# 2023 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships were held across 9 classifications at Charlety Stadium, Paris, France, from 10 to 17 July.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| T11 | Thalita Simplício Brazil | Lahja Ishitile Namibia | Angie Pabón Colombia |
| T12 | Omara Durand Cuba | Alejandra Pérez López Venezuela | Valentina Petrillo Italy |
| T13 | Lamiya Valiyeva Azerbaijan | Carolina Duarte Portugal | Rayane Soares Da Silva Brazil |
| T20 | Breanna Clark United States | Yuliia Shuliar Ukraine | Carina Paim Portugal |
| T37 | Karen Palomeque Colombia | Nataliia Kobzar Ukraine | Jiang Fenfen China |
| T38 | Luca Ekler Hungary | Rhiannon Clarke Australia | Katty Hurtado Colombia |
| T47 | Fernanda Yara da Silva Brazil | Li Lu China | Maria Clara Augusto Brazil |
| T53 | Catherine Debrunner Switzerland | Samantha Kinghorn Great Britain | Zhou Hongzhuan China |
| T54 | Manuela Schär Switzerland | Tatyana McFadden United States | Noemi Alphonse Mauritius |

## T11

The event took place on 11 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Thalita Simplício | Brazil | 56.60 | PB |
| | 7 | Lahja Ishitile | Namibia | 57.18 | AR |
| | 1 | Angie Pabón | Colombia | 58.22 | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Sheryl James | South Africa | 59.76 | |

## T12

The event took place on 11 July.
| Rank | Athletes | Nationality | Class | Time | Notes |
| | Omara Durand | Cuba | T12 | 52.83 | SB |
| | Alejandra Perez Lopez | Venezuela | T12 | 57.88 | SB |
| | Valentina Petrillo | Italy | T12 | 58.24 | |
| 4 | Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi | Morocco | T12 | 59.95 | PB |

## T13

The final of this event was held at on 17 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes " |
| | 6 | Lamiya Valiyeva | Azerbaijan | 55.34 | SB |
| | 5 | Carolina Duarte | Portugal | 55.68 | PB |
| | 3 | Rayane Soares Da Silva | Brazil | 57.9 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Nantenin Keita | France | 57.94 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Mana Sasaki | Japan | 58.02 | SB |
| 6 | 1 | Alice Metais | France | 1:00.91 | PB |
| | 2 | Peace Oroma | Uganda | DNS | |
| | 4 | Erin Kerkhoff | United States | DNS | |

## T20

The final of this event was held on 12 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Breanna Clark | United States | 55.12 |
| | 4 | Yuliia Shuliar | Ukraine | 56.29 |
| | 3 | Carina Paim | Portugal | 58.51 |
| 4 | 2 | Jardenia Felix | Brazil | 59.23 |
| 5 | 7 | Justyna Franieczek | Poland | 1:00.10 |
| 6 | 5 | Mayerli Minda | Ecuador | 1:00.17 |
| 7 | 1 | Niina Kanno | Japan | 1:00.59 |
| | 8 | Lizanshela Angulo | Ecuador | DQ |

## T37

The event took place on 10 July.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Karen Palomeque | Colombia | 1:00.94 | |
| | 5 | Nataliia Kobzar | Ukraine | 1:01.33 | PB |
| | 4 | Jiang Fenfen | China | 1:02.26 | SB |
| 4 | 3 | Sheryl James | South Africa | 1:03.38 | AR |
| 5 | 8 | Liezel Gouws | South Africa | 1:07.40 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Alina Terekh | Ukraine | 1:08.31 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | Selma Van Kerm | Belgium | 1:13.93 | PB |

## T38

The final of this event was held on 17 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes " |
| | 6 | Luca Ekler | Hungary | 59.74 | WR |
| | 4 | Rhiannon Clarke | Australia | 1:02.36 | AR |
| | 5 | Katty Hurtado | Colombia | 1:03.44 | SB |
| 4 | 3 | Nele Moos | Germany | 1:03.59 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Yuka Takamatsu | Japan | 1:08.35 | |
| 6 | 7 | Natalie Thirsk | Canada | 1:08.42 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Katia Hardies | Belgium | 1:10.79 | PB |
| 8 | 1 | Vilma Berg | Finland | 1:42.28 | SB |

## T47

The final of this event was held on 14 Jul 2023 at Charlety Stadium, Paris, France.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Fernanda Yara da Silva | Brazil | 57.30 | SB |
| | 5 | Lu Li | China | 58.13 | SB |
| | 4 | Maria Clara Augusto | Brazil | 58.49 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Amanda Rummery | Canada | 59.06 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Sae Tsuji | Japan | 59.27 | |
| 6 | 1 | Amanda Cerna | Chile | 59.71 | SB |
| 7 | 7 | Petra Luteran | Hungary | 1:00.46 | |
| | 2 | Sasirawan Inthachot | Thailand | DQ | |

## T53

The final of this event was held on 15 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 50.16 | CR |
| | 6 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain | 52.53 | |
| | 3 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 53.62 | AR |
| 4 | 5 | Fang Gao | China | 53.88 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Hamide Dogangun | Turkey | 54.29 | PB |
| 6 | 8 | Angela Ballard | Australia | 58.05 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jessica Lewis | Bermuda | 1:00.47 | |
| 8 | 2 | Zeynep Acet | Turkey | 1:05.54 | PB |

## T54

The final of this event was held at 19:35 on 15 Jul 2023.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Manuela Schaer | Switzerland | 52.22 |
| | 4 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 53.15 |
| | 1 | Noemi Alphonse | Mauritius | 53.63 |
| 4 | 2 | Lea Bayekula | Belgium | 53.63 |
| 5 | 3 | Zhou Zhaoqian | China | 53.8 |
| 6 | 6 | Yajuan Tian | China | 53.9 |
| 7 | 8 | Luo Shuimei | China | 55.08 |
| | 7 | Hannah Dederick | United States | DQ |