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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54

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Women's 400 metres T54
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates5 September 2024
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time53.05
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lea Bayekula  Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuela Schär  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Zhaoqian  China
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 T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 5 September 2024.

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.

Records

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

World Record  Lea Bayekula (BEL) 50.91 France Paris 14 June 2024
Paralympic Record  Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) 51.91 Greece Athens 25 September 2004
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 52.70 Mauritius Noemi Alphonse United Arab Emirates Dubai 14 February 2024 (2024-02-14)
America 51.39 United States Tatyana McFadden Switzerland Nottwil 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09)
Asia 52.03 China Tian Yajuan United Arab Emirates Dubai 28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)
Europe 50.91 WR Belgium Lea Bayekula France Paris 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
Oceania 53.24 Australia Eliza Ault-Connell Switzerland Arbon 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

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 4 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 53.69 Q
2 3 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 53.73 Q, SB
3 8 Tatyana McFadden  United States 54.01 Q
4 5 Amanda Kotaja  Finland 54.28 q
5 6 Jéssica Gabrieli Soares Giacomelli  Brazil 56.29
6 7 Alexandra Helbling  Switzerland 57.26
Source:[2]

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Lea Bayekula  Belgium 52.25 Q
2 4 Hannah Dederick  United States 54.62 Q
3 5 Melanie Woods  Great Britain 55.47 Q
4 8 Tian Yajuan  China 55.72 q
5 9 Noemi Alphonse  Mauritius 56.04
6 6 Licia Mussinelli  Switzerland 57.96
7 3 Hannah Babalola  Nigeria 1:01.37
Source:[3]

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lea Bayekula  Belgium 53.05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Manuela Schär  Switzerland 53.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Zhou Zhaoqian  China 54.01
4 7 Hannah Dederick  United States 54.68
5 3 Amanda Kotaja  Finland 54.89
6 9 Melanie Woods  Great Britain 55.39
7 2 Tian Yajuan  China 55.55
4 Tatyana McFadden  United States DQ R18.2(c)
Source:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.