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

Women's 400 metres T37 at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates	31 August 2021 (final)
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Winning time	1:01.36
Medalists
Jiang Fenfen   China Nataliia Kobzar   Ukraine Sheryl James   South Africa
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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
Africa	1:03.71	Neda Bahi	Tunisia
America	1:10.75	Leah Robinson	Canada
Asia	1:02.90	Jiang Fenfen	China
Europe	1:00.29WR	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
	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

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.