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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T37

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Women's 400 metres T37
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates31 August 2021 (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning time1:01.36
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiang Fenfen  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nataliia Kobzar  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sheryl James  South Africa
2016
2024

The women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 31 August 2021.

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).

Records

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

World Record  Georgina Hermitage (GBR) 1:00.29 London, United Kingdom 20 July 2017
Paralympic Record  Georgina Hermitage (GBR) 1:00.53 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa 1:03.71 Neda Bahi  Tunisia
America 1:10.75 Leah Robinson  Canada
Asia 1:02.90 Jiang Fenfen  China
Europe 1:00.29 WR Georgina Hermitage  Great Britain
Oceania 1:09.29 Lisa McIntosh  Australia

Results

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The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 21:45:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Jiang Fenfen  China 1:01.36 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Nataliia Kobzar  Ukraine 1:01.47 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Sheryl James  South Africa 1:03.82 PB
4 2 Alina Terekh  Ukraine 1:05.96 PB
5 8 Liezel Gouws  South Africa 1:06.85 SB
6 4 Elena Tretiakova  RPC 1:07.18 SB
7 3 Dina Zamly Ali  Egypt 1:17.73 SB
9 Viktoriia Slanova  RPC DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.