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

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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

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T12

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elena Pautova  Russia T12 4:37.65 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elena Congost  Spain T12 4:43.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbara Niewiedzial  Poland 4:35.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arleta Meloch  Poland 4:39.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana McFadden  United States T54 3:36.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edith Wolf  Switzerland T54 3:36.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.