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

Women's 5000 metres T54 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	London Olympic Stadium
Dates	31 August to 2 September
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning time	12:27.87
Medalists
Edith Wolf   Switzerland   Shirley Reilly   United States   Christie Dawes   Australia

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
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
Road
Marathon								T54
Field
Shot put			F52-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3				F54-6
			F57-8
Javelin throw			F52-3				F54-6
			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
			F57-8
Club throw			F31-32/51
Discus throw			F51-3
			F57-8
Javelin throw		F33-34/52-53					F54-6
			F57-8

The Women's 5000m athletic event for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium on 2 September 2012.^[1] 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.^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Paralympic records were as follows:^[3]

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	Notes
01 !	Edith Wolf	Switzerland	T54	12:27.87
02 !	Shirley Reilly	United States	T53	12:27.91
03 !	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.

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