Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T12

Women's 400 metres T12
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueLondon Olympic Stadium
Dates2 to 4 September
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Winning time55.39
Medalists
   France
   Ukraine
   Mexico
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/F11–13
Track
100 m   T11   T12   T13
200 m T11 T12 T13
400 m T11 T12 T13
800 m T12 T13
1500 m T11 T13
5000 m T11 T12
4×100 m relay T11–13
Road
Marathon T12
Field
Long jump F11 F13
Triple jump F11 F12
Shot put F11–12
Discus throw F11
Javelin throw F12–13
Women T/F11–13
Track
100 m   T11   T12   T13
200 m T11 T12
400 m T12 T13
1500 m T12
Field
Long jump F11–12 F13
Shot put F11–12
Discus throw F11–12
Javelin throw F12–13

The Women's 400 metres T12 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 2 to 4 September.[1] The event consisted of 4 heats, 2 semifinals and a final.

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

Records

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

World record (T11)  Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA) 56.14 18 August 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paralympic record (T11)  Purificación Santamarta (ESP) 56.83 25 October 2000 Sydney, Australia
World & Paralympic record (T12)  Assia El Hannouni (FRA) 53.67 27 September 2004 Athens, Greece

Results

Round 1

Competed 2 September 2012 from 12:14. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Assia El Hannouni France T12 55.04 Q, PB
2 Daniela Velasco
Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz
Mexico T12 58.33 q, PB
3 Maria Muchavo Mozambique T12 1:03.68 SB

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Oxana Boturchuk Ukraine T12 57.30 Q, SB
2 Maria Gomes Da Silva
Guide: Albano Pedro Zongo
Angola T11 1:01.78 q, PB
3 Hanah Ngendo Mwangi Kenya T12 DQ
4 Jerusa Geber Santos
Guide: Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva
Brazil T11 DQ

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Elisabetta Stefanini
Guide: Massimo di Marcello
Italy T12 1:02.57 Q
2 Miroslava Sedlackova
Guide: Michal Prochazka
Czech Republic T11 1:03.34 q
3 Casandra G. Cruz Monroy
Guide: Jovan Blancas Garcia
Mexico T11 1:05.10 PB
4 Katherina Taylor
Guide: Hugo Lombardo
Panama T11 1:14.76 SB

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Zhu Daqing
Guide: Zhang Hui
China T12 59.58 Q, SB
2 Terezinha Guilhermina
Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana
Brazil T11 1:00.01 q
3 Esperanca Gicaso
Guide: Marcio Jose Fonseca Neto
Angola T11 1:07.57 PB

Semifinals

Competed 3 September 2012 from 11:03. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Oxana Boturchuk Ukraine T12 55.93 Q, PB
2 Terezinha Guilhermina
Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana
Brazil T11 58.41 q
3 Maria Gomes Da Silva
Guide: Albano Pedro Zongo
Angola T11 1:02.20
4 Zhu Daqing
Guide: Zhang Hui
China T12 DQ

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1 Assia El Hannouni France T12 55.50 Q
2 Daniela Velasco
Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz
Mexico T12 58.86 q
3 Elisabetta Stefanini
Guide: Massimo di Marcello
Italy T12 1:02.03
4 Miroslava Sedlackova
Guide: Michal Prochazka
Czech Republic T11 1:02.18 PB

Final

Competed 4 September 2012 at 21:15.

Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Assia El Hannouni France T12 55.39
2nd, silver medalist(s) Oxana Boturchuk Ukraine T12 55.69 PB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Daniela Velasco
Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz
Mexico T12 58.51
4 Terezinha Guilhermina
Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana
Brazil T11 1:39.73

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

  1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. "T12 400 records". International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.
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