Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T12 explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres T12
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo National Stadium
Dates:	30–31 August 2021
Competitors:	10
Nations:	8
Gold:	Omara Durand
Goldnpc:	CUB
Silver:	Oxana Boturchuk
Silvernpc:	UKR
Bronze:	Alejandra Paola Perez Lopez
Bronzenpc:	VEN
Prev:	2016

The women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place between 30 and 31 August 2021.

Records

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

Area	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	53.89
America	51.77
Asia	58.45
Europe	53.14
Oceania	Vacant

Results

Heats

Heat 1 took place on 30 August 2021, at 20:51:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			56.95	,
2	5			1:00.50
	1				WPA 17.8
	3				WPA 17.8

Heat 2 took place on 30 August 2021, at 20:59:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			55.33	,
2	7			1:00.39
3	5			1:01.25

Heat 3 took place on 30 August 2021, at 21:07:^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			56.49	,
2	7			58.71	,
3	3			1:07.18

Final

The final took place on 31 August 2021, at 11:36:^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			52.58
	3			55.33
	7			57.06
4	1			57.69

Notes and References

1. Web site: Records – World Para Athletics. 27 August 2021.
2. Web site: Heat 1 results. 29 August 2021.
3. Web site: Heat 2 results. 29 August 2021.
4. Web site: Heat 3 results. 29 August 2021.
5. Web site: Final results. 29 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831024407/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/ATH/PG2020-_ATH_C73A_ATHW400M----12010-----FNL-000100--.pdf. dead.