Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54 explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres T54
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	2 September 2021
Competitors:	13
Nations:	9
Gold:	Manuela Schär
Goldnpc:	SUI
Silver:	Cheri Madsen
Silvernpc:	USA
Bronze:	Zhou Zhaoqian
Bronzenpc:	CHN
Prev:	2016

The women's 400 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	57.52
America	51.90
Asia	53.12
Europe	52.56
Oceania	53.24

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:42:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			54.29
2	7			55.46	,
3	5			55.99	,
4	6			56.89
5	2			57.70
6	3			57.77
7	8			59.39

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:49:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			53.16	,
2	5			53.81
3	3			55.00	,
4	4			55.24	,
5	7			58.72
6	6			59.11

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 19:40:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			53.59
	3			53.91
	6			54.10
4	5			54.35
5	8			54.82
6	7			56.15
7	2			56.54
8	1			56.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 28 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902035650/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----54010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902035645/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----54010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902104655/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----54010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.