The Women's 200m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 17, 2016. A total of 6 events were contested over this distance for 8 different classifications.
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Results
The following were the results of the finals of each of the women's 200 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.
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.
19:42 13 September 2016:
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.
10:57 12 September 2016:
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.
11:13 17 September 2016:
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.
10:50 13 September 2016:
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.
17:45 15 September 2016:
T47
The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.