Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T38
| Women's 400 metres T38 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3–4 September 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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
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| America | 1:03.14 | Verônica Hipólito |  Brazil
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| Asia | 1:01.34 | Chen Junfei |  China
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| Europe | 1:00.27 WR | Luca Ekler | Hungary
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| Oceania | 1:04.47 | Torita Blake |  Australia
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Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
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[edit]
The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 20:38:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Lindy Ave | Germany |
1:00.00 | WR |
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9 | Margarita Goncharova | RPC |
1:00.14 | PB |
 |
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[edit]
- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 2 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.