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

The Women's 400m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 6 events were contested over this distance for 6 different classifications.

## Results

### T12

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.

The event consisted of 4 heats, 2 semifinals and a final. Results of final:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Assia El Hannouni | France | T12 | 55.39 | |
| | Oxana Boturchuk | Ukraine | T12 | 55.69 | PB |
| | Daniela E. Velasco Maldonado Guide: Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz | Mexico | T12 | 58.51 | |
| 4 | Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana | Brazil | T11 | 1:39.73 | |

### T13

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Omara Durand | Cuba | 55.12 | PR |
| | Somaya Bousaid | Tunisia | 56.83 | SB |
| | Alexandra Dimoglou | Greece | 56.91 | PB |
| 4 | Nantenin Keita | France | 57.64 | SB |
| 5 | Olena Gliebova | Ukraine | 58.44 | PB |
| 6 | Anna Duzikowska | Poland | 1:03.33 | PB |
| 7 | Viviane Soares | Brazil | 1:05.96 | PB |
| | Joana Helena Silva | Brazil | DNF | |
| | Christine Akullo | Uganda | DNS | |

### T37

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).

The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:

| 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 | |

### T46

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

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yunidis Castillo | Cuba | 55.72 | WR |
| | Anrune Liebenberg | South Africa | 56.65 | PB |
| | Alicja Fiodorow | Poland | 58.48 | PB |
| 4 | Wang Yanping | China | 1:01.33 | SB |
| 5 | Alexandra Moguchaya | Russia | 1:02.11 | PB |
| 6 | Yengus Dese Azenaw | Ethiopia | 1:04.93 | PB |
| | Ussumane Cande | Guinea-Bissau | DNS | |

### T53

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

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 55.47 | PB |
| | Angela Ballard | Australia | 56.06 | RR |
| | Huang Lisha | China | 56.87 | PB |
| 4 | Shirley Reilly | United States | 57.18 | |
| 5 | Jessica Galli | United States | 57.56 | |
| 6 | Madison de Rozario | Australia | 58.42 | |
| 7 | Anjali Forber Pratt | United States | 59.34 | |
| 8 | Jessica Cooper Lewis | Bermuda | 1:08.88 | |

### T54

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 52.97 | PB |
| | Dong Hongjiao | China | 55.43 | RR |
| | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | 56.25 | SB |
| 4 | Zou Lihong | China | 56.57 | |
| 5 | Diane Roy | Canada | 56.60 | |
| 6 | Amanda Kotaja | Finland | 57.35 | PB |
| 7 | Manuela Schaer | Switzerland | 57.57 | |
| 8 | Gunilla Wallengren | Sweden | 58.74 | |
