Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54

Women's 800 metres T54 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 to 5 September
Competitors	20 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:47.01
Medalists
Tatyana McFadden  United States Edith Wolf  Switzerland Zou Lihong  China

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 800 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 4 to 5 September.^[1] The event consisted of 3 heats and a final.

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 & Paralympic record	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	1:45.19	14 September 2008	Beijing, China

Results

Round 1

Competed 4 September 2012 from 10:12. Qual. rule: winner of each heat (Q) plus best second place (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:47.66	Q
2	Liu Wenjun	China	1:48.49	Q, RR
3	Diane Roy	Canada	1:55.95	q
4	Christie Dawes	Australia	1:56.14	q, SB
5	Jade Jones	Great Britain	1:56.16
6	Alexandra Helbling	Switzerland	1:56.49
7	Isatou Nyang	The Gambia	DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zou Lihong	China	1:56.36	Q
2	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	1:56.60	Q
3	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	1:57.14
4	Keira-Lyn Frie	Canada	1:57.23
5	Christina Schwab	United States	1:57.51
6	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	2:00.73	PB
7	Patricia Mustapha	Mauritius	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	1:53.13	Q
2	Dong Hongjiao	China	1:55.92	Q
3	Shelly Woods	Great Britain	1:56.39
4	Marianne Maiboll	Denmark	2:06.88
5	Yazmith Bataz	Mexico	2:06.97
6	Amberlynn Weber	United States	2:07.99

Final

Competed 5 September 2012 at 21:44.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:47.01
	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	1:49.87	SB
	Zou Lihong	China	1:50.31	PB
4	Dong Hongjiao	China	1:50.62	PB
5	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	1:50.90
6	Liu Wenjun	China	1:51.34
7	Diane Roy	Canada	1:54.90
8	Christie Dawes	Australia	1:58.77

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

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