Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T52–54

Women's 400m races for wheelchair athletes at the 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in the Athens Olympic Stadium.[1] Events were held in three disability classes.

T52

Women's 400m T52 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	23–24 September 2004
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:09.52
Medalists
Lisa Franks  Canada Lucía Sosa  Mexico Leticia Torres  Mexico

The T52 event consisted of 2 heats and a final. It was won by Lisa Franks, representing  Canada.[2]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

23 Sept. 2004, 19:35

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Lisa Franks (CAN)	1:11.95	PR Q
2	Lucía Sosa (MEX)	1:21.37	Q
3	Erin Johnson (USA)	1:26.22	Q
4	Teri Thorson (CAN)	1:26.83	q
5	Karen Lewis-Archer (GBR)	1:27.46

Heat 2

23 Sept. 2004, 19:42

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Pia Schmid (SUI)	1:23.15	Q
2	Miki Yoda (JPN)	1:23.42	Q
3	Leticia Torres (MEX)	1:24.57	Q
4	Gemma Buchholz (AUS)	1:26.26	q
5	Karen March (CAN)	1:28.31

Final Round

24 Sept. 2004, 21:35

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Lisa Franks (CAN)	1:09.52	WR
	Lucía Sosa (MEX)	1:20.79
	Leticia Torres (MEX)	1:22.27
4	Pia Schmid (SUI)	1:22.61
5	Gemma Buchholz (AUS)	1:22.67
6	Miki Yoda (JPN)	1:24.13
7	Erin Johnson (USA)	1:25.33
8	Teri Thorson (CAN)	1:25.62

T53

Women's 400m T53 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	25–27 September 2004
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Winning time	57.36
Medalists
Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE  Great Britain Madelene Nordlund  Sweden Francesca Porcellato  Italy

The T53 event consisted of 2 heats and a final. It was won by Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE, representing  Great Britain.[3]

1st Round

Qualified for next round

Heat 1

25 Sept. 2004, 18:00

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Madelene Nordlund (SWE)	57.37	PR Q
2	Francesca Porcellato (ITA)	57.46	Q
3	Jessica Galli (USA)	58.46	Q
4	Miriam Nibley (USA)	1:01.39	q
5	Thi Khoa Nhu (VIE)	1:03.26

Heat 2

25 Sept. 2004, 18:07

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE (GBR)	58.09	Q
2	Shirley Reilly (USA)	1:01.40	Q
3	Anne Wafula (KEN)	1:02.85	Q
4	Angela Ballard (AUS)	1:03.01	q

Final Round

27 Sept. 2004, 10:50

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE (GBR)	57.36	PR
	Madelene Nordlund (SWE)	58.32
	Francesca Porcellato (ITA)	59.59
4	Jessica Galli (USA)	1:01.00
5	Shirley Reilly (USA)	1:01.01
6	Miriam Nibley (USA)	1:02.13
7	Angela Ballard (AUS)	1:02.73
8	Anne Wafula (KEN)	1:04.48

T54

Women's 400m T54 at the XII Paralympic Games
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	25-27 September 2004
Competitors	17 from 11 nations
Winning time	51.91
Medalists
Chantal Petitclerc  Canada Louise Sauvage  Australia Diane Roy  Canada

The T54 event consisted of 3 heats and a final. It was won by Chantal Petitclerc, representing  Canada

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Diane Roy (CAN)	56.82	Q
2	Rachel Potter (GBR)	1:01.23	Q
3	Messaouda Sifi (TUN)	1:02.16
4	Simone Buess (SUI)	1:02.18
5	Ezzouha Edidal (MTN)	1:28.75
	Wen Qing (CHN)	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Matassa (CAN)	56.41	Q
2	Tatyana McFadden (USA)	56.70	Q
3	Eliza Stankovic (AUS)	56.76	Q
4	Manuela Schaer (SUI)	57.95	q
5	Chen Yu Lien (TPE)	59.65
6	Yazmith Bataz (MEX)	1:02.02

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	54.38	Q
2	Louise Sauvage (AUS)	55.72	Q
3	Yvonne Sehmisch (GER)	59.20
4	Samira Berri (TUN)	1:00.20
5	Jennifer Goeckel (USA)	1:00.81

Final Round

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	51.91
	Louise Sauvage (AUS)	53.42
	Diane Roy (CAN)	54.80
4	Jessica Matassa (CAN)	55.51
5	Tatyana McFadden (USA)	56.24
6	Manuela Schaer (SUI)	56.47
7	Eliza Stankovic (AUS)	57.01
8	Rachel Potter (GBR)	1:00.46

References

1. "2004 Summer Paralympics - Schedule - Athletics". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 October 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. "Women's 400m T52". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. "Women's 400m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2012.