Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T54

Women's 1500 metres T54 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 to 7 September
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Winning time	3:36.42
Medalists
Tatyana McFadden  United States Edith Wolf  Switzerland Shirley Reilly  United States

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Classification
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40: Les Autres
T/F42–46: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
Men T/F51–58
Track
100 m		T51		T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m				T52		T53		T54
800 m				T52		T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
4×400 m relay						T53-54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Women T/F51–58
Track
100 m				T52		T53		T54
200 m				T52		T53
400 m						T53		T54
800 m						T53		T54
1500 m								T54
5000 m								T54
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put							F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Women's 1500 metres T54 event at the

The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Shelly Woods (GBR)	3:21.22	24 June 2010	Arbon, Switzerland
Paralympic record	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	3:26.89	24 September 2004	Athens, Greece

Results

Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 12:29. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Zou Lihong	China	T54	3:31.93	Q, PB
2	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	T54	3:32.04	Q
3	Tatyana McFadden	United States	T54	3:32.14	Q
4	Diane Roy	Canada	T54	3:32.27	q
5	Jade Jones	Great Britain	T54	3:32.60	q
6	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	T54	3:33.53	q, SB

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
1	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	T54	3:42.12	Q
2	Shirley Reilly	United States	T53	3:42.18	Q
3	Amanda McGrory	United States	T53	3:42.47	Q
4	Keira-Lyn Frie	Canada	T54	3:42.59	q
5	Christie Dawes	Australia	T54	3:43.36	SB
6	Alexandra Helbling	Switzerland	T54	3:43.59

Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 21:08.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	T54	3:36.42
	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	T54	3:36.78
	Shirley Reilly	United States	T53	3:37.03
4	Diane Roy	Canada	T54	3:37.17
5	Zou Lihong	China	T54	3:37.91
6	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	T54	3:37.97
7	Amanda McGrory	United States	T53	3:38.19
8	Keira-Lyn Frie	Canada	T54	3:38.58
9	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	T54	3:39.02
10	Jade Jones	Great Britain	T54	3:39.03

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

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