# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres

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| 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 | T53-54 | T53-54 |
| Road |||||||||
| Marathon | | | | | | | T54 |
| Field |||||||||
| Shot put | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | | F52-3 | F52-3 | F52-3 | | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | 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 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Club throw | | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 | F31-32/51 |
| Discus throw | | F51-3 | F51-3 | F51-3 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
| Javelin throw | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F33-34/52-53 | F54-6 | F54-6 |
| | | F57-8 | F57-8 | F57-8 |
The Women's 5000m athletic event for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September 2012. The event, open to T53 and T54 wheelchair athletes, consisted of 2 heats and a final.

## Results

The event was won by Swiss athlete Edith Wolf, beating American Shirley Reilly, who won the silver medal, and Australian Christie Dawes, who claimed the bronze medal.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| World record | Amanda McGrory (USA) | 11:39.43 | 29 June 2007 | Atlanta, United States |
| Paralympic record | Wakako Tsuchida (JPN) | 11:59.51 | 21 September 2004 | Athens, Greece |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 31 August 2012 from 10:15. Qual. rule: first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest other times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amanda McGrory | United States | T53 | 13:11.78 | Q |
| 2 | Liu Wenjun | China | T54 | 13:12.11 | Q |
| 3 | Shelly Woods | Great Britain | T54 | 13:12.25 | Q |
| 4 | Keira-Lyn Frie | Canada | T54 | 13:12.45 | q |
| 5 | Sandra Graf | Switzerland | T54 | 13:12.82 | |
| 6 | Christina Schwab | United States | T54 | 13:33.30 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 12:23.61 | Q |
| 2 | Diane Roy | Canada | T54 | 12:24.48 | Q |
| 3 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | T54 | 12:24.73 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Keller | Switzerland | T54 | 12:51.49 | q |
| 5 | Christie Dawes | Australia | T54 | 12:51.77 | q |
| 6 | Shirley Reilly | United States | T53 | 13:09.26 | q |
| 7 | Zou Lihong | China | T54 | DNF | |

### Final

Competed 2 September 2012 at 10:37.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time |
| | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 12:27.87 |
| | Shirley Reilly | United States | T53 | 12:27.91 |
| | Christie Dawes | Australia | T54 | 12:28.24 |
| 4 | Keira-Lyn Frie | Canada | T54 | 12:28.86 |
| 5 | Liu Wenjun | China | T54 | 12:28.93 |
| 6 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | T54 | 12:29.05 |
| 7 | Amanda McGrory | United States | T53 | 12:29.07 |
| 8 | Shelly Woods | Great Britain | T54 | 12:29.26 |
| 9 | Diane Roy | Canada | T54 | 12:29.27 |
| 10 | Patricia Keller | Switzerland | T54 | 12:29.38 |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. DNF = Did not finish.