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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T38

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Women's 400 metres T38
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates
  • 6 September 2024 (round 1)
  • 7 September 2024 (final)
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Winning time58.67 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karen Palomeque  Colombia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luca Ekler  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lindy Ave  Germany
2020
2028
400 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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Women · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T53 · T54 ·


The women's 400 metres T38 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 6 and 7 September 2024.

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.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]

World Record  Karen Palomeque (COL) 59.40 Japan Kobe 25 May 2024
Paralympic Record  Lindy Ave (GER) 1:00.00 Japan Tokyo 4 September 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 1:03.96 Tunisia Sonia Mansour United Arab Emirates Dubai 11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
America 59.40 Colombia Karen Palomeque Japan Kobe 25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
Asia 1:01.34 China Chen Junfei Brazil Rio de Janeiro 14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)
Europe 59.74 Hungary Luca Ekler France Paris 17 July 2023 (2023-07-17)
Oceania 1:15.66 Record mark

Results

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Round 1

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Karen Palomeque  Colombia 59.88 Q, PR
2 8 Margarita Goncharova  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:00.82 Q
3 5 Ali Smith  Great Britain 1:01.06 Q, PB
4 4 Nele Moos  Germany 1:01.56 q
5 7 Sofia Pace  France 1:02.37 q, PB
6 3 Catarina Guimares  United States 1:09.63
9 Vilma Berg  Finland DNS
Source:[2]

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Luca Ekler  Hungary 1:01.02 Q
2 8 Rhiannon Clarke  Australia 1:01.39 Q, AR
3 4 Lindy Ave  Germany 1:01.58 Q
4 9 Chen Zimo  China 1:02.67
5 3 Darian Faisury Jiménez  Colombia 1:06.60
6 6 Milagros del Valle González  Argentina 1:07.92
7 7 Ericka Esteban  Guatemala 1:11.79 PB
Source:[3]

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Karen Palomeque  Colombia 58.67 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Luca Ekler  Hungary 59.35 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Lindy Ave  Germany 1:00.37 SB
4 7 Margarita Goncharova  Neutral Paralympic Athletes 1:00.64
5 6 Rhiannon Clarke  Australia 1:00.81 AR
6 4 Ali Smith  Great Britain 1:00.88 PB
7 3 Nele Moos  Germany 1:00.91 PB
8 2 Sofia Pace  France 1:02.29 PB
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.