# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T12

400 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics :
* Men · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T62 Women · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T53 · T54 ·
The women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 2 and 3 September 2024.
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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World Record | Omara Durand (CUB) | 51.77 | Rio de Janeiro | 17 September 2016 |
| Paralympic Record | Omara Durand (CUB) | 51.77 | Rio de Janeiro | 17 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Time | Athlete | Location | Date |
| Africa | 53.89 | | Edmilsa Governo | Rio de Janeiro | 17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) |
| America | 51.77 | WR | Omara Durand | Rio de Janeiro | 17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) |
| Asia | 57.56 | | Hajar Safarzadeh | Kobe | 21 May 2024 (2024-05-21) |
| Europe | 53.14 | | Oksana Boturchuk | Rio de Janeiro | 17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) |
| Oceania | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |

## Results
### Round 1

First in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Oksana Boturchuk Guide: Mykyta Barabanov | Ukraine | 58.22 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Clara Barros Guide: Efraim Andrade | Brazil | 58.77 | q |
| — | 5 | Yokutkhon Kholbekova | Uzbekistan | DNS | |
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#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Hajar Safarzadeh | Iran | 56.34 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 7 | Lorraine Gomes de Aguiar Guide: | Brazil | 59.99 | |
| 3 | 3 | Maldonado Velasco Guide: Cesar Daniel Belman Ortiz | Mexico | 1:04.88 | |
| — | 1 | Sara Martinez Guide: Jaime del Rio Ruiz | Spain | DNS | |
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#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Omara Durand Guide: Yuniol Kindelan Vargas | Cuba | 55.36 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Anna Kulinich-Sorokina Guide: Illia Goncharov | Neutral Paralympic Athletes | 57.26 | q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Ketyla Teodoro Guide: Rodrigo Arcanjo | Brazil | 58.86 | q, SB |
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#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Alejandra Paola Pérez López Guide: Markinzon Manzanilla Velasquez | Venezuela | 56.97 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 7 | Valentina Petrillo | Italy | 58.35 | q |
| 3 | 5 | Shen Yaqin Guide: Li Wen | China | 1:01.11 | |
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### Semi-finals

First in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Omara Durand Guide: Yuniol Kindelan Vargas | Cuba | 54.77 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Oksana Boturchuk Guide: Mykyta Barabanov | Ukraine | 56.30 | q, SB |
| 3 | 7 | Anna Kulinich-Sorokina Guide: Illia Goncharov | Neutral Paralympic Athletes | 56.55 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ketyla Teodoro Guide: Rodrigo Arcanjo | Brazil | 58.94 | |
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#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Hajar Safarzadeh | Iran | 56.07 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Alejandra Paola Pérez López Guide: Markinzon Manzanilla Velasquez | Venezuela | 56.34 | q, PB |
| 3 | 7 | Valentina Petrillo | Italy | 57.58 | PB |
| 4 | 1 | Clara Barros Guide: Efraim Andrade | Brazil | 59.07 | |
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### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Omara Durand Guide: Yuniol Kindelan Vargas | Cuba | 53.59 | SB |
| | 3 | Hajar Safarzadeh | Iran | 55.39 | AR |
| | 7 | Oksana Boturchuk Guide: Mykyta Barabanov | Ukraine | 55.67 | SB |
| 4 | 1 | Alejandra Paola Pérez López Guide: Markinzon Manzanilla Velasquez | Venezuela | 56.64 | |
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