The women's 400 metres T38 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 6 and 7 September 2024.
| Women's 400 metres T38 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France | ||||||||||||
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| Competitors | 13 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 58.67 WR | ||||||||||||
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| Men · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T62 Women · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T53 · T54 · |
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
editPrior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Karen Palomeque (COL) |
59.40 |  Kobe |
25 May 2024 |
| Paralympic Record |  Lindy Ave (GER) |
1:00.00 | Tokyo |
4 September 2021 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 1:03.96 |  Sonia Mansour
|
 Dubai
|
11 November 2019 | |
| America | 59.40 | Karen Palomeque
|
Kobe
|
25 May 2024 | |
| Asia | 1:01.34 |  Chen Junfei
|
 Rio de Janeiro
|
14 September 2016 | |
| Europe | 59.74 |  Luca Ekler
|
 Paris
|
17 July 2023 | |
| Oceania | 1:15.66 | Record mark | |||
Results
editRound 1
editFirst 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 | Karen Palomeque | Colombia
|
58.67 | WR |
|
5 | Luca Ekler | Hungary
|
59.35 | AR |
|
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
edit- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T38 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.