Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53


The women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 5 September 2024.

Women's 400 metres T53
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates5 September 2024
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning time51.60 PR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Kinghorn  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan  China
2020
2028
400 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T36 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T52 · T53 · T54 · T62
Women · T11 · T12 · T13 · T20 · T37 · T38 · T47 · T53 · T54 ·

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

Records

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

World Record   Catherine Debrunner (SUI) 49.43   Paris 14 June 2024
Paralympic Record   Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) 54.43   Rio de Janeiro 11 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa 1:02.85   Anne Wafula   Athens 25 September 2004 (2004-09-25)
America 53.32   Chelsea McClammer   Arbon 25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
Asia 53.62   Zhou Hongzhuan   Paris 15 July 2023 (2023-07-15)
Europe 49.63 WR   Catherine Debrunner   Paris 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)
Oceania 54.55   Angela Ballard   Arbon 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

Results

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Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
  5 Catherine Debrunner   Switzerland 51.60 PR
  6 Samantha Kinghorn   Great Britain 53.45
  7 Zhou Hongzhuan   China 55.09
4 8 Gao Fang   China 56.53
5 4 Hamide Dogangun   Turkey 56.90 SB
6 9 Angela Ballard   Australia 59.12
7 3 Jessica Cooper Lewis   Bermuda 1:00.82
8 2 Chelsea Stein   United States 1:06.47
Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m – T53 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.