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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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The Men's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 2, 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

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H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
S6 400m H F
S7 400m H F
S8 400m H F
S9 400m H F
S10 400m H F
S11 400m H F
S13 400m H F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S6
details
Talisson Glock
 Brazil
4:54.42 Antonio Fantin
 Italy
4:55.70 Viacheslav Lenskii
 RPC
5:04.84
S7
details
Mark Malyar
 Israel
4:31.06 WR Andrii Trusov
 Ukraine
4:35.56 Evan Austin
 United States
4:38.95
S8
details
Andrei Nikolaev
 RPC
4:25.16 Alberto Amodeo
 Italy
4:25.93 Matthew Torres
 United States
4:28.47
S9
details
William Martin
 Australia
4:10.25 PR Ugo Didier
 France
4:11.33 Alexander Tuckfield
 Australia
4:13.54
S10
details
Maksym Krypak
 Ukraine
3:59.62 Bas Takken
 Netherlands
4:02.02 Thomas Gallagher
 Australia
4:03.91
S11
details
Rogier Dorsman
 Netherlands
4:28.47 Uchu Tomita
 Japan
4:31.69 Hua Dongdong
 China
4:34.89
S13
details
Ihar Boki
 Belarus
3:58.18 Kyrylo Garashchenko
 Ukraine
4:02.07 Alex Portal
 France
4:06.49

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 400 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

S6

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The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Talisson Glock  Brazil 4.54.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Antonio Fantin  Italy 4.55.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Viacheslav Lenskii  RPC 5.04.84
4 2 Andrei Granichka  RPC 5.05.30
5 6 Juan Gutierrez Bermudez  Mexico 5:15.23
6 8 Daniel Videira  Portugal 5:24.92
7 7 Raul Gutierrez Bermudez  Mexico 5:28.62
8 1 Lorenzo Perez Escalona  Cuba 5:30.42

S7

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The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mark Malyar  Israel 4.31.06 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Andrii Trusov  Ukraine 4.35.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Evan Austin  United States 4.38.95
4 3 Inaki Basiloff  Argentina 4.38.99
5 5 Federico Bicelli  Italy 4.43.67
6 7 Ernie Gawilan  Philippines 4.56.24
7 1 Wei Soong Toh  Singapore 5.06.39
8 8 Chen Liang-Da  Chinese Taipei 5.10.65

S8

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The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Andrei Nikolaev  RPC 4.25.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Alberto Amodeo  Italy 4.25.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Matthew Torres  United States 4.28.47
4 6 Haijiao Xu  China 4.29.93
5 3 Robert Griswold  United States 4.31.96
6 2 Caio Amorim  Brazil 4.35.16
7 1 Iñigo Llopis Sanz  Spain 4.45.69
8 8 Ben Popham  Australia 4.49.32

S9

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The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg or double below-the-knee amputations.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 William Martin  Australia 4:10.25 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ugo Didier  France 4:11.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Alexander Tuckfield  Australia 4:13.54
4 2 Brenden Hall  Australia 4:14.48
5 7 Jacobo Garrido  Spain 4:17.41
6 3 Simone Barlaam  Italy 4:22.40
7 1 Federico Morlacchi  Italy 4:24.75
7 8 Igor Hrehorowicz  Poland 4:24.75

S10

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The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Maksym Krypak  Ukraine 3.59.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Bas Takken  Netherlands 4.02.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Thomas Gallagher  Australia 4.03.91
4 8 Stefano Raimondi  Italy 4.07.38
5 5 Alexander Elliot  Canada 4.10.29
6 7 Florent Marais  France 4.14.98
7 1 Justin Kaps  Germany 4.15.85
8 2 Alan Ogorzalek  Poland 4.18.52

S11

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The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Rogier Dorsman  Netherlands 4:28.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Uchu Tomita  Japan 4:31.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Hua Dongdong  China 4:34.89
4 6 Mykhailo Serbin  Ukraine 4:41.21
5 2 Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza  Brazil 4:44.64
6 1 José Ramón Cantero Elvira  Spain 4:57.25
7 7 Matthew Cabraja  Canada 4:57.63
8 Viktor Smyrnov  Ukraine DNS

S13

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The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ihar Boki  Belarus 3.58.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kyrylo Garaschenko  Ukraine 4.02.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Alex Portal  France 4.06.49
4 7 Braedan Jason  Australia 4.12.75
5 6 Vladimir Sotnikov  RPC 4.15.93
6 2 Taliso Engel  Germany 4.20.73
7 1 Salguero Oteiza Ivan  Spain 4.21.56
8 8 Sergey Punko  RPC 4.28.52

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.