The women's 400 metres events were held on each day of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [1]
The women's 400 metres events were held on each day of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T11 [2] |  Joanna Mazur (POL)Guide: Michal Stawicki | 1:03.90 |  Öznur Akbulut (TUR)Guide: Ahmet Hakan Akbulut | 1:09.09 | Havva Elmalı (TUR) Guide: Hasan Deniz Kalayci | 1:11.72 PB |
| T12 [3] | Sevda Kılınç Çırakoğlu (TUR) Guide: Okan Yilmaz | 1:00.03 |  Melani Bergés Gámez (ESP)Guide: Jaime del Rio Ruiz | 1:02.16 |  Iida Lounela (FIN) | 1:07.01 PB |
| T13 [4] | Adiaratou Iglesias Forneiro (ESP) | 55.70 ER |  Leilia Adzhametova (UKR) | 56.92 |  Nantenin Keïta (FRA) | 57.50 SB |
| T20 [5] | Yuliia Shuliar (UKR) | 56.83 ER |  Carina Paim (POR) | 58.73 | Justyna Franieczek (POL) | 59.09 PB |
| T37 [6] | Nataliia Kobzar (UKR) | 1:03.78 |  Elena Tretiakova (RUS) | 1:07.37 | Viktoriia Slanova (RUS) | 1:07.89 |
| T38 [7] |  Luca Ekler (HUN) | 1:00.27 WR | Margarita Goncharova (RUS) | 1:00.79 PB |  Ali Smith (GBR) | 1:03.91 PB |
| T47 [8] | Anastasiia Soloveva (RUS) | 1:00.04 | Katarzyna Kisiel (POL) | 1:03.07 | Agata Galan (POL) | 1:04.88 |
| T53 [9] |  Catherine Debrunner (SUI) | 55.71 CR | Hamide Doğangün (TUR) | 56.46 SB | Zeynep Acet (TUR) | 1:06.71 SB |
| T54 [10] |  Merle Menje (GER) | 57.53 | Zübeyde Süpürgeci (TUR) | 58.80 SB | Alexandra Helbling (SUI) | 59.30 |
WR world record | ER European record | CR championship record | NR national record | WL world leading | EL European leading | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | ||||||
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The women's 100 metres events were held on each day of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The men's 400 metres events were held on each day of the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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The women's 200 metres events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The men's 200 metres events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The men's 1500 metres events were held at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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