Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T11

Women's 100 metres T11 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Rio Olympic Stadium
Dates	8 and 9 September
Competitors	16
Medalists
Libby Clegg Chris Clarke  Great Britain Zhou Guohua Jia Dengpu  China Liu Cuiqing Xu Donglin  China

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
High jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Club throw	men	women

The Women's 100 metres T11 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 8 and 9 September.^[1] It featured 16 athletes from 11 countries.

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

The event was won by Great Britain's Libby Clegg, guided by Chris Clarke. Having run a world record for the classification in the semi-final, Clegg was initially disqualified for having obtained illegal assistance from her guide runner. Upon her appeal, with her final place and world record reinstated, Clegg eased away from the Chinese pair of Zhou Guohua and Liu Cuiqing to take the gold medal. The fourth finalist, double gold medalist and home favourite Terezinha Guilhermina was disqualified for illegal assistance.

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: Winners of each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lorena Salvatini Spoladore Guide: Renato Ben Hur Oliveira	Brazil	12.49	Q
2	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Shi Yang	China	12.58	q
3	Sonia Sirley Luna Rodriguez Guide: Wilmar Cabrera Estremor	Colombia	13.34	PB
4	Lia Beel Quintana Guide: David Alonso Gutierrez	Spain	13.99
			Wind: –0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	China	12.17	Q
	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	Great Britain		Q
3	Brigitte Diasso Fatimata Guide: N'guessan Gohore Bi	Ivory Coast	13.10
4	Ronja Oja Guide: Jesper Oja	Finland	13.39	NR
			Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	China	12.03	Q
2	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	Brazil	12.19	q
3	Arjola Dedaj Guide: Elisa Bettini	Italy	13.43
4	Chiaki Takada Guide: Shigekazu Omori	Japan	13.48
			Wind: –0.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	12.34	Q
2	Lahja Ishitile Guide: David Ndeilenga	Namibia	12.59	q
3	Esperanca Gicasso Guide: Antonio Dias Baptista Alaine	Angola	12.61
4	Lovina Onyegbule Guide: Chidozie Kalu	Nigeria	12.70
			Wind:  m/s

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The winner of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	China	11.96	Q, WR
2	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	Brazil	12.23
3	Lorena Salvatini Spoladore Guide: Renato Ben Hur Oliveira	Brazil	12.38
4	Lahja Ishitile Guide: David Ndeilenga	Namibia	12.45	AR
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	Great Britain	11.91	Q, WR[1]
2	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	China	12.08	q
3	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	Brazil	12.10	q
4	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Shi Yang	China	12.56
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Notes

• ¹ Libby Clegg was initially disqualified for illegal assistance from her guide Chris Clarke, but was reinstated upon appeal, and her world record restored.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	Great Britain	11.96
	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	China	11.98
	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	China	12.07
–	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	Brazil	DQ	R7.10
			Wind:  m/s

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