Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T38

Women's 400 metres T38
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates
  • 3 September 2021 (heats)
  • 4 September 2021 (final)
Competitors13 from 10 nations
Winning time1:00.00
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lindy Ave  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Margarita Goncharova  RPC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Darian Faisury Jiménez  Colombia
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The women's 400 metres T38 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 3 and 4 September 2021.

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.

Records

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

World Record  Luca Ekler (HUN) 1:00.27 Bydgoszcz, Poland 5 June 2021
Paralympic Record  Kadeena Cox (GBR) 1:00.71 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:03.96 Sonia Mansour  Tunisia
America 1:03.14 Verônica Hipólito  Brazil
Asia 1:01.34 Chen Junfei  China
Europe 1:00.27 WR Luca Ekler  Hungary
Oceania 1:04.47 Torita Blake  Australia

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 3 September 2021, at 21:43:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Lindy Ave  Germany 1:01.16 Q, PB
2 2 Katty Hurtado  Colombia 1:01.45 Q, AR
3 4 Luca Ekler  Hungary 1:02.17 Q
4 5 Ali Smith  Great Britain 1:02.68 q, PB
5 7 Sonia Mansour  Tunisia 1:04.73 SB
6 3 Ayumi Takemura  Japan 1:08.29
7 6 Ericka Violeta Esteban Villatoro  Guatemala 1:13.72

Heat 2 took place on 3 September 2021, at 21:51:[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Darian Faisury Jiménez  Colombia 1:02.20 Q, PB
2 3 Kadeena Cox  Great Britain 1:02.51 Q, SB
3 5 Margarita Goncharova  RPC 1:02.62 Q
4 4 Rhiannon Clarke  Australia 1:02.65 q
5 6 Nele Moos  Germany 1:03.07
6 7 Yuka Takamatsu  Japan 1:07.23

Final

The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 20:38:[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lindy Ave  Germany 1:00.00 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 Margarita Goncharova  RPC 1:00.14 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Darian Faisury Jiménez  Colombia 1:00.17 AR
4 8 Kadeena Cox  Great Britain 1:01.16 SB
5 6 Luca Ekler  Hungary 1:01.22
6 4 Katty Hurtado  Colombia 1:01.40 PB
7 3 Rhiannon Clarke  Australia 1:02.65 AR
8 2 Ali Smith  Great Britain 1:03.05

References

  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.