Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54

Women's 400 metres T54 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	5 September 2024
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	53.05
Medalists
Lea Bayekula  Belgium Manuela Schär  Switzerland Zhou Zhaoqian  China

The women's 400 metres T54 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 5 September 2024.

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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

World Record	Lea Bayekula (BEL)	50.91	Paris	14 June 2024
Paralympic Record	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	51.91	Athens	25 September 2004

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Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	53.69	Q
2	3	Zhou Zhaoqian	China	53.73	Q, SB
3	8	Tatyana McFadden	United States	54.01	Q
4	5	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	54.28	q
5	6	Jéssica Gabrieli Soares Giacomelli	Brazil	56.29
6	7	Alexandra Helbling	Switzerland	57.26
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Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Lea Bayekula	Belgium	52.25	Q
2	4	Hannah Dederick	United States	54.62	Q
3	5	Melanie Woods	Great Britain	55.47	Q
4	8	Tian Yajuan	China	55.72	q
5	9	Noemi Alphonse	Mauritius	56.04
6	6	Licia Mussinelli	Switzerland	57.96
7	3	Hannah Babalola	Nigeria	1:01.37
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Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	5	Lea Bayekula	Belgium	53.05
	6	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	53.14
	8	Zhou Zhaoqian	China	54.01
4	7	Hannah Dederick	United States	54.68
5	3	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	54.89
6	9	Melanie Woods	Great Britain	55.39
7	2	Tian Yajuan	China	55.55
—	4	Tatyana McFadden	United States	DQ	R18.2(c)
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