Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53
| Women's 400 metres T53 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 2 September 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 56.18 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Chelsea McClammer (USA) |
53.32 | Arbon, Switzerland | 25 May 2017 |
| Paralympic Record |  Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) |
54.43 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:02.85 | Anne Wafula |  Kenya
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| America | 53.32 WR | Chelsea McClammer | United States
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| Asia | 54.25 | Zhou Hongzhuan |  China
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| Europe | 53.72 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain
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| Oceania | 54.55 | Angela Ballard |  Australia
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Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:10:[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain |
56.73 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Gao Fang | China |
57.28 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Angie Ballard |  Australia |
58.01 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jessica Frotten |  Canada |
59.98 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Yen Hoang |  United States |
1:00.58 |
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:17:[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland |
55.21 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China |
56.14 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Hamide Doğangün |  Turkey |
56.68 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Chelsea McClammer | United States |
59.66 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Jessica Cooper Lewis |  Bermuda |
1:01.71 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kelsey Lefevour | United States |
1:04.88 |
Final
[edit]The final took place on 2 September, at 19:30:[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland |
56.18 | |
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6 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain |
57.25 | |
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3 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China |
57.29 | |
| 4 | 7 | Angie Ballard | Australia |
57.61 | |
| 5 | 5 | Gao Fang | China |
57.81 | |
| 6 | 8 | Hamide Doğangün | Turkey |
58.67 | |
| 7 | 2 | Chelsea McClammer | United States |
59.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jessica Frotten | Canada |
1:01.16 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Heat 1 results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.