Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 800 metres

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.

## Results

### 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:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 1:52.85 | PR |
| | Huang Lisha | China | 1:53.10 | PB |
| | Jessica Galli | United States | 1:53.12 | |
| 4 | Madison de Rozario | Australia | 1:53.65 | |
| 5 | Angela Ballard | Australia | 1:53.80 | |
| 6 | Shirley Reilly | United States | 1:54.18 | |
| 7 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:54.48 | |

### 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:

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:47.01 | |
| | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | 1:49.87 | SB |
| | Zou Lihong | China | 1:50.31 | PB |
| 4 | Dong Hongjiao | China | 1:50.62 | PB |
| 5 | Manuela Schaer | Switzerland | 1:50.90 | |
| 6 | Liu Wenjun | China | 1:51.34 | |
| 7 | Diane Roy | Canada | 1:54.90 | |
| 8 | Christie Dawes | Australia | 1:58.77 | |
