Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T54

Women's 400m T54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	12 September
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	52.02
Medalists
Chantal Petitclerc   Canada   Tatyana McFadden   United States   Diane Roy   Canada

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The women's 400m T54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium on 12 September. There were two heats; the first 3 in each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest other times (q) qualified.

Results

Heats

Competed from 18:48.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roy, DianeDiane Roy	Canada	54.88	Q
2	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.93	Q
3	Schar, ManuelaManuela Schar	Switzerland	56.31	Q
4	Sehmisch, YvonneYvonne Sehmisch	Germany	58.32
5	de Rozario, MadisonMadison de Rozario	Australia	59.78
6	Goeckel, JenniferJennifer Goeckel	United States	61.11 !1:01.11
7	Sanchez, GloriaGloria Sanchez	Mexico	63.13 !1:03.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Petitclerc, ChantalChantal Petitclerc	Canada	52.50	Q
2	McFadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden	United States	54.04	Q
3	Matassa, JessicaJessica Matassa	Canada	55.22	Q
4	Hunkeler, EdithEdith Hunkeler	Switzerland	55.33	q
5	Wallengren, GunillaGunilla Wallengren	Sweden	57.48	q
6	Bataz, YazmithYazmith Bataz	Mexico	60.29 !1:00.29

Final

Competed at 20:08.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Petitclerc, ChantalChantal Petitclerc	Canada	52.02
02 !	McFadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden	United States	53.49
03 !	Roy, DianeDiane Roy	Canada	54.72
4	Hunkeler, EdithEdith Hunkeler	Switzerland	55.25
5	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.83
6	Schar, ManuelaManuela Schar	Switzerland	56.24
7	Matassa, JessicaJessica Matassa	Canada	57.02
8	Wallengren, GunillaGunilla Wallengren	Sweden	58.20

Q = qualified for final by place. q = qualified by time.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 400m T54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2012. 
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.