# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres

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.

## Schedule

| R | Round 1 | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | Mon 12 | Tue 13 | Wed 14 | Thu 15 | Fri 16 | Sat 17 |
| T11 400 metres | | | | | | R | F | |
| T12 400 metres | | | | | | R | | F |
| T13 400 metres | | | | | | | | F |
| T20 400 metres | | | R | F | | | | |
| T34 400 metres | | | | | F | | | |
| T37 400 metres | | | R | F | | | | |
| T38 400 metres | | | | | F | | | |
| T44 400 metres | | | F | | | | | |
| T47 400 metres | | | | R | F | | | |
| T52 400 metres | F | | | | | | | |
| T53 400 metres | R | F | | | | | | |
| T54 400 metres | | F | | | | | | |

## Medal summary

| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| T11 details | Liu Cuiqing guide: Xu Donglin China | 56.71 | Sol Rojas guide: Edicson Medina Venezuela | 57.64 | Terezinha Guilhermina guide: Rodrigo Chieregatto Arcanjo Brazil | 57.97 |
| T12 details | Omara Durand guide: Yuniol Kindelan Cuba | 51.77 | Oksana Boturchuk guide: Volodymyr Burakov Ukraine | 53.14 | Edmilsa Governo guide: Filipe Chaimite Mozambique | 53.89 |
| T13 details | Nantenin Keita France | 55.78 | Ilse Hayes South Africa | 56.49 | Leilia Adzhametova Ukraine | 56.60 |
| T20 details | Breanna Clark United States | 57.79 | Natalia Iezlovetska Ukraine | 58.48 | Barbara Niewiedzial Poland | 58.51 |
| T34 details | Hannah Cockroft Great Britain | 58.78 | Alexa Halko United States | 1:00.79 | Kare Adenegan Great Britain | 1:01.67 |
| T37 details | Georgina Hermitage Great Britain | 1:00.53 | Wen Xiaoyan China | 1:03.28 | Neda Bahi Tunisia | 1:03.71 |
| T38 details | Kadeena Cox Great Britain | 1:00.71 | Chen Junfei China | 1:01.34 | Verônica Hipólito Brazil | 1:03.14 |
| T44 details | Marie-Amelie le Fur France | 59.27 | Irmgard Bensusan Germany | 59.62 | Grace Norman United States | 1:01.83 |
| T47 details | Li Lu China | 58.09 | Anrune Liebenberg South Africa | 58.88 | Sae Tsuji Japan | 1:00.62 |
| T52 details | Michelle Stilwell Canada | 1:05.43 | Marieke Vervoort Belgium | 1:07.62 | Kerri Morgan United States | 1:08.31 |
| T53 details | Zhou Hongzhuan China | 54.43 | Chelsea McClammer United States | 55.13 | Angie Ballard Australia | 55.28 |
| T54 details | Tatyana McFadden United States | 53.30 | Cheri Madsen United States | 54.40 | Zou Lihong China | 54.70 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals of each of the Women's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

### T11

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.
17:30 16 September 2016:
| Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 3 | 169 | Cuiqing Liu | China | 0.159 | 56.71 | |
| 1 | 936 | Sol Rojas | Venezuela | 0.154 | 57.64 | |
| 5 | 105 | Terezinha Guilhermina | Brazil | 0.218 | 57.97 | |
| 7 | 119 | Thalita Vitória Simplício da Silva | Brazil | 0.261 | | DSQ |

### T12

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.
18:25 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 3 | 242 | Omara Durand | Cuba | 0.178 | 51.77 |
| | 5 | 872 | Oksana Boturchuk | Ukraine | 0.271 | 53.14 |
| | 1 | 586 | Edmilsa Governo | Mozambique | 0.173 | 53.89 |
| 4 | 7 | 273 | Melani Berges Gamez | Spain | 0.155 | 57.66 |

### T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.
10:44 17 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 3 | 306 | Nantenin Keita | France | 0.159 | 55.78 |
| | 5 | 736 | Ilse Hayes | South Africa | 0.371 | 56.49 |
| | 2 | 871 | Leilia Adzhametova | Ukraine | 0.394 | 56.60 |
| 4 | 7 | 895 | Kym Crosby | United States | 0.170 | 57.26 |
| 5 | 8 | 874 | Olena Gliebova | Ukraine | 0.275 | 57.59 |
| 6 | 4 | 519 | Sanaa Benhama | Morocco | 0.145 | 58.40 |
| 7 | 6 | 704 | Carolina Duarte | Portugal | 0.202 | 58.52 |
| 8 | 1 | 832 | Somaya Bousaid | Tunisia | 0.242 | 1:03.98 |

### T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.
17:46 13 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Reaction | Time |
| | 3 | 893 | Breanna Clark | United States | 0.154 | 57.79 |
| | 4 | 875 | Natalia Iezlovetska | Ukraine | 0.207 | 58.48 |
| | 8 | 694 | Barbara Niewiedzial | Poland | | 58.51 |
| 4 | 6 | 529 | Siti Noor Iasah Mohamad Ariffin | Malaysia | 0.215 | 58.55 |
| 5 | 5 | 697 | Sabina Stenka | Poland | 0.196 | 59.27 |
| 6 | 1 | 407 | Piroska Csontos | Hungary | 0.188 | 59.41 |
| 7 | 2 | 409 | Erika Keresztesi | Hungary | 0.244 | 1:00.47 |
| 8 | 7 | 406 | Ilona Biacsi | Hungary | 0.141 | 1:01.13 |

### T34

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
17:40 14 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | 326 | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain | 58.78 | |
| | 1 | 897 | Alexa Halko | United States | 1:00.79 | |
| | 5 | 321 | Kare Adenegan | Great Britain | 1:01.67 | |
| 4 | 6 | 45 | Rosemary Little | Australia | 1:01.91 | |
| 5 | 7 | 619 | Desiree Vranken | Netherlands | 1:04.11 | |
| 6 | 8 | 465 | Haruka Kitaura | Japan | 1:13.82 | |
| | 4 | 70 | Joyce Lefevre | Belgium | | DSQ |
| | 2 | 341 | Melissa Nicholls | Great Britain | | DSQ |

### T37

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).
10:14 13 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | 332 | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 1:00.53 |
| | 5 | 177 | Xiaoyan Wen | China | 1:03.28 |
| | 6 | 828 | Neda Bahi | Tunisia | 1:03.71 |
| 4 | 7 | 165 | Fenfen Jiang | China | 1:05.66 |
| 5 | 4 | 305 | Mandy Francois-Elie | France | 1:06.09 |
| 6 | 1 | 168 | Yingli Li | China | 1:07.45 |
| 7 | 8 | 735 | Liezel Gouws | South Africa | 1:09.08 |
| 8 | 2 | 598 | Johanna Benson | Namibia | 1:12.35 |

### T38

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.
11:17 14 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 7 | 327 | Kadeena Cox | Great Britain | 1:00.71 |
| | 5 | 160 | Junfei Chen | China | 1:01.34 |
| | 3 | 106 | Verônica Hipólito | Brazil | 1:03.14 |
| 4 | 8 | 43 | Torita Isaac | Australia | 1:04.47 |
| 5 | 2 | 836 | Sonia Mansour | Tunisia | 1:04.91 |
| 6 | 6 | 706 | Maria Fernandes | Portugal | 1:08.62 |
| 7 | 4 | 477 | Yuka Takamatsu | Japan | 1:11.64 |

### T44

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.
18:12 12 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | 308 | Marie-Amelie le Fur | France | 59.27 | |
| | 3 | 359 | Irmgard Bensusan | Germany | 59.62 | |
| | 1 | 912 | Grace Norman | United States | 1:01.83 | |
| 4 | 2 | 452 | Federica Maspero | Italy | 1:03.83 | |
| 5 | 5 | 271 | Sara Andres Barrio | Spain | 1:05.64 | |
| 6 | 7 | 918 | Liz Willis | United States | 1:07.62 | |
| 7 | 4 | 898 | Jessica Heims | United States | 1:09.17 | |
| | 8 | 453 | Giuseppina Versace | Italy | | DSQ |

### T47

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
18:26 14 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | 166 | Lu Li | China | 58.09 | |
| | 4 | 737 | Anrune Liebenberg | South Africa | 58.88 | |
| | 3 | 479 | Sae Tsuji | Japan | 1:00.62 | |
| 4 | 8 | 152 | Amanda Cerna | Chile | 1:01.48 | |
| 5 | 7 | 771 | Amara Indumathi Karunathi Lallwala Palliya G. | Sri Lanka | 1:01.74 | |
| 6 | 1 | 916 | Amy Watt | United States | 1:04.21 | |
| 7 | 2 | 676 | Yeny Vargas | Peru | 1:09.63 | |
| | 5 | 100 | Teresinha de Jesus Correia Santos | Brazil | | DSQ |

### T52

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.
11:04 10 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | 146 | Michelle Stilwell | Canada | 1:05.43 |
| | 3 | 71 | Marieke Vervoort | Belgium | 1:07.62 |
| | 7 | 909 | Kerry Morgan | United States | 1:08.31 |
| 4 | 5 | 466 | Yuka Kiyama | Japan | 1:21.87 |
| 5 | 6 | 758 | Norsilawati Binte Sa'at | Singapore | 1:49.56 |

### T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
17:30 11 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | 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 |

### T54

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.
17:37 11 September 2016:
| Rank | Lane | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | 906 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 53.30 |
| | 4 | 903 | Cheri Madsen | United States | 54.50 |
| | 3 | 190 | Lihong Zou | China | 54.70 |
| 4 | 5 | 170 | Wenjun Liu | China | 54.72 |
| 5 | 7 | 780 | Manuela Schaer | Switzerland | 55.27 |
| 6 | 8 | 171 | Jing Ma | China | 55.83 |
| 7 | 2 | 905 | Hannah McFadden | United States | 56.20 |
| 8 | 1 | 615 | Margriet van den Broek | Netherlands | 57.37 |