title: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres
  
  The Women's 200m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from August 31 to September 8. A total of 11 events were contested over this distance for 11 different classifications.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### T11
  
  The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.
  
  The event consisted of 4 heats, 2 semifinals and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana | Brazil | 24.82 | PR |
  | | Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Luiz Henrique Barboza Da Silva | Brazil | 26.32 | |
  | | Jia Juntingxian Guide: Xu Donglin | China | 26.33 | |
  | 4 | Jhulia Santos Guide: Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva | Brazil | 26.65 | PB |
  | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |
  
  ### T12
  
  The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.
  
  The event consisted of 3 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Assia El Hannouni Guide: Gautier Simounet | France | 24.46 | WR |
  | | Zhou Guohua Guide: Li Jie | China | 24.66 | RR |
  | | Zhu Daqing Guide: Zhang Hui | China | 24.88 | |
  | 4 | Oxana Boturchuk | Ukraine | 24.92 | PB |
  | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |
  
  ### T34
  
  The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Hannah Cockroft | Great Britain | T34 | 31.90 | PR |
  | | Amy Siemons | Netherlands | T34 | 34.16 | |
  | | Desiree Vranken | Netherlands | T34 | 34.85 | PB |
  | 4 | Rosemary Little | Australia | T34 | 35.08 | |
  | 5 | Yousra Ben Jemaa | Tunisia | T34 | 37.68 | |
  | 6 | Rachael Burrows | Canada | T34 | 38.51 | |
  | 7 | Melissa Nicholls | Great Britain | T34 | 40.00 | |
  | 8 | Carleigh Dewald | United States | T34 | 41.53 | |
  | | | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |
  
  ### T35
  
  The T35 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. The typical T35 athlete may need assistive devices for walking. The athlete may have sufficient function to run but demonstrates poor balance.
  
  The event consisted of a single race. Results:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liu Ping | China | 32.72 | |
  | | Oxana Corso | Italy | 33.68 | RR |
  | | Virginia McLachlan | Canada | 34.31 | RR |
  | 4 | Sophia Warner | Great Britain | 35.25 | PB |
  | 5 | Anna Luxova | Czech Republic | 35.43 | PB |
  | 6 | Erinn Walters | Australia | 36.31 | |
  | 7 | Rachael Dodds | Australia | 36.75 | |
  | 8 | Fatima Del Rocio Perez Garcia | Mexico | 37.60 | |
  | | | | Wind: Nil | Wind: Nil |
  
  ### T36
  
  The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Elena Ivanova | Russia | 30.25 | |
  | | Jeon Min-jae | South Korea | 31.08 | |
  | | Claudia Nicoleitzik | Germany | 32.08 | |
  | 4 | Hazel Robson | Great Britain | 32.46 | |
  | 5 | Yuki Kato | Japan | 33.41 | |
  | 6 | Yu Chun Lai | Hong Kong | 35.32 | |
  | | Yanina Andrea Martinez | Argentina | DQ | |
  | | Nadia Schaus | Argentina | DQ | |
  | | | | Wind: Nil | Wind: Nil |
  
  ### T37
  
  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).
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Johanna Benson | Namibia | 29.26 | |
  | | Bethany Woodward | Great Britain | 29.65 | |
  | | Maria Seifert | Germany | 29.86 | |
  | 4 | Oksana Krechunyak | Ukraine | 29.89 | |
  | 5 | Jenny McLoughlin | Great Britain | 30.08 | |
  | 6 | Viktoriya Kravchenko | Ukraine | 30.09 | |
  | 7 | Neda Bahi | Tunisia | 30.28 | |
  | 8 | Maryna Snisar | Ukraine | 30.76 | |
  | | | | Wind: | Wind: |
  
  ### T38
  
  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.
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | 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 | Wind: -0.7 m/s |
  
  ### T44
  
  The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Marlou van Rhijn | Netherlands | T43 | 26.18 | WR |
  | | Marie-Amelie le Fur | France | T44 | 26.76 | WR |
  | | Katrin Green | Germany | T44 | 27.53 | PB |
  | 4 | Stef Reid | Great Britain | T44 | 28.62 | PB |
  | 5 | Suzan Verduijn | Netherlands | T44 | 28.74 | PB |
  | 6 | Sophie Kamlish | Great Britain | T44 | 29.08 | PB |
  | 7 | Saki Takakuwa | Japan | T44 | 29.71 | |
  | | April Holmes | United States | T44 | DNS | |
  | | | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |
  
  ### T46
  
  The T46 category is for athletes who have a single above or below elbow amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.
  
  The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yunidis Castillo | Cuba | 24.45 | WR |
  | | Alicja Fiodorow | Poland | 25.49 | RR |
  | | Anrune Liebenberg | South Africa | 25.55 | RR |
  | 4 | Nikol Rodomakina | Russia | 25.56 | PB |
  | 5 | Wang Yanping | China | 26.38 | RR |
  | 6 | Unyime Uwak | Nigeria | 26.65 | =PB |
  | 7 | Katarzyna Piekart | Poland | 27.18 | PB |
  | 8 | Alexandra Moguchaya | Russia | 27.47 | PB |
  | | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |
  
  ### T52
  
  The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.
  
  The event consisted of a single race. Results:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Michelle Stilwell | Canada | 33.80 | PR |
  | | Marieke Vervoort | Belgium | 34.83 | RR |
  | | Kerry Morgan | United States | 36.49 | |
  | 4 | Cassie Mitchell | United States | 37.75 | PB |
  | 5 | Teruyo Tanaka | Japan | 39.04 | SB |
  | 6 | Yuka Kiyama | Japan | 41.56 | SB |
  | 7 | Cheryl Leitner | United States | 42.62 | |
  | | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |
  
  ### T53
  
  The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
  
  The event consisted of a single race. Results:
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Huang Lisha | China | 29.18 | PB |
  | | Angela Ballard | Australia | 29.35 | RR |
  | | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 29.40 | PB |
  | 4 | Jessica Galli | United States | 29.82 | |
  | 5 | Anjali Forber Pratt | United States | 30.27 | |
  | 6 | Madison de Rozario | Australia | 30.33 | PB |
  | 7 | Anita Fordjour | Ghana | 34.31 | RR |
  | 8 | Jessica Cooper Lewis | Bermuda | 34.76 | |
  | | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |
  