Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T37

Women's 400 metres T37 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 to 8 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:05.86
Medalists
Neda Bahi  Tunisia Viktoriya Kravchenko  Ukraine Evgeniya Trushnikova  Russia

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/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T36		T38
800 m		T36		T37
1500 m		T37
Field
Long jump		F36			F37-38
Shot put		F32-33				F34
		F37-38
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F32-34			F35-36
		F37-38
Javelin throw		F33-34
Women T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T37
4×100 m relay		T35-38
Field
Long jump		F37-38
Shot put		F32-34			F35-36
		F37
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F35-36				F37
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53				F37-38

The Women's 400 metres T37 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 6 to 8 September.^[1] The event consisted of 2 heats and a final.

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records

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

World & Paralympic record	Lisa McIntosh (AUS)	1:04.79	23 October 2000	Sydney, Australia

Results

Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 10:44. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Neda Bahi	Tunisia	1:07.49	Q, PB
2	Viktoriya Kravchenko	Ukraine	1:09.66	Q, =SB
3	Anastasiya Ovsyannikova	Russia	1:10.12	Q
4	Jodi Elkington	Australia	1:11.12	q
5	Isabelle Foerder	Germany	1:11.95	q, PB

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maryna Snisar	Ukraine	1:08.84	Q
2	Evgeniya Trushnikova	Russia	1:09.30	Q
3	Maike Hausberger	Germany	1:10.59	Q, PB
4	Mandy Francois-Elie	France	1:16.29
5	Leah Robinson	Canada	1:16.94
6	Maria Seifert	Germany	DNS

Final

Competed 8 September 2012 at 11:48.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Neda Bahi	Tunisia	1:05.86	RR
	Viktoriya Kravchenko	Ukraine	1:07.32	RR
	Evgeniya Trushnikova	Russia	1:07.35	PB
4	Maryna Snisar	Ukraine	1:08.86
5	Maike Hausberger	Germany	1:10.45	PB
6	Jodi Elkington	Australia	1:11.49
7	Isabelle Foerder	Germany	1:13.47
8	Anastasiya Ovsyannikova	Russia	1:17.28

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best. DNS = Did not start.

References