The Women's 800m athletics events for the 2012 Summer Paralympics took place at the London Olympic Stadium from 31 August to 8 September. A total of two events were contested over this distance for two different classifications.
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T53
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.
The event consisted of a single race. Results:
T54
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.
The event consisted of 3 heats and a final. Results of final:
References
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA