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
	Zhou Hongzhuan	China	1:52.85	PR
	Huang Lisha	China	1:53.10	PB
	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
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:47.01
	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	1:49.87	SB
	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.