Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

Women's 800m T54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	14 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	1:45.19
Medalists
Chantal Petitclerc  Canada Tatyana McFadden  United States Diane Roy  Canada

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 800m T54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium on 14 September. There were two heats; the first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Results

Heats

Competed from 21:20.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:50.51	Q, PR
2	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:53.08	Q
3	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	1:55.52	Q
4	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	1:56.43	q
5	Chelsea McClammer	United States	1:57.09	q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:56.56	Q
2	Diane Roy	Canada	1:57.53	Q
3	Liu Wenjun	China	1:57.81	Q
4	Jessica Matassa	Canada	1:58.60
5	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:58.67
6	Christie Dawes	Australia	2:00.21

Final

Competed at 18:44.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:45.19	WR
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:46.95
	Diane Roy	Canada	1:48.07
4	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:49.11
5	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	1:50.03
6	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	1:50.09
7	Liu Wenjun	China	1:51.85
8	Chelsea McClammer	United States	1:51.88

Q = qualified for final by place. q = qualified by time.WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 800m 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.