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.[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	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	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	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

References

1. "Athletics - Schedule & Results". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 16 August 2012.