Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T11

Women's 100 metres T11 at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Rio Olympic Stadium
Dates	8 and 9 September
Competitors	16
Winning time	11.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Libby Clegg Chris Clarke File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhou Guohua Jia Dengpu File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Liu Cuiqing Xu Donglin File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

The Women's 100 metres T11 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 8 and 9 September. It featured 16 athletes from 11 countries. 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 was won by Great Britain's Libby Clegg, guided by Chris Clarke. Having run a world record for the classification in the semi-final, Clegg was initially disqualified for having obtained illegal assistance from her guide runner. Upon her appeal, with her final place and world record reinstated, Clegg eased away from the Chinese pair of Zhou Guohua and Liu Cuiqing to take the gold medal. The fourth finalist, double gold medalist and home favourite Terezinha Guilhermina was disqualified for illegal assistance.

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: Winners of each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lorena Salvatini Spoladore Guide: Renato Ben Hur Oliveira	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.49	Q
2	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Shi Yang	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.58	q
3	Sonia Sirley Luna Rodriguez Guide: Wilmar Cabrera Estremor	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	13.34	PB
4	Lia Beel Quintana Guide: David Alonso Gutierrez	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	13.99
			Wind: –0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.17	Q
	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain		Q
3	Brigitte Diasso Fatimata Guide: N'guessan Gohore Bi	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	13.10
4	Ronja Oja Guide: Jesper Oja	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	13.39	NR
			Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.03	Q
2	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.19	q
3	Arjola Dedaj Guide: Elisa Bettini	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	13.43
4	Chiaki Takada Guide: Shigekazu Omori	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	13.48
			Wind: –0.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.34	Q
2	Lahja Ishitile Guide: David Ndeilenga	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	12.59	q
3	Esperanca Gicasso Guide: Antonio Dias Baptista Alaine	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	12.61
4	Lovina Onyegbule Guide: Chidozie Kalu	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	12.70
			Wind:  m/s

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The winner of each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	11.96	Q, WR
2	Jerusa Geber Santos Guide: Guilherme Soares de Santana	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.23
3	Lorena Salvatini Spoladore Guide: Renato Ben Hur Oliveira	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.38
4	Lahja Ishitile Guide: David Ndeilenga	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	12.45	AR
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	11.91	Q, WR[1]
2	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.08	q
3	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	12.10	q
4	Jia Juntingxian Guide: Shi Yang	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.56
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Notes

• ¹ Libby Clegg was initially disqualified for illegal assistance from her guide Chris Clarke, but was reinstated upon appeal, and her world record restored.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Libby Clegg Guide: Chris Clarke	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	11.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Zhou Guohua Guide: Jia Dengpu	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	11.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Liu Cuiqing Guide: Xu Donglin	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	12.07
–	Terezinha Guilhermina Guide: Rafael Lazarini	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	DQ	R7.10
			Wind:  m/s