Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53 explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres T53
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	2 September 2021
Competitors:	11
Nations:	8
Gold:	Catherine Debrunner
Goldnpc:	SUI
Silver:	Samantha Kinghorn
Silvernpc:	GBR
Bronze:	Zhou Hongzhuan
Bronzenpc:	CHN
Prev:	2016

The women's 400 metres T53 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	1:02.85
America	53.32
Asia	54.25
Europe	53.72
Oceania	54.55

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:10:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			56.73
2	6			57.28	,
3	4			58.01
4	3			59.98
5	7			1:00.58

Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:17:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			55.21
2	4			56.14	,
3	3			56.68
4	5			59.66
5	7			1:01.71
6	8			1:04.88

Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 19:30:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			56.18
	6			57.25
	3			57.29
4	7			57.61
5	5			57.81
6	8			58.67
7	2			59.45
8	1			1:01.16

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/20210902032522/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----53010-----RND1000100--.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: Heat 1 results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902032522/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----53010-----RND1000200--.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Final results. 1 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902104225/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----53010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.