# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 1500 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 1500 metres T54 event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 6 to 7 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 record | Shelly Woods (GBR) | 3:21.22 | 24 June 2010 | Arbon, Switzerland |
| Paralympic record | Chantal Petitclerc (CAN) | 3:26.89 | 24 September 2004 | Athens, Greece |

## Results
### Round 1

Competed 6 September 2012 from 12:29. 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 | Zou Lihong | China | T54 | 3:31.93 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 3:32.04 | Q |
| 3 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | T54 | 3:32.14 | Q |
| 4 | Diane Roy | Canada | T54 | 3:32.27 | q |
| 5 | Jade Jones | Great Britain | T54 | 3:32.60 | q |
| 6 | Gunilla Wallengren | Sweden | T54 | 3:33.53 | q, SB |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shelly Woods | Great Britain | T54 | 3:42.12 | Q |
| 2 | Shirley Reilly | United States | T53 | 3:42.18 | Q |
| 3 | Amanda McGrory | United States | T53 | 3:42.47 | Q |
| 4 | Keira-Lyn Frie | Canada | T54 | 3:42.59 | q |
| 5 | Christie Dawes | Australia | T54 | 3:43.36 | SB |
| 6 | Alexandra Helbling | Switzerland | T54 | 3:43.59 | |

### Final

Competed 7 September 2012 at 21:08.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Class | Time |
| | Tatyana McFadden | United States | T54 | 3:36.42 |
| | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | T54 | 3:36.78 |
| | 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 |
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. PB = Personal Best. SB = Seasonal Best.