Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T37

The women's 200 metres T37 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 31 August 2024.

Women's 200 metres T37
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueStade de France
Dates
  • 31 August 2024 (final)
Competitors9
Winning time25.86 PR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wen Xiaoyan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nataliia Kobzar  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiang Fenfen  China
2020
2028
200 metres at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men · T35 · T37 · T51 · T64
Women · T11 · T12 · T35 · T36 · T37 · T47 · T64

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing event records were as follows:[1]

World record Wen Xiaoyan (CHN)25.75Japan Kobe25 May 2024
Paralympic record Wen Xiaoyan (CHN)26.58 Japan Tokyo27 August 2021
Area Time Athlete Location Date
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Results

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Final

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The event went straight to final.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2024, at 12:23. 9 athletes took part. The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2024, at 19:57:[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)8Wen Xiaoyan China25.86PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)9Nataliia Kobzar Ukraine27.43SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6Jiang Fenfen China27.55
42Jaleen Roberts United States27.99SB
55Mandy Francois-Elie France28.20
63Viktoriia Slanova Neutral Paralympic Athletes28.53
74Sheryl James South Africa29.08
81Aorawan Chimpaen Thailand33.04
97Taylor Swanson United States44.85
Wind: +0.1 m/s

References

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  1. "Records – World Para Athletics" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Women's 200 metres – T37 – Final results" (PDF). Paralympics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.