The women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
Area Time Athlete Nation Africa 1:02.85 Anne Wafula America 53.32 Chelsea McClammer Asia 54.25 Zhou Hongzhuan Europe 53.72 Samantha Kinghorn Oceania 54.55 Angela Ballard
Results Heats Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:10: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Samantha Kinghorn 56.73 2 6 Gao Fang 57.28 , 3 4 Angie Ballard 58.01 4 3 Jessica Frotten 59.98 5 7 Yen Hoang 1:00.58
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:17: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Catherine Debrunner 55.21 2 4 Zhou Hongzhuan 56.14 , 3 3 Hamide Doğangün 56.68 4 5 Chelsea McClammer 59.66 5 7 Jessica Cooper Lewis 1:01.71 6 8 Kelsey Lefevour 1:04.88
Final The final took place on 2 September, at 19:30: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Catherine Debrunner 56.18 6 Samantha Kinghorn 57.25 3 Zhou Hongzhuan 57.29 4 7 Angie Ballard 57.61 5 5 Gao Fang 57.81 6 8 Hamide Doğangün 58.67 7 2 Chelsea McClammer 59.45 8 1 Jessica Frotten 1:01.16
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