Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54

Women's 400 metres T54; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	3 September
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	52.97
Medalists

Last updated October 03, 2019

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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
Road
Marathon						T54
Field
Shot put		F52-3			F54-6
		F57-8
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F51-3			F54-6
		F57-8
Javelin throw		F52-3			F54-6
		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
		F57-8
Club throw		F31-32/51
Discus throw		F51-3
		F57-8
Javelin throw	F33-34/52-53				F54-6
		F57-8

The Women's 400 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 3 September.^[1] The event consisted of 2 heats and a final.

The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that took place in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the United Kingdom after the 2012 Summer Olympics, and until the date the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164 National Paralympic Committees participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first time ever.

T54 is a disability sport classification for disability athletics in the track and jump events. The class includes people with spinal cord injuries who compete using a wheelchair in track events. They have paraplegia, but have normal hand and arm function, normal or limited trunk function, and no leg function. This class includes CP-ISRA classes CP3 and CP4, and some athletes in ISOD classes A1, A2 and A3.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:^[2]

World & Paralympic record	Chantal Petitclerc (CAN)	51.91	25 September 2004	Athens, Greece

Results

Round 1

Competed 3 September 2012 from 11:18. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zou Lihong	China	56.23	Q, PB
2	Diane Roy	Canada	57.11	Q
3	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	58.06	Q, PB
4	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	58.24	q, SB
5	Christina Schwab	United States	59.06
6	Jade Jones	Great Britain	59.14
7	Patricia Keller	Switzerland	1:01.74	SB

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tatyana McFadden	United States	53.95	Q, PB
2	Dong Hongjiao	China	56.19	Q, PB
3	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	56.35	Q, SB
4	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	57.47	q
5	Amberlynn Weber	United States	1:02.28
6	Marianne Maiboll	Denmark	1:02.35	SB
7	Yazmith Bataz	Mexico	1:04.81

Final

Competed 3 September 2012 at 20:54.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	52.97	PB
	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.43	RR
	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	56.25	SB
4	Zou Lihong	China	56.57
5	Diane Roy	Canada	56.60
6	Amanda Kotaja	Finland	57.35	PB
7	Manuela Schaer	Switzerland	57.57
8	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	58.74

Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. RR = Regional Record. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.

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References

↑ "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
↑ "T54 400 records". International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.

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[1] "Athletics - Schedule & Results". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

[2] "T54 400 records". International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.