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

Women's 400 metres T12 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	2 to 4 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Winning time	55.39
Medalists
Assia El Hannouni  France Oxana Boturchuk  Ukraine Daniela Velasco Jose Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz  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. 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:

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	Esperança 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
	Assia El Hannouni	France	T12	55.39
	Oxana Boturchuk	Ukraine	T12	55.69	PB
	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.