Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 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

The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 8 September. A total of two events were contested over this distance for two different classifications.[1]

Results

T53

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

The event consisted of a single race. Results:

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Zhou Hongzhuan China 1:52.85 PR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Huang Lisha China 1:53.10 PB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Galli United States 1:53.12
4 Madison de Rozario Australia 1:53.65
5 Angela Ballard Australia 1:53.80
6 Shirley Reilly United States 1:54.18
7 Amanda McGrory United States 1:54.48

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 3 heats and a final. Results of final:

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden United States 1:47.01
2nd, silver medalist(s) Edith Wolf Switzerland 1:49.87 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

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