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 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 6 to 7 September.^[1] The event consisted of 2 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 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

London 2012 1500m final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 21:08.

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

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

References