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

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres 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

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres 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

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 metres 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. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.