Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T38

Women's 200 metres T38 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 September
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Winning time	27.39
Medalists
Chen Junfei  China Margarita Goncharova  Russia Inna Stryzhak  Ukraine

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/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T36		T38
800 m		T36		T37
1500 m		T37
Field
Long jump		F36			F37-38
Shot put		F32-33				F34
		F37-38
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F32-34			F35-36
		F37-38
Javelin throw		F33-34
Women T/F31–38
Track
100 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
200 m		T34		T35		T36
		T37		T38
400 m		T37
4×100 m relay		T35-38
Field
Long jump		F37-38
Shot put		F32-34			F35-36
		F37
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F35-36				F37
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53				F37-38

The Women's 200 metres T38 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 6 September. The event consisted of 2 heats and a final.

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 World and Paralympic records were as follows:

World & Paralympic record	Inna Dyachenko (UKR)	27.81	12 September 2008	Beijing, China
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Paralympics
World record	Chen Junfei (CHN)	27.39	6 September 2012

Results

Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 10:17. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Inna Stryzhak	Ukraine	28.91	Q
2	Margarita Goncharova	Russia	29.06	Q
3	Xiong Dezhi	China	29.10	Q
4	Torita Isaac	Australia	29.36	q
5	Olivia Breen	Great Britain	29.75	q
6	Jenifer Santos	Brazil	32.03
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Chen Junfei	China	28.29	Q
2	Tamira Slaby	Germany	28.63	Q, PB
3	Sonia Mansour	Tunisia	29.10	Q, SB
4	Katie Parrish	Australia	30.94
5	Norsyazwani Binti Abdullah	Malaysia	31.83
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

Competed 6 September 2012 at 19:52.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Chen Junfei	China	27.39	WR
	Margarita Goncharova	Russia	27.82	PB
	Inna Stryzhak	Ukraine	28.18	PB
4	Xiong Dezhi	China	28.62	PB
5	Tamira Slaby	Germany	29.14
6	Sonia Mansour	Tunisia	29.32
7	Torita Isaac	Australia	29.78
8	Olivia Breen	Great Britain	30.22
			Wind: -0.7 m/s

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