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

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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 400 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 3 September. The event consisted of 2 heats and a final.
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.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:
| 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.