title: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres
  
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  | 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 | T53-54 | T53-54 |
  | Road |||||||||
  | Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
  | Field |||||||||
  | Shot put | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
  | Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Javelin throw | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | 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 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
  | Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  | Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F54-6 | F54-6 |
  | | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
  
  The Women's 5000m athletic event for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September 2012. The event, open to T53 and T54 wheelchair athletes, consisted of 2 heats and a final.
  
  ## Results
  
  The event was won by Swiss athlete Edith Wolf, beating American Shirley Reilly, who won the silver medal, and Australian Christie Dawes, who claimed the bronze medal.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Amanda McGrory (USA) | 11:39.43 | 29 June 2007 | Atlanta, United States |
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  | Paralympic record | Wakako Tsuchida (JPN) | 11:59.51 | 21 September 2004 | Athens, Greece |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Round 1
  
  Competed 31 August 2012 from 10:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
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  | 1 | Amanda McGrory | United States | T53 | 13:11.78 | Q |
  | 2 | Liu Wenjun | China | T54 | 13:12.11 | Q |
  | 3 | Shelly Woods | Great Britain | T54 | 13:12.25 | Q |
  | 4 | Keira-Lyn Frie | Canada | T54 | 13:12.45 | q |
  | 5 | Sandra Graf | Switzerland | T54 | 13:12.82 | |
  | 6 | Christina Schwab | United States | T54 | 13:33.30 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
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  | 1 | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 12:23.61 | Q |
  | 2 | Diane Roy | Canada | T54 | 12:24.48 | Q |
  | 3 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | T54 | 12:24.73 | Q |
  | 4 | Patricia Keller | Switzerland | T54 | 12:51.49 | q |
  | 5 | Christie Dawes | Australia | T54 | 12:51.77 | q |
  | 6 | Shirley Reilly | United States | T53 | 13:09.26 | q |
  | 7 | Zou Lihong | China | T54 | DNF | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Competed 2 September 2012 at 10:37.
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time |
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  | | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 12:27.87 |
  | | Shirley Reilly | United States | T53 | 12:27.91 |
  | | Christie Dawes | Australia | T54 | 12:28.24 |
  | 4 | Keira-Lyn Frie | Canada | T54 | 12:28.86 |
  | 5 | Liu Wenjun | China | T54 | 12:28.93 |
  | 6 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | T54 | 12:29.05 |
  | 7 | Amanda McGrory | United States | T53 | 12:29.07 |
  | 8 | Shelly Woods | Great Britain | T54 | 12:29.26 |
  | 9 | Diane Roy | Canada | T54 | 12:29.27 |
  | 10 | Patricia Keller | Switzerland | T54 | 12:29.38 |
  
  Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. DNF = Did not finish.
  
  