Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T37

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Women's 400 metres T37
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
Dates31 August 2021 (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time1:01.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jiang Fenfen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Nataliia Kobzar Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Sheryl James Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2016
2024

The women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 31 August 2021.

Contents

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 RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Georgina Hermitage  (GBR)1:00.29 London, United Kingdom 20 July 2017
Paralympic RecordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Georgina Hermitage  (GBR)1:00.53 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 September 2016
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa1:03.71 Neda Bahi Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
America1:10.75 Leah Robinson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Asia1:02.90 Jiang Fenfen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe1:00.29WR Georgina Hermitage Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Oceania1:09.29 Lisa McIntosh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

Results

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:45: [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Jiang Fenfen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:01.36 AR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Nataliia Kobzar Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:01.47 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Sheryl James Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:03.82 PB
42 Alina Terekh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:05.96 PB
58 Liezel Gouws Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:06.85 SB
64 Elena Tretiakova Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC 1:07.18 SB
73 Dina Zamly Ali Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:17.73 SB
9 Viktoriia Slanova Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  RPC DQ

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.