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
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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
	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	Guide:	Morocco	T12	4:50.94	PB
5	Guide:	Czech Republic	T11	4:57.99	PB
6	Maritza Arango Buitrago Guide:	Colombia	T11	5:05.72	RR
7	Sumeyye Ozcan Guide:	Turkey	T11	5:10.68	PB
8		Portugal	T12	5:21.75
	Guide:	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		Japan	4:50.03	SB
6		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
	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		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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