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

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	Diane Roy	Canada	54.88	Q
2	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.93	Q
3	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	56.31	Q
4	Yvonne Sehmisch	Germany	58.32
5	Madison de Rozario	Australia	59.78
6	Jennifer Goeckel	United States	1:01.11
7	Gloria Sanchez	Mexico	1:03.13

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	52.50	Q
2	Tatyana McFadden	United States	54.04	Q
3	Jessica Matassa	Canada	55.22	Q
4	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	55.33	q
5	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	57.48	q
6	Yazmith Bataz	Mexico	1:00.29

Final

Competed at 20:08.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	52.02
	Tatyana McFadden	United States	53.49
	Diane Roy	Canada	54.72
4	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	55.25
5	Dong Hongjiao	China	55.83
6	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	56.24
7	Jessica Matassa	Canada	57.02
8	Gunilla 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 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.