Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 400 metres

The Men's 400m athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange from September 8 to September 16, 2016. A total of 15 events were contested over this distance for 19 different classifications.

Schedule

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R Round 1 ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T11 400 metres R F
T12 400 metres R F
T13 400 metres R F
T20 400 metres R F
T36 400 metres F
T37 400 metres R F
T38 400 metres R F
T44 400 metres R F
T47 400 metres R F
T51 400 metres F
T52 400 metres R F
T53 400 metres R F
T54 400 metres R F

Medal summary

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Classification Gold Silver Bronze
T11
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Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall
guide: Blanquino Exposito

  Spain
50.22 Felipe Gomes
guide: Jonas De Lima Silva

  Brazil
50.38 PB Ananias Shikongo
guide: Shimanda Sem

  Namibia
50.63 PB
T12
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Sun Qichao
  China
48.57 Mahdi Afri
  Morocco
49.00 PB Luís Gonçalves
  Portugal
49.54 PB
T13
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Mohamed Amguoun
  Morocco
47.15 WR Johannes Nambala
  Namibia
47.21 PB Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou
  Algeria
48.04 PB
T20
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Daniel Martins
  Brazil
47.22 WR Luis Arturo Paiva
  Venezuela
47.83 PB Gracelino Barbosa
  Cape Verde
48.55
T36
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Paul Blake
  Great Britain
54.49 SB Roman Pavlyk
  Ukraine
55.67 SB William Stedman
  New Zealand
55.69
T37
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Charl du Toit
  South Africa
51.13 PR Omar Monterola
  Venezuela
52.93 Sofiane Hamdi
  Algeria
53.01 SB
T38
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Dyan Neille Buis
  South Africa
49.46 PR Hu Jianwen
  China
50.27 Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera
  Colombia
51.44
T44
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Liam Malone
  New Zealand
46.20 David Behre
  Germany
46.23 Hunter Woodhall
  United States
46.70
T47
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Ernesto Blanco
  Cuba
48.79 PB Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos
  Brazil
48.87 PB Gunther Matzinger
  Austria
48.95 SB
T51
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Peter Genyn
  Belgium
1:20.82 PR Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez
  Mexico
1:21.82 SB Alvise de Vidi
  Italy
1:22.38 PB
T52
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Raymond Martin
  United States
58.42 Tomoki Sato
  Japan
58.88 Gianfranco Iannotta
  United States
1:02.16
T53
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Pongsakorn Paeyo
  Thailand
47.91 PB Brent Lakatos
  Canada
48.53 Pierre Fairbank
  France
49.00 SB
T54
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Kenny van Weeghel
  Netherlands
46.65 Liu Yang
  China
46.79 Yassine Gharbi
  Tunisia
47.07

Results

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The following were the results of the finals of each of the Men's 400 metres events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event are available on that event's dedicated page.

The T11 category is for athletes with a visual impairment. A T11 athlete may be entirely without sight, or be able to perceive light, but have no ability to see the shape of a hand at any distance. T11 athletes commonly run with guides.

18:49 17 September 2016:[1]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 1419 Gerard Descarrega Puigdevall   Spain 0.146 50.22
  5 1146 Felipe Gomes   Brazil 0.175 50.38
  1 1911 Ananias Shikongo   Namibia 0.202 50.63
4 7 1167 Daniel Silva   Brazil 0.167 50.93

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes commonly run with guides.

19:31 9 September 2016:[2]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 1258 Qichao Sun   China 0.150 48.57
  7 1846 Mahdi Afri   Morocco 0.138 49.00
  5 2046 Luis Goncalves   Portugal 0.145 49.54
4 1 1422 Joan Munar Martinez   Spain 0.173 50.08

The T13 category is for athletes with a moderate visual impairment. Athletes in this category have a variety of visual impairments, but can typically recognize contours from a distance of 2 to 6 metres. Athletes in this category do not typically require a guide.

12:12 15 September 2016:[3]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  5 1848 Mohamed Amguoun   Morocco 0.183 47.15
  3 1909 Johannes Nambala   Namibia 0.215 47.21
  6 1016 Mohamed Fouad Hamoumou   Algeria 0.132 48.04
4 8 1008 Fouad Baka   Algeria 0.183 49.09
5 1 2366 Markeith Price   United States 0.208 49.96
6 2 1136 Gustavo Henrique Araújo   Brazil 0.129 50.06
7 7 2356 Tyson Gunter   United States 0.197 50.36
4 1007 Abdellatif Baka   Algeria DSQ

The T20 category is for athletes with intellectual impairment. T20 athletes have an IQ score of 75 or less.

11:20 9 September 2016:[4]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 1149 Daniel Martins   Brazil 0.157 47.22
  6 2411 Luis Arturo Paiva   Venezuela 0.148 47.83
  5 1316 Gracelino Tavares Barbosa   Cape Verde 0.181 48.55
4 8 1427 Dionibel Rodriguez Rodriguez   Spain 0.215 49.46
5 7 1426 Deliber Rodriguez Ramirez   Spain 0.208 49.56
6 3 1473 Rodrigue Massianga   France 0.209 49.71
7 1 1709 Ruud Lorain Flovany Koutiki   Italy 0.135 51.14
8 2 1395 Damian Carcelen   Ecuador 0.173 51.80

The T36 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes do not have the capacity to remain still and they show involuntary movements with all four limbs affected. They usually walk without assistive devices.

10:15 16 September 2016:[5]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  8 1498 Paul Blake   Great Britain 54.49
  2 2327 Roman Pavlyk   Ukraine 55.67
  7 1963 William Stedman   New Zealand 55.69
4 6 2020 Krzysztof Ciuksza   Poland 55.97
5 3 1235 Mian Che   China 57.26
6 4 1919 Gabriel de Jesus Cuadra Holmann   Nicaragua 58.50
7 5 1013 Sid Ali Bouzourine   Algeria 1:00.22

The T37 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. These athletes have movement and coordination problems on one half of their body. They have good ability in their dominant side of their body (ie hemiplegia).

10:23 16 September 2016:[6]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 2081 Charl du Toit   South Africa 51.13
  6 2409 Omar Monterola   Venezuela 52.93
  7 1015 Sofiane Hamdi   Algeria 53.01
4 3 1409 Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed   Egypt 53.43
5 1 1156 Paulo Pereira   Brazil 54.67
6 5 1263 Jialong Wu   China 55.51
7 8 1404 Mohamed Abdellatef   Egypt 55.61
8 2 1469 Valentin Bertrand   France 55.72

The T38 category is for ambulant athletes with cerebral palsy. T38 athletes have the mildest form of impairment caused by cerebral palsy, often in only one limb, and not affecting the ability to run, walk or jump freely, although impairing performance. T38 athletes may suffer minor co-ordination difficulties.

17:59 17 September 2016:[7]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  5 2078 Dyan Neille Buis   South Africa 49.46
  7 1245 Jianwen Hu   China 50.27
  4 1304 Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera   Colombia 51.44
4 8 2273 Mohamed Farhat Chida   Tunisia 51.49
5 3 1274 Wenjun Zhou   China 52.43
6 6 1305 Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez   Colombia 54.80
7 2 1873 Angel Moises Enriquez Torres   Mexico 54.97
8 1 1272 Huanghao Zhong   China 55.06

The T44 category is for athletes who have a single below knee amputation or who can walk with moderately reduced function in one or both legs.

11:38 15 September 2016:[8]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 1960 Liam Malone   New Zealand 46.20
  6 1537 David Behre   Germany 46.23
  3 2386 Hunter Woodhall   United States 46.70
4 8 2350 Aj Digby   United States 47.34
5 5 2371 Nick Rogers   United States 48.90
6 1 1573 Michail Seitis   Greece 49.66
7 7 2154 Ajith Prasanna Kumar Hettiarachchi   Sri Lanka 56.50
8 2 1902 Kyaw Kyaw Win   Myanmar 56.74

The T47 category is for athletes who have a single below elbow or wrist amputation or similar disability, with normal function in both legs.

18:05 17 September 2016:[9]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  4 1348 Ernesto Blanco   Cuba 48.79
  5 1145 Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos   Brazil 48.87
  6 1076 Gunther Matzinger   Austria 48.95
4 3 1718 Shane Hudson   Jamaica 49.07
5 2 2406 Samuel Colmenares   Venezuela 49.55
6 1 1360 Antonis Aresti   Cyprus 50.07
8 2098 Hermas Muvunyi   Rwanda DSQ
7 1283 Kouame Jean-Luc Noumbo   Ivory Coast DSQ

The T51 category is for wheelchair athletes having spinal cord injuries, with mild weakness in shoulders, limited ability in straightening elbows and wrist function, and no finger, trunk or leg function.

10:54 17 September 2016:[10]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  8 1101 Peter Genyn   Belgium 1:20.82
  2 1879 Edgar Cesareo Navarro Sanchez   Mexico 1:21.82
  7 1706 Alvise de Vidi   Italy 1:22.38
4 6 1011 Mohamed Berrahal   Algeria 1:24.06
5 3 1515 Stephen Osborne   Great Britain 1:25.05
6 4 1458 Toni Piispanen   Finland 1:30.27
7 5 2050 Helder Mestre   Portugal 1:30.82

The T52 category is for wheelchair athletes with damage to spinal cord in the higher parts of the back, substantially impaired or no trunk function, and minimal or no leg function. Pushing power comes from elbow extensions, and appears close to normal except for use of modified gloves to compensate for grip.

10:20 13 September 2016:[11]

Rank Lane Bib Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes
  3 2363 Raymond Martin   United States 58.42
  4 1741 Tomoki Sato   Japan 58.88
  5 2359 Gianfranco Iannotta   United States 1:02.16
4 6 1881 Leonardo de Jesus Perez Juarez   Mexico 1:02.87
5 2 2231 Pichaya Kurattanasiri   Thailand 1:03.27
6 1 1745 Hirokazu Ueyonabaru   Japan 1:04.72
7 8 2001 Jerrold Pete Mangliwan   Philippines 1:04.93
8 7 2053 Mario Trindade   Portugal 1:05.35

The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

11:35 11 September 2016:[12]

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Pongsakorn Paeyo   Thailand 47.91
  Brent Lakatos   Canada 48.53
  Pierre Fairbank   France 49.00
4 Li Huzhao   China 50.11
5 Brian Siemann   Netherlands 50.20
6 Zhao Yufei   China 50.42
7 Joshua George   United States 50.80
8 Moatez Jomni   Great Britain 51.53

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.

10:16 12 September 2016:[13]

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  5 Kenny van Weeghel   Netherlands 46.65
  6 Liu Yang   China 46.79
  2 Yassine Gharbi   Tunisia 47.07
4 7 Richard Chiassaro   Great Britain 47.17
5 4 David Weir   Great Britain 47.30
6 8 Cui Yanfeng   China 47.63
7 1 Saichon Konjen   Thailand 47.66
8 3 Liu Chengming   China 47.69

References

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  1. ^ "Men's 400m - T11 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's 400m - T12 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's 400m - T13 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Men's 400m - T20 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Men's 400m - T36 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m - T37 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Men's 400m - T38 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Men's 400m - T44 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Men's 400m - T47 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Men's 400m - T51 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Men's 400m - T52 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Men's 400m - T53 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Men's 400m - T54 - Final". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.