Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T46

Women's 200 metres T46 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	31 August to 1 September
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	24.45
Medalists
Yunidis Castillo  Cuba Alicja Fiodorow  Poland Anrune Liebenberg  South Africa

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m		T42		T44		T46
400 m				T44		T46
800 m						T46
1500 m						T46
4×100 m relay			T42-46
Road
Marathon						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Triple jump						F46
High jump		F42				F46
Shot put			F42-44			F46
Discus throw		F42		F44
Javelin throw		F42		F44
Women T/F42–46
Track
100 m		T42		T44		T46
200 m				T44		T46
400 m						T46
Field
Long jump			F42-44			F46
Shot put			F42-44
Javelin throw						F46

The Women's 200 metres T46 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 1 September.^[1] The event consisted of 2 heats and a final.

The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:^[2]

World& Paralympic record	Yunidis Castillo (CUB)	24.72	12 September 2008	Beijing, China
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Yunidis Castillo (CUB)	24.45	1 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 31 August 2012 from 12:05. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nikol Rodomakina	Russia	26.21	Q
2	Wang Yanping	China	26.55	Q
3	Katarzyna Piekart	Poland	27.21	Q
4	Sally Brown	Great Britain	27.78
5	Amara Lallwala Palliyagurunnans	Sri Lanka	29.36
6	Maiya Bisunkhe	Nepal	36.32
			Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yunidis Castillo	Cuba	24.81	Q
2	Anrune Liebenberg	South Africa	25.79	Q, RR
3	Alicja Fiodorow	Poland	25.92	Q, PB
4	Unyime Uwak	Nigeria	26.65	q, PB
5	Alexandra Moguchaya	Russia	27.48	q, PB
6	Yengus Dese Azenaw	Ethiopia	29.96
			Wind: Nil

Final

Competed 1 September 2012 at 21:53.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Yunidis Castillo	Cuba	24.45	WR
	Alicja Fiodorow	Poland	25.49	RR
	Anrune Liebenberg	South Africa	25.55	RR
4	Nikol Rodomakina	Russia	25.56	PB
5	Wang Yanping	China	26.38	RR
6	Unyime Uwak	Nigeria	26.65	=PB
7	Katarzyna Piekart	Poland	27.18	PB
8	Alexandra Moguchaya	Russia	27.47	PB
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. WR = World Record. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

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