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Women's 400 metres T38 at the XVII Paralympic Games
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	6 September 2024 (round 1) 7 September 2024 (final)
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Winning time	58.67 WR
Medalists
Karen Palomeque  Colombia Luca Ekler  Hungary Lindy Ave  Germany
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The women's 400 metres T38 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 6 and 7 September 2024.

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

Records

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

World Record	Karen Palomeque (COL)	59.40	Kobe	25 May 2024
Paralympic Record	Lindy Ave (GER)	1:00.00	Tokyo	4 September 2021

Area	Time		Athlete	Location	Date
Africa	1:03.96		Sonia Mansour	Dubai	11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)
America	59.40		Karen Palomeque	Kobe	25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
Asia	1:01.34		Chen Junfei	Rio de Janeiro	14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)
Europe	59.74		Luca Ekler	Paris	17 July 2023 (2023-07-17)
Oceania	1:15.66		Record mark

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	6	Karen Palomeque	Colombia	59.88	Q, PR
2	8	Margarita Goncharova	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	1:00.82	Q
3	5	Ali Smith	Great Britain	1:01.06	Q, PB
4	4	Nele Moos	Germany	1:01.56	q
5	7	Sofia Pace	France	1:02.37	q, PB
6	3	Catarina Guimares	United States	1:09.63
—	9	Vilma Berg	Finland	DNS
Source:

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Luca Ekler	Hungary	1:01.02	Q
2	8	Rhiannon Clarke	Australia	1:01.39	Q, AR
3	4	Lindy Ave	Germany	1:01.58	Q
4	9	Chen Zimo	China	1:02.67
5	3	Darian Faisury Jiménez	Colombia	1:06.60
6	6	Milagros del Valle González	Argentina	1:07.92
7	7	Ericka Esteban	Guatemala	1:11.79	PB
Source:

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	8	Karen Palomeque	Colombia	58.67	WR
	5	Luca Ekler	Hungary	59.35	AR
	9	Lindy Ave	Germany	1:00.37	SB
4	7	Margarita Goncharova	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	1:00.64
5	6	Rhiannon Clarke	Australia	1:00.81	AR
6	4	Ali Smith	Great Britain	1:00.88	PB
7	3	Nele Moos	Germany	1:00.91	PB
8	2	Sofia Pace	France	1:02.29	PB
Source:

References

1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
3. "Women's 400m – T38 – Round 1 – Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
4. "Women's 400m – T38 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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