Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women

The Women's 400m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 6 events were contested over this distance for 6 different classifications.^[1]

Results

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.

The event consisted of 4 heats, 2 semifinals and a final. Results of final:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
01 !	Assia El Hannouni	France	T12	55.39
02 !	Oxana Boturchuk	Ukraine	T12	55.69	PB
03 !	Daniela E. Velasco Maldonado Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz	Mexico	T12	58.51
4	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	T11	1:39.73

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.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Omara Durand	Cuba	55.12	PR
02 !	Somaya Bousaid	Tunisia	56.83	SB
03 !	Alexandra Dimoglou	Greece	56.91	PB
4	Nantenin Keita	France	57.64	SB
5	Olena Gliebova	Ukraine	58.44	PB
6	Anna Duzikowska	Poland	1:03.33	PB
7	Viviane Soares	Brazil	1:05.96	PB
8 !	Joana Helena Silva	Brazil	DNF
9 !	Christine Akullo	Uganda	DNS

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).

The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Neda Bahi	Tunisia	1:05.86	RR
02 !	Viktoriya Kravchenko	Ukraine	1:07.32	RR
03 !	Evgeniya Trushnikova	Russia	1:07.35	PB
4	Maryna Snisar	Ukraine	1:08.86
5	Maike Hausberger	Germany	1:10.45	PB
6	Jodi Elkington	Australia	1:11.49
7	Isabelle Foerder	Germany	1:13.47
8	Anastasiya Ovsyannikova	Russia	1:17.28

T46

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Yunidis Castillo	Cuba	55.72	WR
02 !	Anrune Liebenberg	South Africa	56.65	PB
03 !	Alicja Fiodorow	Poland	58.48	PB
4	Wang Yanping	China	1:01.33	SB
5	Alexandra Moguchaya	Russia	1:02.11	PB
6	Yengus Dese Azenaw	Ethiopia	1:04.93	PB
7 !	Ussumane Cande	Guinea-Bissau	DNS

T53

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

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Zhou Hongzhuan	China	55.47	PB
02 !	Angela Ballard	Australia	56.06	RR
03 !	Huang Lisha	China	56.87	PB
4	Shirley Reilly	United States	57.18
5	Jessica Galli	United States	57.56
6	Madison de Rozario	Australia	58.42
7	Anjali Forber Pratt	United States	59.34
8	Jessica Cooper Lewis	Bermuda	1:08.88

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.

The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Tatyana McFadden	United States	52.97	PB
02 !	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.43	RR
03 !	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	56.25	SB
4	Zou Lihong	China	56.57
5	Diane Roy	Canada	56.60
6	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	57.35	PB
7	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	57.57
8	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	58.74

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