The women's 400 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 5 September 2024.
| Women's 400 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade de France | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 53.05 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 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
editPrior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:[1]
| World Record |  Lea Bayekula (BEL) |
50.91 |  Paris |
14 June 2024 |
| Paralympic Record |  Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) |
51.91 |  Athens |
25 September 2004 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 52.70 |  Noemi Alphonse
|
 Dubai
|
14 February 2024 | |
| America | 51.39 |  Tatyana McFadden
|
 Nottwil
|
9 June 2024 | |
| Asia | 52.03 |  Tian Yajuan
|
Dubai
|
28 February 2023 | |
| Europe | 50.91 | WR | Lea Bayekula
|
Paris
|
14 June 2024 |
| Oceania | 53.24 |  Eliza Ault-Connell
|
Arbon
|
30 May 2019 | |
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 | 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
edit| 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
edit| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 | Lea Bayekula | Belgium
|
53.05 | |
|
6 | Manuela Schär | Switzerland
|
53.14 | |
|
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
edit- ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m – T54 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.