Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T44

Women's 100 metres T44
at the XV Paralympic Games
Women's 100 metres T44; at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates	heats_date–17 September 2016
Competitors	18 from 11 nations
Medalists

Last updated March 20, 2022

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

Heats

Heat 1

12:24 17 September 2016:^[1]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	359	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	13.08	Q
2	6	616	Marlene van Gansewinkel	Netherlands	13.38	Q
3	4	144	Marissa Papaconstantinou	Canada	13.65
4	7	900	April Holmes	United States	13.69
5	8	779	Abassia Rahmani	Switzerland	13.71
6	5	271	Sara Andres Barrio	Spain	14.06

Heat 2

12:30 17 September 2016:^[1]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	618	Marlou van Rhijn	Netherlands	13.31	Q
2	6	818	Nyoshia Cain	Trinidad and Tobago	13.32	Q
3	7	345	Laura Sugar	Great Britain	13.59	q
4	4	890	Femita Ayanebeku	United States	13.76
5	8	471	Maya Nakanishi	Japan	14.40
6	5	453	Giuseppina Versace	Italy	14.42

Heat 3

12:36 17 September 2016:^[1]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	336	Sophie Kamlish	Great Britain	12.93	Q
2	6	308	Marie-Amelie le Fur	France	13.27	Q
3	4	476	Saki Takakuwa	Japan	13.43	q
4	3	612	Fleur Jong	Netherlands	13.92
5	7	452	Federica Maspero	Italy	14.37
6	8	918	Liz Willis	United States	14.43

Final

20:34 17 September 2016:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Bib	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	618	Marlou van Rhijn	Netherlands	13.02
	4	359	Irmgard Bensusan	Germany	13.04
	9	818	Nyoshia Cain	Trinidad and Tobago	13.10
4	5	336	Sophie Kamlish	Great Britain	13.16
5	3	345	Laura Sugar	Great Britain	13.37
6	7	308	Marie-Amelie le Fur	France	13.40
7	8	616	Marlene van Gansewinkel	Netherlands	13.64
8	2	476	Saki Takakuwa	Japan	13.65

Notes

1 2 3 "Women's 100m - T44 - Heat 1". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
↑ "Women's 100m - T44 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

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