title: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres
  
  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.
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Elena Pautova | Russia | T12 | 4:37.65 | SB |
  | | Elena Congost | Spain | T12 | 4:43.53 | |
  | | 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 | |
  | | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Barbara Niewiedzial | Poland | 4:35.26 | |
  | | Arleta Meloch | Poland | 4:39.04 | |
  | | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tatyana McFadden | United States | T54 | 3:36.42 |
  | | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 3:36.78 |
  | | 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 |
  