Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T37
Women's 400 metres T37 at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 31 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:01.36 | ||||||||||||
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The women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 31 August 2021.
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).
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
World Record | Georgina Hermitage (GBR) | 1:00.29 | London, United Kingdom | 20 July 2017 |
Paralympic Record | Georgina Hermitage (GBR) | 1:00.53 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 September 2016 |
Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
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Africa | 1:03.71 | Neda Bahi | Tunisia |
America | 1:10.75 | Leah Robinson | Canada |
Asia | 1:02.90 | Jiang Fenfen | China |
Europe | 1:00.29 WR | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain |
Oceania | 1:09.29 | Lisa McIntosh | Australia |
Results
The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:45:[2]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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7 | Jiang Fenfen | China | 1:01.36 | AR | |
5 | Nataliia Kobzar | Ukraine | 1:01.47 | PB | |
6 | Sheryl James | South Africa | 1:03.82 | PB | |
4 | 2 | Alina Terekh | Ukraine | 1:05.96 | PB |
5 | 8 | Liezel Gouws | South Africa | 1:06.85 | SB |
6 | 4 | Elena Tretiakova | RPC | 1:07.18 | SB |
7 | 3 | Dina Zamly Ali | Egypt | 1:17.73 | SB |
9 | Viktoriia Slanova | RPC | DQ |