The men's 400 metre freestyle swimming (S8) event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 4 September 2024, at the La Défense Arena in Paris.
| Men's 400 metre freestyle S8 at the XVII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 4 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:23.23 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World Record |  Oliver Hynd (GBR) |
4:19.74 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 25 July 2017 |
| Paralympic Record |  Oliver Hynd (GBR) |
4:21.89 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 8 September 2016 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were started at 10:05.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Reid Maxwell |  Canada |
4:25.95 | Q, AM |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Noah Jaffe |  United States |
4:26.80 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Matthew Torres | United States |
4:32.75 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Andrei Nikolaev |  Neutral Paralympic Athletes |
4:32.87 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Alberto Amodeo |  Italy |
4:33.12 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Callum Simpson |  Australia |
4:35.79 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Xu Haijiao |  China |
4:36.82 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Iñigo Llopis |  Spain |
4:37.02 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Li Ting | China |
4:37.11 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Diogo Cancela |  Portugal |
4:37.50 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Philippe Vachon | Canada |
4:39.79 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Mark Malyar |  Israel |
4:42.39 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Wu Hongliang | China |
4:45.07 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Turgut Aslan Yaraman |  Turkey |
4:45.71 |
Final
editThe final was held at 17:58.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy |
4:23.23 | |
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4 | Reid Maxwell | Canada |
4:23.90 | AM |
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6 | Andrei Nikolaev | Neutral Paralympic Athletes |
4:24.00 | |
| 4 | 5 | Noah Jaffe | United States |
4:25.07 | |
| 5 | 3 | Matthew Torres | United States |
4:32.25 | |
| 6 | 7 | Callum Simpson | Australia |
4:34.79 | |
| 7 | 1 | Xu Haijiao | China |
4:36.34 | |
| 8 | 8 | Iñigo Llopis | Spain |
4:37.29 |
References
edit- ^ "Para Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle – S8 – Heats – Results Summary" (PDF). IPC. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Para Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle – S8 – Final – Results" (PDF). IPC. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.