title: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54
text: # Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres T54
  
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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 800 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 4 to 5 September. 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:
  
  | World & Paralympic record | Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) | 1:45.19 | 14 September 2008 | Beijing, China |
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  ## 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 |
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  | 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 |
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  | 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 |
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  | 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 |
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  | | 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.
  
  