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	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.