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 record11:39.4329 June 2007Atlanta, United StatesParalympic record11:59.5121 September 2004Athens, 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 Notes1 Amanda McGrory T53 13:11.78 Q2 Liu Wenjun T54 13:12.11 Q3 Shelly Woods T54 13:12.25 Q4 Keira-Lyn Frie T54 13:12.45 q5 Sandra Graf T54 13:12.82 6 Christina Schwab T54 13:33.30
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes1 Edith Wolf T54 12:23.61 Q2 Diane Roy T54 12:24.48 Q3 Wakako Tsuchida T54 12:24.73 Q4 Patricia Keller T54 12:51.49 q5 Christie Dawes T54 12:51.77 q6 Shirley Reilly T53 13:09.26 q7 Zou Lihong T54 DNF
Final Competed 2 September 2012 at 10:37. Rank Athlete Country Class Time Notes Edith Wolf T54 12:27.87 Shirley Reilly T53 12:27.91 Christie Dawes T54 12:28.24 4 Keira-Lyn Frie T54 12:28.86 5 Liu Wenjun T54 12:28.93 6 Wakako Tsuchida T54 12:29.05 7 Amanda McGrory T53 12:29.07 8 Shelly Woods T54 12:29.26 9 Diane Roy T54 12:29.27 10 Patricia Keller T54 12:29.38
Q = qualified by place. q = qualified by time. DNF = Did not finish.
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