Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres T54

Women's 1,500m T54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	16 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	3:39.88
Medalists
Chantal Petitclerc  Canada Shelly Woods  Great Britain Edith Hunkeler  Switzerland

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The women's 1,500m T54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium on 16 September. There were two heats; the first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:06.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	3:29.87	Q
2	Diane Roy	Canada	3:30.07	Q
3	Jessica Galli	United States	3:30.32	Q
4	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	3:30.69	q
5	Shirley Reilly	United States	3:33.33	q
6	Ajara Busonga Mohammed	Ghana	3:46.56
7	Dague Diop	Senegal	4:18.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	3:34.41	Q
2	Amanda McGrory	United States	3:34.56	Q
3	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	3:34.68	Q
4	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	3:35.40
5	Christie Dawes	Australia	3:35.80
6	Tracey Ferguson	Canada	3:36.11

Final

Competed at 19:19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	3:39.88
	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	3:40.99
	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	3:41.03
4	Jessica Galli	United States	3:41.68
5	Amanda McGrory	United States	3:42.17
6	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	3:42.26
7	Shirley Reilly	United States	3:43.54
8	Diane Roy	Canada	3:43.66

Q = qualified for final by place. q = qualified by time.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 1,500m T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.