2023 (2023-07-15)
Europe 49.63 WR Switzerland Catherine Debrunner France Paris 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
Oceania 54.55 Australia Angela Ballard Switzerland Arbon 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

Results

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 51.60 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain 53.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Zhou Hongzhuan  China 55.09
4 8 Gao Fang  China 56.53
5 4 Hamide Dogangun  Turkey 56.90 SB
6 9 Angela Ballard  Australia 59.12
7 3 Jessica Cooper Lewis  Bermuda 1:00.82
8 2 Chelsea Stein  United States 1:06.47
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.