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 edit
T53 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.