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

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women

The Women's 1500m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 8 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different classifications.^[1]

Results

T12

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
01 !	Elena Pautova	Russia	T12	4:37.65	SB
02 !	Elena Congost	Spain	T12	4:43.53
03 !	Annalisa Minetti Guide: Andrea Giocondi	Italy	T11	4:48.88	WR
4	Meryem En-Nourhi Guide: Mustapha Sanjach	Morocco	T12	4:50.94	PB
5	Miroslava Sedlackova Guide: Michal Prochazka	Czech Republic	T11	4:57.99	PB
6	Maritza Arango Buitrago Guide: Jonathan Sanchez Gonzalez	Colombia	T11	5:05.72	RR
7	Sumeyye Ozcan Guide: Ibrahim Kizilkaya	Turkey	T11	5:10.68	PB
8	Maria Fiuza	Portugal	T12	5:21.75
9 !	Ana Isabel Tavera Gonzalez Guide: Aldo Gomez Hernandez	Mexico	T12	DQ

T20

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
01 !	Barbara Niewiedzial	Poland	4:35.26
02 !	Arleta Meloch	Poland	4:39.04
03 !	Ilona Biacsi	Hungary	4:42.31
4	Bernadett Biacsi	Hungary	4:42.80
5	Sayaka Makita	Japan	4:50.03	SB
6	Aida Naili	Tunisia	4:50.47	SB

T54

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.

The event consisted of 2 heats and a final. Results of final:

Rank	Athlete	Country	Class	Time	Notes
01 !	Tatyana McFadden	United States	T54	3:36.42
02 !	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	T54	3:36.78
03 !	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

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