| Women's 400 metres T53 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place on 11 September 2016, at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.
12:33 10 September 2016: [1]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 188 | Hongzhuan Zhou |  China | 55.42 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | 913 | Shirley Reilly |  United States | 56.32 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 849 | Hamide Kurt |  Turkey | 56.72 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 337 | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain | 56.76 | q | |
| 5 | 6 | 140 | Ilana Dupont |  Canada | 1:00.03 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 77 | Jessica Cooper Lewis |  Bermuda | 1:00.25 |
12:41 10 September 2016: [1]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 30 | Angela Ballard |  Australia | 55.26 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 904 | Chelsea McClammer | United States | 55.42 | Q | |
| 3 | 7 | 162 | Lisha Huang | China | 55.63 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | 777 | Catherine Debrunner |  Switzerland | 57.57 | q | |
| 5 | 4 | 472 | Kazumi Nakayama |  Japan | 59.45 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 901 | Kelsey Lefevour | United States | 1:01.50 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 846 | Zeynep Acet | Turkey | 1:08.77 |
17:30 11 September 2016: [2]
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | 188 | Hongzhuan Zhou | China | 54.43 | ||
 | 6 | 904 | Chelsea McClammer | United States | 55.13 | ||
 | 5 | 30 | Angela Ballard | Australia | 55.28 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 162 | Lisha Huang | China | 55.52 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 913 | Shirley Reilly | United States | 56.10 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 849 | Hamide Kurt | Turkey | 57.61 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 777 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 58.29 | ||
| 2 | 337 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain | DSQ |
Madison de Rozario, is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events. She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, winning two gold medals, three silver and a bronze. She has also won ten medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and two gold at the Commonwealth Games. De Rozario holds the world record in the Women's 800m T53 and formerly in the Women's 1500m T53/54.
Angela Ballard is an Australian Paralympic athlete who competes in T53 wheelchair sprint events. She became a paraplegic at age 7 due to a car accident.
The Women's 100m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 17, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
The Men's 100m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 16 events were contested over this distance, and entry was open in 19 classifications.
The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.
Hamide Kurt Doğangün is a Turkish female Paralympian athlete competing in the T53 disability class sprint events of 100m and 400m, T52/T53 class middle distance event of 800m as well as T53/T54 class 4 × 400 m relay event.
The Women's 200m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 17, 2016. A total of 6 events were contested over this distance for 8 different classifications.
The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 16 to September 17, 2016. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.
The Women's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 September to 17 September 2016. A total of 12 events were contested over this distance for 15 different classifications.
The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from 8 to 17 September. A total of four events were contested over this distance for eight different classifications.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
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 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.
The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.
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 T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
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.
